Premium PreMounted™ Bongo Heads: 9″ Hembra

Our Premium PreMounted™ Bongo Heads are crafted from natural skins mounted on 3/16″ stainless steel flesh hoops, designed to fit drums with specific shell sizes and crown types right out of the box.

With a variety of skin types and three color options, these PreMounted™ heads are fully customizable to suit any musical application.

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Skin Thickness Recommendations

The appropriate skin thickness should be selected relative to the shell size. The larger the shell, the thicker the skin. This ensures a balanced sound across your entire set of drums.

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Sound Profiles by Thickness

Bright and Resonant

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

• Bongo Macho: 0.8mm

• Bongo Hembra: 1.2mm

Warm and Classic

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

• Bongo Macho: 1mm (recommended)

• Bongo Hembra: 1.4mm

Dry and Woody

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

• Bongo Macho: 1.2mm

• Bongo Hembra: 1.6mm (recommended)

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Skin Types

• Steer (Peru): Peruvian steer provides crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass, and highly controlled overtones. It delivers a warm and classic sound with medium action, making it ideal for studio work.

• Steer (Middle East): Middle Eastern steer offers crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass, and controlled overtones. With a warm and classic sound, this skin has medium action and a very smooth, somewhat supple playing surface, ideal for both live performances and studio work. It is our shop favorite.

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Compatibility

These PreMounted™ Bongo Heads will fit:

• LP Bongos

  • Generation 3

  • Triple

  • Johnny “Danny” Rodriguez

  • Any other LP 9″ Hembra with Traditional crown

• Meinl Bongos

  • Woodcraft (WB500)

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Crown Types

• Traditional Crown: Rolled thick-gauge steel flat bar.

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How to Measure Drum Size

To measure your drum, simply measure the diameter of the drumhead across the top (the playing surface) from edge to edge. This measurement corresponds to the size of the head you need.

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Production Times

Each PreMounted™ head is hand-crafted with care. Production times vary based on thickness, color, and order volume. The typical required drying time is one week.

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