Bongos

Am thinking of getting some Bongos, just for the hell of it :)

Any bongo players here? Any advice you can offer me?

Now we can have Kerouac and Ginsberg poetry readings, with Mark laying down some prime bongo beats...

...Hippy.

Very.

I think I may be able to convince my parents to let me buy these: LP WBCP221-DW BONGOS - U.K. International Cyberstore

:toothygrin:

LP WBCP221-DW BONGOS - U.K. International Cyberstore

A quality pair of bongos...

:toothygrin:

Heh, I have a bunch of old, hard-back dictionaries I lay out and drum on. Bongos are okay, IMO, but congas are better, it's just they're bigger. :toothygrin: But hey, whatta ya gonna do? I think you could count me as an able player of the bongos and congos, but I'm no virtuoso of sorts by any means.

If I take to Bongos I am planning on investing in some Congas as well, and probably some more latin percussion instruments :thumbsup:

Oh man, I wish I was a millionaire. I would just walk right into a music shop and buy it.

Sapphire...?

I like congas better. They have a much nicer sound, then bongos. IMO, that is. But no, I really couldn't help you find a decent one.

Arrived today, they are SO DAMNED COOL!

I've never heard of anyone getting so excited about bongos. But that's cool.

I get excited about textbooks :thumbsup: :)

lol, did you hit your head when you were little? j/k:P

Personally, I think congas are WAY better than bongos. Bongos are louder, but congas have a much nicer sound, and with the right techniques can be pretty loud. Of course, there's nothing wrong with having both...

~Kal

Personally, I think congas are WAY better than bongos. Bongos are louder, but congas have a much nicer sound, and with the right techniques can be pretty loud. Of course, there's nothing wrong with having both...

~Kal

You can't really compare the two, they're different instruments.

That's like saying: trombones are better than trumpets; trumpets are louder, but trombones have a nicer sound. :wub: (not true...trombones are WAY louder)

I went and checked out some bongos myself and almost bought some too!

But then realized that I'd probably never really get into them. I do recall tying to play bongos before and I just didn't have the rhythm in me, although that may have changed.

In any case I DID buy pocket trumpet!

Yeah! It just came today!

Robin will be excite (maybe), you are into brass are you not?

In any case I DID buy pocket trumpet!

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Robin will be excite (maybe), you are into brass are you not?

:cool:

Mark: I'm on the prowl for jazz-infused bongo music...will inform if anything pops up.

Thanks :cool:

I'm becoming more interested in other latin percussion now aswell, think I might get myself some congas as soon as I can convince my parents I need them, and look into writing for latin percussion. I see that finale 2008 has some new sounds; latin percussion, and saxs and stuff aswell as GPO, so I think I'll add that to my wish list :D