Premium PreMounted™ Conga Heads: LP
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Premium PreMounted™ Conga Heads: LP

(66 customer reviews)

Price range: $128.00 through $133.00

SKU: PMCHLP Category:

Description

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.

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

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)

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

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

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.

Over the years, LP has offered a variety of crown/rim styles, each with its own unique geometry. Our heads are specifically designed to fit the following:

Traditional: rolled thick gauge, steel flat bar

Traditional Conga Crown

EZ Curve: thinner gauge steel, rim-radius curve

Comfort Curve 1 (Soft Strike): thick gauge steel, rim-radius curve

Comfort Curve 2 (X): note smooth ear, thick gauge steel, rim-radius curve

Extended Collar (Z): extended collar, note ear with imprinted triangles, thick gauge steel, rim-radius curve, shares dimensions with Top Tuning crowns

How to Measure Drum Size

To measure your drum size, simply measure the diameter of the drumhead across the top (the playing surface) from edge to edge.

Example:
This is an 11″ Quinto. Measure from one side of the head to the other, passing through the center. The size is the total diameter.

Please note: Premium PreMounted™ Conga Heads are not compatible with Compact or City Series drums.

Production Times

Production times may vary depending on skin thickness, color, and order volume. For example, the typical required drying time for a 2.2mm skin is approximately one week.

For answers to common questions, please visit our FAQ.
We also offer white glove customer service to assist you with any needs.
Contact us: info@manitopercussion.com

 

Additional information

Weight 4.1 lbs
Dimensions 17 × 17 × 5 in
Skin Type

Black Gold™, Fat Cat™, Steer (Middle East), Steer (Peru)
Skin Thickness

1.6mm Medium, 1.8mm Medium Thick, 2.0mm Thick, 2.2mm Extra Thick, 2.4mm Extra Thick, 2.6mm 2X Thick, 2.8mm 2X Thick, 3.0mm 3X Thick
Skin Color

Natural, Amber, Chocolate
Drum Size

9.75" Requinto, 10" Quinto, 11" Quinto, 11.75" Conga, 12.5" Tumba, 14" Super Tumba
Crown Type

Comfort Curve 1 (Soft Strike), Comfort Curve 2 (X), Extended Collar (Z), Top Tuning, Traditional, EZ Curve

66 reviews for Premium PreMounted™ Conga Heads: LP

  1. Michael Giboyeaux –

    The heads are high quality, but you can work on the pricing, lower it down some.

  2. Swen –

    Thanks. Longstanding relationships with our suppliers around the world allow us to offer a variety of top quality skins that are consistent in thickness, free of blemishes and sound great. We aim to contribute to our drumming community in a positive, transparent and sustainable fashion. Unfortunately, top quality skins are expensive. Our customers expect the best, and we deliver!

  3. Dennis S. –

    Simply beautiful sound

  4. Steve Branham –

    Best premounted skins you can get anywhere. Quality craftsmanship and top of the line products. Nobody can touch them

  5. HENRY BRUN –

    As a touring musician, constant travel and performance schedules can be brutal, especially on hand percussion drum heads. Synthetic heads were the answer at one time. The compromise was loss of tonal quality.

    Then I discovered Manito’s Percussion drum heads. I do understand that real hides require extra special care, but these are well worth it.

    After putting them through hell and back, the heads proved themselves to be what I was always looking for, wonderful tones, and excellent quality.

    I can honestly say, Manito Percussion drum heads are the only way to go!

  6. Benny Morales –

  7. Mack Castillo –

    excellent 1.8 mm quinto head mid eastern. Great sound.

  8. Lylburn –

  9. Robert B. –

    Great product even though i ordered the wrong size head. I still appreciate the hard work and dedication Manito Percussion does by hand making every head

  10. Pico –

    Great quality and service in mounting nice heads to my specifications.

  11. johmar sierra –

  12. Jose Rivera –

    Very impressed! I got three for my LP Matadors and I’m in love with these middle eastern steer heads! Smooth surface, warm sound, crisp slaps, deep bass and opens, aesthetically beautiful, nice snug fit… Awesome product and customer service is A+.

  13. John Cabrera –

    Top notch customer service! I ordered pre mounted heads for my congas, but ordered the wrong type for my crown. My mistake. Swen crafted a new set for my Palladiums and shipped them even before he received the returned heads! Customer for life!

  14. Israel R. –

    I was able to visit the shop and it was amazing. Manito answered all my questions, replaced the heads I had previously received. The heads are like Egyptian cotton. Best I have ever seen and felt. I would recommend their services anyday.

  15. Mack P Castillo –

    just recieved about a week ago 11 3/4 1.6 mm for my patato ccx2 man it sounds incredible and its not even broken in yet. Great sounding heads you get your moneys worth thank you Ryan and Swen for the great work.

  16. Mack P Castillo –

    Great conga heads great quality great sound very happy buy from the best Manito percussion.

  17. Howard B. –

    Great sound Black Gold

  18. Johmar Sierra –

    awesome product

  19. Michael M. –

    great fit, skins sound great!

  20. Mack Castillo –

    Great sounding conga heads 1.6 mm 11 3/4

  21. Matt F. –

    Double thumbs up for these guys. They made a hard to fulfill order happen for my brother’s birthday. Great customer service and super nice staff.

