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New sos bongos

Postby velegi58 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:17 am

Here are my new set of sos walnut bongos,
To go along with my cherry 12' conga i per-
Chased about a year ago.
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby Mike » Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:01 am

Hey, congrats, that is a mighty nice set.
Tell us a bit about yourself please.
Do you live in down under? :P
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby velegi58 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:44 pm

Hi Mike, would love to visit (down under)
Australia?,if thats what you mean someday
But no im from Mass. US. And thanks,
Keep Drumming. These are my 1st post so
Please excuse any format errors,Ive got
To get used to navagating this forum.
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby RitmoBoricua » Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:55 pm

I guess you can call the latest photo (side ways)and improvement
from the the up side down photo you posted the first time.
Nice Bongo By The Way! :wink:
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby velegi58 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:35 pm

Thanks Ill get the hang or ill have to retire
My posting career before i get started,ha ha.
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby Mike » Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:13 pm

velegi58 wrote:Hi Mike, would love to visit (down under)
Australia?,if thats what you mean someday
But no im from Mass. US. And thanks,
Keep Drumming. These are my 1st post so
Please excuse any format errors,Ive got
To get used to navagating this forum.

Hey, that is OK, I was just poking some mild fun
because of the upside-down pic, everything is
fine, especially that bongó of yours.
What skins do they have?
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby velegi58 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:07 pm

Im pretty sure sos uses cow skins for
There drums anyway they feel like cow.
I would hope so for the $ i paid.
Custom drums are beautifull but boy
Does your pocket take a hit,for the
Average working stiff.
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby RitmoBoricua » Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:51 am

velegi58 wrote:Thanks Ill get the hang or ill have to retire
My posting career before i get started,ha ha.


You are getting closer, don't retire
a couple of more tries and you get
it right.
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby salcero1 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:46 pm

Saludos and welcome Velgi58. Nice drums Jay Bereck does nice work and they're so light in weight and great sounding. True a hit to the wallet stings but you have an instrument worth a lifetime of memories and good times ahead. Enjoy them I sure do mine. Pardon my interruption but I've posted and lightened your photo and included an image of my set from SOS made of black walnut.You'll pick up the posting of pics quite rapidly again forgive my intrusion, Peace.

Jorge.
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby rhythmrhyme » Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:35 pm

Nice drums fella's! I have the same set :D

I've never really considered myself a bongo player, but these drums have taught me a lot about the bongo. It's an interesting experience to get on a set of drums that actually produce the sounds and dynamics I've heard on some of my favourite tracks. From there it has been up to me to find the sounds. I think in part because I believed the drums would make the sounds I worked harder to find them. Perhaps a cheap mass produced drum can do the same thing for a master bongocero, but having a good instrument to learn on sure does help.

Also, the more I play the drums the more the heads open up and the better they/I sound. I'll set them aside for a couple weeks and pick them up again, I'm always surprised how awesome they sound. I seem to forget between sessions - same thing with my bata's.

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Re: New sos bongos

Postby velegi58 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:55 pm

How did you do that salsero1?
Just kidding, thanks for straitning
My pics,ive been reading this thread
For some time but never had the nerve
To give opinions a little intimidated by
Al the years of percussion experience
On this forum. I love to play my bongos
And congas though. Been only playing
For over 3 years so much to learn but
I do play every day and at church.
Thanks again guys for the outlet.
By the way leo espanol i escribo for all
You bilinguals.
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby Thaiconga » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:52 am

Really beautiful looking bongos! I hope you enjoy the and would love to hear and see a video of them being played. :)
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby RitmoBoricua » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:30 am

velegi58 wrote: een only playing
For over 3 years so much to learn but
I do play every day and at church.
Thanks again guys for the outlet.
By the way leo espanol i escribo for all
You bilinguals.


Don't worry just remember the ancient chinese phrase "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step".
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Re: New sos bongos

Postby ABAKUA » Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:29 pm

Beautiful! Awesome bongo by SOS!
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