Need help to find a Djembe

[Trog]

For backpacking I think the Toca would work the best of that group. IMO.

[michi]

For backpacking I think the Toca would work the best of that group. IMO.

I find myself disagreeing, both because of its size and because it is one of those terrible fibreglass contraptions.

I'd go with a wooden shell, even though that will move a little with changes in humidity and temperature. (The movement in the shell won't matter that much with a synthetic skin.) You'll get a better sounding drum that way, IMO.

Cheers,

Michi.

[Erny]

For backpacking I think the Toca would work the best of that group. IMO.

I agree with michi, the 12" is definitively to big for backpacking (height about 24"!) but this kind is also available as 9" and 10", even lighter and still smaller.

Michi, the drum shell isn´t made out of fibreglass (as Meinl partly does) but out of another not closer specified plastic material (far away from wood indeed ). With fibreglass the extremely low weight would not be possible.

The head is made of black dyed goat skin but now there are also rope-tuned drums with synthetic-heads available which really produce (imo) not expected good sounds. To my mind the synthetic-heads of Toca sound better than those of remo because of that well-known ringing-issue.

Regards to down-under, hope you´re fine after water and storms!

...Erny

[michi]

For backpacking I think the Toca would work the best of that group. IMO.

I agree with michi, the 12" is definitively to big for backpacking (height about 24"!) but this kind is also available as 9" and 10", even lighter and still smaller.

Michi, the drum shell isn´t made out of fibreglass (as Meinl partly does) but out of another not closer specified plastic material (far away from wood indeed ).

Ah, I didn't know that. The operative point, as you say, is that it isn't wood though .

The head is made of black dyed goat skin but now there are also rope-tuned drums with synthetic-heads available which really produce (imo) not expected good sounds.

I wonder whether the goat skin can compensate for the artificial shell. Well, it might well be worth a shot. But I'd listen before I buy!

Regards to down-under, hope you´re fine after water and storms!

I'm personally unaffected, thanks. I live a long way from the river, and the cyclone barely caused a few showers this far south.

Cheers,

Michi.

[Erny]

Good to read that you are not concerned by the "natural forces" during the last days and weeks!

I wonder whether the goat skin can compensate for the artificial shell. Well, it might well be worth a shot. But I'd listen before I buy!

I think, the non-artifical skin contributes a lot to compensation and I liked to read: ..it might well be worth a shot...

To my mind one should never buy a drum without having played on it and listened to its sound! And after this it´s early enough to decide: CRAP!

In order to give you an impression of the shell, I appended two pics.

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The first shows the outside surface, the second the inside-surface and the rubber ring of the bottom. The ropes you see just contribute to my try to beautify the shell a bit!

By the way, where is the thread-starter gone?

Cheers...
...Erny

[Waraba]

I think you should blow the euros on a nice m'bira instead, with bottle cap resonators. These are easy to pack, and you can press it up against a hollow log to amplify your sound. Or, you can now buy a "practice pad conga" from your traditional drum shop, which product actually gives a great sound. Light as a practice pad, loud, and the dimensions of a dinner plate! Use this or the mbira for backpacking. With the space you save from leaving the full-sized drum at home, you can now for the first time include in your backpack such popular accessories as a snake bite kit, water, or food.

[freefeet]

With the space you save from leaving the full-sized drum at home, you can now for the first time include in your backpack such popular accessories as a snake bite kit, water, or food.

And, more importantly, beer!

[Mr.Mantas]

Must admit that Meinl djembe sounds really good indeed.

[Waraba]

With the space you save from leaving the full-sized drum at home, you can now for the first time include in your backpack such popular accessories as a snake bite kit, water, or food.

And, more importantly, beer!

...to pour on the snake.

[HawaOuti]

Hi!

If you are in Denmark, you could try to contact Miguel Camara: http://www.fore-fote.dk/homedk.html. He probably has good quality drums, and maybe different sizes as well.