I was given some bongos today that have no logo on them or anything. The only thing on it is a "Mad in Japan" stamp on one of the rims. They're painted white with a cheap thin WMP wrap on them and the insides are painted red. If anyone has any info on these please let me know. And where would I find heads for them? The rims are 7 1/4" and 8 1/2". Thanks.
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Posted on 12 years ago
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Ernie the generic Asian firewood bongos were brought into the US in the 60's by the boatloads---literally. There were hundreds of thousands of them under hundreds of different brand names. The heads are not any standard bongo drum size available in our music stores.
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Thanks for the info. I figured they were just knock-around drums(since they're made out of plywood). However, I found some Remo and Evans bongo heads on Amazon that are 7 1/4" and 8 1/2". Are you saying these wouldn't fit these drums even though they line up size-wise?
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Now, thoe head just might work. I was never able to find heads that fit the set of Gold Sparkles that I got several years ago.
No matter how far you push the envelope, it is still stationery.
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