Welcome Andy, I would say your doing the right thing researching on here before buying, what this lot don't know about bongos is.................. vast!!!! sorry.... I mean possibly not worth knowing.
If your not in too much of a hurry, try and visit a "meet" it's a great chance to have a nosey around different Bongo setups, and pick the owners brains. In Fact, there are a few owners in and around Perth now....more than enough to have a good day meet...all it needs is someone to organise one.
...I might be able to make it for a day meet.
All the best.
As dunslair said....Pictures asap please.
