Hayman BG-405-BK Hardwood Bongos – 6.85″ & 7.95″, deep-black gloss, natural rawhide heads, black powder-coated hardware
Gloss lacquer the colour of midnight transforms Hayman’s classic hardwood BG-405 into a sleek centre-piece that still speaks with the same organic voice: the snap and glow of natural rawhide heads seated on warmly resonant shells. Under stage lights the polished black finish mirrors every flash, while black powder-coated steel hardware frames the drums in a single stealthy silhouette. Matched diameters—6.85″ macho and 7.95″ hembra—deliver crisp articulations and rounded bass in perfect dialogue, ready for salsa breakdowns, Afro-Cuban solos or coffee-house fusion.
Seasoned percussionists will value the smoothly rounded bearing edges that let the hide settle fast and hold tuning night after night. Heavy-gauge tension rods thread like butter, locking micro-adjustments against heat and humidity, and the low-profile hardwood centre block leaves knee space free for marathon sets. The mid-density hardwood shell focuses attack without the boxy harshness of cheap laminates, mic’ing beautifully in studio yet loud enough for street performance. From the first palm-stroke you’ll hear why drummers choose rawhide: under gentle touch it whispers airy harmonics; pushed hard it blooms in woody overtones impossible to fake with synthetics.
Choose Elit Music and you add over 30 years of expertise plus a professional pre-flight set-up—your BG-405-BK arrives tuned, polished, and ready to lift the groove before the first downbeat.
These are the technical specifications
Shell material: tropical hardwood, high-gloss black lacquer
Head material: natural rawhide, unbleached
Head diameters: 6.85″ (174 mm) macho, 7.95″ (202 mm) hembra
Hardware: black powder-coated steel, heavy-gauge tension rods
Rims: rolled steel, black finish
Centre block: low-profile hardwood
Included: tuning wrench, care guide
Weight: approx. 3.6 kg (pair)
