Latin PercussionLPM200-AW Santana Mini Tunable Wood Bongos

Regalo para mi sobrina la primera Navidad🎄First Christmas gift for my (first) newborn baby niece.They are ‘mini’, so have higher pitch than normal size - but they are tunable and sound great.They are professionally built, beautifully finished and should last my niece a lifetime.

The media could not be loaded. So this is a real instrument, the little drum sounds a little woodpecker-ish. I rubbed some oil in it and it made it better, I also tuned a little bit, and made it a little bit better. I'm hoping it'll get better over time, but it'll work. It's always a gamble when you buy bongos that you can't hear first. But overall I'm happy. I'll play with it a little bit more tuning wise and it'll be fine.

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at $34, i thought, these will be more like a toy than a real instrument. NOT! these are small but you can extract nuance from them. actually, i'm a drummer and installed them on a rack. i play them with sticks, but i can get a great sound by paying around the head and with rim shots. they're tunable! real cowskin heads. real lugs and real solid wood. some reviewers mentioned they'd use them to practice while travelling. for a pro or serious hobbyist, i doubt that would work given the head size. i'd recommend a 6" toca for that purpose. but for a cool effect, which is how i'm using them they're great. i've got them installed with a set of toca bongos, lp aspire bongos, set of junior congas, and three full size congas. yes, its rediculous, but i get the full range from tiny bell-like sounds from the minis all the way down to the big kahunas.

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These things are tiny lol. It worked for what I needed them for but I wouldn't play on them regularly because I am seriously afraid of breaking them or busting the heads because they're so small but still look great because of the paint job.I would use this as a collector's item for for a beginning percussionist/kid who would take care of them and not damage the paint. "A" for what they are but I wouldn't use them for heavy playing or regular gigging.

I love mine, but they might not be right for someone just starting out. The small size makes them harder to play; you have to be very precise and hit them harder, and the sound is not very bongo-like at all. That said, they are more than toys; the sound they do make is clear and pleasing depending on how you tune them (and position them), they are well made and very beautiful. I tune it so the hembra sounds like horse hooves and the macho sounds like Woody Woodpecker, alot of fun to play. Also, you can (carefully) mount these on a standard snare drum stand. UPDATE: 2/19/14 : they still sit on my coffee table and I still play them often, just ordered a pair for my sister.

Compre el producto basado en la fotografíaY en realidad es muy bonito y con excelente acabado pero no especificaba el tamaño realY me lleve la mala sorpresa de que sonMiniatura y los quiero tamaño regular