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14 models

  • Gon Bops Mariano Series Congas

    Named for the founder

    Hand percussion

    The Mariano series revives Mariano Bobadilla's original California shell profile, which is squatter and wider than the Cuban pattern most makers copy.

  • Toca Freestyle Congas

    Synthetic shells that survive being moved

    Hand percussion

    Freestyle congas use moulded synthetic shells and synthetic heads, which means they do not crack in a van, do not detune in a damp hall, and cost a fraction of a wooden drum.

  • Meinl Woodcraft Congas

    American white oak shells

    Hand percussion

    Woodcraft congas use American white oak staves and Meinl's tuning hardware, and sit at the professional end of a catalogue that runs a very long way down in price.

  • LP Classic Conga

    The Siam oak conga that set the standard

    Hand percussion

    The Classic is the conga most people picture: Siam oak staves, LP's Comfort Curve rim, and hardware that survives being tuned hard and often. It is the drum against which other production congas are described.

  • Tycoon Master Handcrafted Congas

    The top of the Thai catalogue

    Hand percussion

    Master Handcrafted congas are Tycoon's professional drums, with thicker Siam oak staves and hand-selected heads, at prices well below the American brands.

  • Gon Bops Fiesta Series Congas

    The accessible line

    Hand percussion

    Fiesta congas are Gon Bops' student and semi-professional drums, with the brand's rim contour at a price a beginner can reach.

  • LP Aspire Conga

    The student conga

    Hand percussion

    Aspire puts a real tunable conga with LP hardware into a first instrument, and is the drum most school and community programmes end up owning.

  • Meinl Marathon Classic Congas

    Siam oak congas for heavy use

    Hand percussion

    The Marathon Classic line is Meinl's workhorse conga: Siam oak, heavy hardware, and a rim contour designed to be played hard for a long night.

  • LP Galaxy Giovanni Series Conga

    Giovanni Hidalgo's signature drums

    Hand percussion

    Developed with Giovanni Hidalgo, these congas use a wider, flatter rim contour and a shell profile tuned for the fast, melodic hand technique he is known for.

  • Meinl Headliner Congas

    The entry line

    Hand percussion

    Headliner congas are Meinl's student and semi-professional drums, built in rubberwood with the same tuning hardware pattern as the lines above them.

  • Toca Elite Pro Congas

    Toca's professional wooden drums

    Hand percussion

    Elite Pro is the top of Toca's range: stave-built wooden shells, heavy hardware, and hand-selected hide heads.

  • Gon Bops Alex Acuña Signature Congas

    Special edition drums with the percussionist

    Hand percussion

    Developed with Alex Acuña, these congas use a particular stave profile and rim contour, and they are the drums that carried the revived Gon Bops name back onto stages.

  • Gope Atabaque

    The tall hand drum of candomblé and capoeira

    Hand percussion · Brazil

    The atabaque is a tall, rope- or key-tuned hand drum used in Afro-Brazilian religious music and in capoeira rodas, built by Gope in the three traditional sizes.

  • LP Matador Conga

    The working player's conga

    Hand percussion

    Matador sits below the Classic on price and above most of the market on durability, in Siam oak or fibreglass, and is the line most often bought by players who gig with their drums rather than record with them.