We recently upgraded the skins and flesh hoops on this set of SOS congas for a customer. I chose Middle Eastern Steer- 1.8mm for the quinto, 2mm for the conga, 2.2mm for the tumba, 2.4mm for the super tumba.

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

Wood: spalted sugar maple

Height: 6-3/8″

Width: 7″ macho, 8-3/4″ hembra

Bridge: spalted maple burl with pipestone, magnesite and lapis inlay

Skins: 1mm steer on macho, 1.8mm steer on hembra

304 Stainless Steel Hardware: half round moderna crowns, 3/8″ heavy duty tuning lugs

Weight: 12.4 lbs

We recently upgraded the flesh hoops and skins on these LP “Dandy” bongos for a customer in California. I mounted Middle Eastern Steer- 1.2mm on the macho, 1.8mm on the hembra. I generally recommend 1mm thick for the macho, but the customer wanted a dryer sound for the macho.

This Spalted Poplar Solid Shell Quinto Tumba Set 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 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.

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Tumba

Skin: 2.2mm natural steer

Playing Surface: 12.5″ diameter

Height: 30″

Weight: 33 pounds

Hardware: 304 stainless steel 6-lug half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs

Quinto

Skin: 1.9mm natural steer

Playing Surface: 10.75″ diameter

Height: 30″

Weight: 22 pounds

Hardware: 304 stainless steel 5-lug half round Moderna crown, heavy duty 3/8″ tuning lugs

Manito fabricated new 3/16″ square 304 stainless steel flesh hoops, and I mounted calf skins on these vintage Ludwig bongos for a customer in San Francisco.

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Manito recently acquired a skid steer to make moving wood much easier.

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Fat Cat™ Buffalo is Middle Eastern Nili Ravi. It’s a very high quality and versatile skin. This type of buffalo is not to be confused with the thin water buffalo commonly used in drum factories in Thailand where most mass produced congas are made.

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.

Skin thickness is recommended relative to the shell size- the larger the shell, the thicker the skin. This produces a balanced sound across the entire set of drums.

Warm and classic sound with crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass and controlled overtones:

Requinto: 1.8mm

Quinto: 1.8mm

Conga: 2mm

Tumba: 2.2mm

Super Tumba: 2.4mm

Dry and woody sound with crisp slaps, shorter sustain and highly controlled overtones:

Requinto: 2mm (recommended)

Quinto: 2mm (recommended)

Conga: 2.2mm (recommended)

Tumba: 2.4mm (recommended)

Super Tumba: 2.6mm (recommended)

Traditional very dry and woody sound with the shortest sustain and next to no overtones.

Requinto: 2.2mm

Quinto: 2.2mm

Conga: 2.4mm

Tumba: 2.6mm

Super Tumba: 2.8mm