Description
Premium PreMounted™ Conga Heads are natural skins mounted on stainless steel flesh hoops. They are designed to fit modern Gon Bops congas with specific shell sizes and crown types right out of the box. They will not fit vintage drums.
A wide variety of skin types, thicknesses and three color options make your PreMounted™ heads fully customizable to suit any application.
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.
Bright and resonant sound with very crisp slaps, longer sustain and more overtones:
9.75″ Requinto: 1.6mm
10.75″ Quinto: 1.6mm
11.5″ Conga: 1.8mm
12.25″ Tumba: 2mm
13.25″ Super Tumba: 2.2mm
Warm and classic sound with crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass and controlled overtones:
9.75″ Requinto: 1.8mm (recommended)
10.75″ Quinto: 1.8mm (recommended)
11.5″ Conga: 2mm (recommended)
12.25″ Tumba: 2.2mm (recommended)
13.25″ Super Tumba: 2.4mm (recommended)
Dry and woody sound with crisp slaps, shorter sustain and highly controlled overtones:
9.75″ Requinto: 2mm
10.75″ Quinto: 2mm
11.5″ Conga: 2.2mm
12.25″ Tumba: 2.4mm
13.25″ Super Tumba: 2.6mm
Traditional very dry and woody sound with the shortest sustain and next to no overtones.
9.75″ Requinto: 2.2mm
10.75″ Quinto: 2.2mm
11.5″ Conga: 2.4mm
12.25″ Tumba: 2.6mm
13.25″ Super Tumba: 2.8mm
Skin Types
Black Gold™: Brazilian buffalo, warm tones, rich bass, medium action, slightly dimpled supple playing surface
Fat Cat™: Middle Eastern Nili Ravi buffalo, dry/woody tones, low action, smooth and dense playing surface, ideal for folkloric styles
Steer (Peru): Peruvian steer, crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass, highly controlled overtones, warm and classic, medium action, ideal for studio
Steer (Middle East): Middle Eastern steer, crisp slaps, round open tones, rich bass, controlled overtones, warm and classic, medium action, very smooth and somewhat supple playing surface, ideal for live and studio, our shop favorite
Crown Types
Contour
Teardrop
Traditional
How To Measure Drum Size
This is an 11″ quinto.
Production times vary based on thickness, color and order volume. The typical required drying time for a 2.2mm skin is one week.
For answers to many common questions visit our FAQ. White glove customer service available. info@manitopercussion.com
Robert W. –
Went on my old Gon bop easily. Extra thick on the Tumba for less ring than the original head.
Bob B. –
Perfect fit and great tone; as soon as they develop heads for the Gon Bops bongos on they’ll go…
Donald B. –
Great products; Great Service. Drum sounds great!
Gregg Freeman –
This was my first time mounting flat skins on flesh hoops. Swen at Manito Percussion helped guide me through the process with patience and expertice. My old Gon Bops now sound amazing.
Thanks everyone at Manito for making my purchase better than I expected!!
Gregg
Minoru Numata –
John Goodman –
Fantastic product and certainly will be purchasing more. Thanks so much!
Luigi Portararo –
Manito conga skins arrived promptly. Tolerances & finish are impeccable!! These far surpass the synthetic skins they are replacing. With little break in time they sound so impressive!! What an outstanding upgrade!!! I will definitely be shopping with Manito for all my drum heads!