Latin Percussion Compact Quinto, 11-inch

Latin Percussion Compact Quinto, 11-inch Review

Why, you may ask, should you buy this little body-less conga, when you can get a "real" conga for about the same price? Well, for one thing, this *is* a real instrument, made by a great company (Latin Percussion) that's going to outlast one of the cheap Asian imported Congas that you'll soon be dissatisfied with. Another is that this is a drum you'll want to keep, for practice and travel, even if you do have a set of custom 0 congas, tumbas, quintos and so forth.

I bought mine as a learning instrument. I've played drums off and on for decades, but never hand drums, and a friend recommended the Compact Conga as a much better choice than the cheap imports I was looking at. He was right. This is a beautiful, solidly made unit that's easy to play and delivers a surprising amount of tone, considering that there's no body. True, you won't get the real deep bass notes of a full-sized conga, but you'll get all the exrpessiveness of a full sized drum. (LP has a video of Giovanni himself playing it on their web site that will demonstrate this for you).

The three raised feet on the bottom of the drum allow it to be played on a table top, but you'll really want a solid snare stand to put it on- something with mass, that can take serious slapping. I suppose you could build a wooden stand if you're handy- just make sure it can take heavy playing without moving about. (Personally, I've been kind of tempted to place it over the end of a Sonotube to hear how it would sound).

For beginners, like myself, this is a great way to learn without investing a lot of money in expensive drums. For experienced players, I think this would be a great practice or travel drum. If you have your own home recording studio, I suspect this would be a great way to add some good conga sounds to your recordings without a huge investment. A fine product, with typical LP quality, and a great value.

Latin Percussion Compact Quinto, 11-inch Feature

• Drum Key Tunable to Different Pitches
• Can Be Used Anywhere a Conga Is Played
• Fits On Virtually Any Basket Snare Stand
• May Be Muted for Quiet Practice
• Patented and Award-Winning Design

Latin Percussion Compact Quinto, 11-inch Overview

One of our most successful innovations, the patented LP Compact Congas produce an amazing conga sound suitable for practice, playing live, or in a studio. They were designed with Giovanni Higaldo and won the 2003 Musikmesse International Press Award for most innovative instrument, Drum! Drummies and MD reader's choice awards

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