  22. Joseph Brown –

    A plus service!! Had trouble on the website so I gave up. Next day I received a call from Sven and he walked me through the process of ordering. A week later I received my pre- mounted head which fit perfectly on my conga. Both of the premounted skins I purchased from Manito has my congas singing. They sound awesome. Thank you.

  23. Miguel –

    As always, great service! Awesome skins

  24. Steven Taylor –

    Beautiful heads. Excellent customer service. Thank you!!

  25. Eric Oberlé –

    La plus belle peau que je n’ai jamais eu en 40 ans de pratique professionnelle, et quel son !!! Chaque fois meilleur en lui laissant le temps de bien prendre sa place …
    Bravo et merci pour ce travail d’une exceptionnelle qualité.

  26. Antoinette Cresci de la Torre –

    These heads are amazing! And the service is great too.

  27. John S. –

  28. Greg H. –

    3 set… 2 pairs of congas 1 bongos!

  29. John S. –

  30. Richard –

    Pure pleasure working with you and thanks for a beautiful conga head

  31. Miguel –

    The Best of the Best….

  32. Scott P Mast –

  33. Eric –

    Best skins I ever purchased for my congas. I’m extremely pleased with the sounds of the new skins, makes me practice more than ever. I highly recommend them.

  34. Kairo Quintero –

    I bought the middle eastern steer heads, chocolate color, bright and resonant thickness for my LP Galaxy requinto, quinto, conga and tumba and the heads not only feel great on the hands but they also play stunning. The heads are responsive, I don’t have to play them that hard, and they elevated the sound of my drums. These pre mounted conga heads are definitely an upgrade from the factory mass produced heads. I am extremely satisfied with Manito Percussion conga heads!

    Manito – thanks for sourcing these great conga heads. I would recommend them to everybody who is looking to elevate the sound of their drums.

  35. RYAN GREGORY –

    Very good quality. Sound is amazing.

  36. Manuel Rodriguez –

    Best in the business, great service and superb product 100%

  37. Kairo Quintero –

    I bought pre-mounted middle eastern steer heads to replace factory LP Galaxy heads for requinto, quinto, conga and tumba and they completely transformed the sound of my drums. These skins are superb in quality! Slaps are crisp, bass is full and they also feel smooth on the hands. No longer do I need to apply that much energy to get the beautiful sounds. I recommend Manito Percussion for everyone looking to elevate their drums!

  38. Raleigh C. –

    Best heads available! Super satisfied! Arrived quickly, and Swen was really great to work with, as I called in to ask some questions. The best!

  39. Mike Scartezina –

    Beautiful work as always. And, a guaranteed fit which is crucial

  40. Luigi Priante –

  41. Joseph Lopez –

  42. Efrain Crespo –

    Perfect! The best!

  43. Joseph Lopez –

    I’ll never buy anymore types of synthetics or even natural hide skins from anyone. The clear distinguishable sound that Manito Steer skins have and give,are what I’ve always wanted on my congas,once I started playing congas 2 years ago!

  44. KIRK WARNER –

    They sound great !

  45. Joseph Lopez –

    Your work & Craftsmanship are amazin

  46. Marcelo Maier –

  47. Juan carlos Ortiz –

    I love it so much

  48. Ajidahun A. –

    Their skins make my LPs the best they can be!

  49. Mance Grady –

    Quite simply your the best because …you’re the best !!!!!!!!!!! Great communication and knowledge!! Thanks

  50. Ramon Rodriguez –

    Excellent!!!!

  51. Juan Rodriguez –

    was very happy with the skin and customer service was excellent. The items were delivered within two weeks. I would definitely purchase other items from them

  52. Jim Tierney –

    These guys are great! They’re very knowledgeable and willing to help you in any way they can. The quality and sound of the head I purchased is unmatched in my opinion. I have 6 more drums to reskin and this is where I’ll do it. Thanks a bunch!!

  53. Richard Oliver –

  54. John Slitti –

    I ordered 6 pre mounts on this batch. They shipped exactly on time, and were beautiful.

  55. Rolando Granera –

    I ordered a pair of Manito steer skins. I love so much that I ordered another pair. I’ve been playing congas for over 28 yrs and manito skins are the best!

  56. Anonymous –

    I tried one head and ordered four more the next day. From the installation process to recording and a gig with sound reinforcement, everything has been great. I can’t recommend them enough. – Beatsmith

  57. Brandon Caldwell –

    Very durable and comfortable. Sound is amazing.

  58. William H. –

    Perfect fit and sound for my vintage LPs.

  59. Pablo Shine –

    A great skin, but I should have gotten a thicker one. too resonant for me.

  60. Swen –

    Hi Pablo. Our PreMounted heads have a 60-day return/exchange guarantee. We’re happy to set you up with a thicker skin.

  61. Jim Roberts –

    Awesome product and service! I used the new head in a gig this weekend and it sounded great!

  62. Roy Alnashef –

    The heads are perfect, thank you!

  63. Kevin Penberthy –

    Fast, and Friendly customer service.
    The high quality skin is easy to tune and holds the tone.

  64. Rudy Gonzales –

    Quick turnaround, great fit and quality. The quinto really sings …

  65. Bobby D. –

    Absolutely beautiful heads. Excellent sound! I will always use Manito!

  66. Eric Sims –

  67. Daniel McMillan –

    Manito Percussion has upped the bar for the best skins!

  68. Turhan Gezer –

    Super Head. Fast delivery to Germany. Many thanks to the friendly people

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