KING CONGA wrote:.
Yhea right! C'mon Marcelo give us a break, "I think these will be the last of the additions to my drum family for a while", once a conga junkie always a conga junkie!!!! LOL
p.a.dogs1 wrote:Congratulations! Very nice drums. They are made by a traditional barrel maker (tubber?) in Franken (northern part of Bavaria) on the authority of Meinl. In 1998 there was an article in a German drum magazin on the occasion of the resumption of producing the Woodcraft series.
Here is the general description: http://www1.sticks.de/magazine/9801/woodcraft.htm
The mounted hardware is from Meinl´s production in Thailand. The so-called True-Skins are normal for this resumed production. So I think, your instruments are made in the end of 90ies or beginning of the new millenium. The Woodcrafts from the 80ies were all in natural oak (maybe also in Rustical, but not in Bordeaux like yours´). And at that time badges were not covered with films - this is typical for all kinds of revival stuff.
ABAKUA wrote: My ones are an earlier set, from late 80's, as this store moved in the 80's and these drums were part of an inventory forgotten behind at the warehouse, their records have confirmed this. Mikes ones are anniversary set, very beautiful dark finish on them. Now the True Skins used in more recent times were a white colour and lacked any definition or projection in sound, the earlier dark series of True Skins were quite good.
ABAKUA wrote: Look forward to receiving mine, prob 4 weeks away still.
Mike wrote:after having read all those articles p.a.dogs1 mentions you come to the conclusion that the set Abakua has purchased is most definitely a 20th anniversary set from 1998 - just like the one I have recently spotted on the second-hand market...
Mike wrote:One will have to see what the skins are like though, I can remember that Marcelo posted something rather negative about the "True Skins" which are water buffalo indeed some time ago.
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