Our Premium PreMounted™ Conga Heads feature natural skins mounted on 1/4″ round 304 stainless steel flesh hoops. These heads are designed to fit drums with specific shell sizes and crown types right out of the box.

With a variety of skin types, thicknesses, and three color options, our PreMounted™ Heads are fully customizable to suit any application and playing style.

Skin Thickness Recommendations

Skin thickness should be selected based on the size of the drum shell. The larger the shell, the thicker the skin. This ensures a balanced, harmonious sound across your entire set of drums.

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Sound Profiles by Thickness

Bright & Resonant

For a bright sound with very crisp slaps, longer sustain, and more overtones:

• Requinto: 1.6mm
• Quinto: 1.6mm
• Conga: 1.8mm
• Tumba: 2mm
• Super Tumba: 2.2mm

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Warm & Classic

For a warm, classic sound with crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass, and controlled overtones:

• Requinto: 1.8mm (recommended)
• Quinto: 1.8mm (recommended)
• Conga: 2mm (recommended)
• Tumba: 2.2mm (recommended)
• Super Tumba: 2.4mm (recommended)

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Dry & Woody

For a dry, woody sound with crisp slaps, shorter sustain, and highly controlled overtones:

• Requinto: 2mm
• Quinto: 2mm
• Conga: 2.2mm
• Tumba: 2.4mm
• Super Tumba: 2.6mm

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Traditional Dry & Woody

For a very dry sound with the shortest sustain and almost no overtones:

• Requinto: 2.2mm
• Quinto: 2.2mm
• Conga: 2.4mm
• Tumba: 2.6mm
• Super Tumba: 2.8mm

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Skin Types

• Black Gold™: Brazilian buffalo, known for warm tones, rich bass, medium action, and a slightly dimpled, supple playing surface.
• Fat Cat™: Middle Eastern Nili Ravi buffalo, offering dry/woody tones, low action, and a smooth, dense playing surface. Ideal for folkloric styles.
• Steer (Peru): Peruvian steer, providing crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass, and highly controlled overtones. This medium-action skin is perfect for studio applications.
• Steer (Middle East): Middle Eastern steer, delivering crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass, and controlled overtones. With a smooth and somewhat supple playing surface, it’s ideal for both live performances and studio use. This is our shop favorite.

Our beaters are handcrafted in-house for a wide range of applications, including use with bells. Made from durable synthetic materials, they are designed to withstand heavy use while maintaining consistent performance. We offer them in various thicknesses, colors, and lengths to suit different playing styles and needs.

Quick Stick
Dimensions: 9″–12″ x 3/8″
Response: Medium attack, medium volume
Available Colors: Black, Brown

Hot Stick
Dimensions: 9-1/2″ x 5/8″
Response: Medium-high attack, medium-high volume
Available Color: Brown

Fat Stick
Dimensions: 9-1/2″ x 3/4″
Response: High attack, high volume
Available Color: Black

SOLD! This LP Performer Series 12.5″ Tumba is a used drum with a few minor cosmetic blemishes. It features an amber 2.2mm Fat Cat™ Buffalo head, and sounds great! This drum is sold as is.

Check out great deals on PreMounted™ heads for LP congas at our specials page!

This PreMounted™ Fat Cat™ Buffalo Skin For LP 12.5″ Tumba With Comfort Curve 1 (Soft Strike) Crown is 2.4mm thick. The sound is dry and woody with crisp slaps, shorter sustain and highly controlled overtones. Fat Cat™ Buffalo is Middle Eastern Nili Ravi. On congas, it produces dry/woody tones, and has low action at thickness above 2.5mm. It is ideal for folkloric styles or any application where a very thick skin is preferred!

We recently upgraded the flesh hoop and skin on this Rhythm Tech 12.5″ tumba for a customer in NC. Manito fabricated the flesh hoop from 1/4″ round 304 stainless steel. I mounted 2.2mm chocolate steer, as well as cleaned and lubricated the tuning lugs. This is the first time I’ve worked on a Rhythm Tech conga. The bottom ring is plastic, but the side plates are in the correct orientation.

SALE! I recently added quite a few PreMounted™ heads for LP congas to our Specials page.

Domingo ‘Sunny’ Ortiz recently dropped off these LP congas. Manito fabricated custom 304 stainless steel stands for all three.

I really enjoy working on a wide variety of bongos that customers either drop off or ship to us. Manito recently fabricated new 304 stainless steel flesh hoops for these LP Aspire bongos. I mounted high quality steer skins– .9mm thick on the 6-3/4″ macho, 1.5mm on the 8″ hembra. Get in touch if you are looking to upgrade your drums. DM, info@manitopercussion, 706-614-4563

Our Traditional Crown Rims (Round Ears) are fabricated from 304 stainless steel for added strength, luster and comfort. Each crown is custom made to order to fit any sized drum, and includes a complimentary flesh hoop. Available in matte and high polish finish.

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