Walnut Bongos

These solid shell walnut bongos were made with wood sourced sustainably from Athens, GA. They feature our handmade stainless steel hardware and horse and steer skins.

Wood: walnut

Height: 6-3/8″

Width: 7″ macho, 9″ hembra

Bridge: walnut with magnesite inlay

Skins: 1mm chocolate horse on macho, 1.5mm chocolate steer on hembra

Hardware: 304 stainless steel, half round moderna crown

Weight: 11.5 lbs

Flesh Hoops

Need flesh hoops? We fabricate 304 stainless steel square or round flesh hoops for all sorts of drums. 304 will never rust and is far stronger than typical galvanized steel.

PreMounted™ Fat Cat™ Matched Set For LP 11″, 11.75″ And 12.5″ With Extended Collar (Z) Crowns

This PreMounted™ Fat Cat™ Matched Set is artfully crafted with close attention to detail. This ensures the tone, color, finish and feel are as closely matched as possible.

Skin Type: Fat Cat™ Nili Ravi Buffalo (Middle East)
Skin Color: Natural
Crown Type: Extended Collar (Z)
11” Quinto Skin Thickness: 1.8mm
11.75″ Conga Skin Thickness: 2mm
12.5″ Tumba Skin Thickness: 2.2mm
Sound: warm and classic
Feel: medium action, smooth and dense playing surface

Spalted Chinese Elm Bongos

These solid shell spalted chinese elm bongos are one of my favorite sets Ryan has made!

Wood: spalted chinese elm sustainably sourced from Athens, GA

Height: 6-3/8″

Width: 7-1/4″ macho, 9-1/4″ hembra

Bridge: spalted maple with magnesite inlay

Skins: 1mm chocolate horse on macho, 1.5mm chocolate steer on hembra

Hardware: 304 stainless steel lugs, sideplates and half round moderna crown

Weight: 11 lbs

Manito Percussion/Del Cielo Hybrid Bata Set

These are very cool drums- Manito Percussion/Del Cielo Hybrid Bata Set! The DC American Elm solid shells got the works with a refinish, full conversion to stainless steel mechanical tuning and Middle Eastern steer skins. The shells are hand carved inside and lathe turned outside. Huge for a huge sound. Okonkolo- 6-1/2″ x 8-3/8″, Itotele- 6-5/8″ x 10-1/4″, Iya- 8″ x 15″

Spalted Poplar Solid Shell Conga Trio

This spalted poplar solid shell conga trio is made of locally and sustainably sourced wood from Athens, GA. Each drum begins as a solid log and is painstakingly hollowed and turned on our custom built conga lathe.

Spalting is the process of naturally coloring the wood using certain fungi and is accomplished here in our shop. The inlays are made of natural turquoise stone. The bottoms are protected by a clear polymer foot which will not mark or scratch floors.

This set is built to be tonally matched to sing together and the internal geometry of each drum is individually designed to bring out the best possible tones from the drums. The skins have been meticulously chosen to match the harmonics of the shells and to create a symbiosis of sound across the entire set.

Tumba
Skin: 2.3mm amber Middle Eastern steer
Playing Surface: 13-1/4″ diameter
Height: 30″
Weight: 29.3 pounds
Hardware: 304 stainless steel 6-lug half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs

Conga
Skin: 2.1mm amber Middle Eastern steer
Playing Surface: 11.5″ diameter
Height: 30″
Weight: 24.8 pounds
Hardware: 304 stainless steel 6-lug half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs

Quinto
Skin: 1.9mm amber Middle Eastern steer
Playing Surface: 11″ diameter
Height: 30″
Weight: 23.2 pounds
Hardware: 304 stainless steel 5-lug half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs