- Fri Nov 17, 2017 3:30 pm
#38413
Some time ago I was so thrilled about a djembe with 45 knots. It did sound so amazing that I asked frequently in this forum about the significance of the amount of knots on the ring for the sound and wasn't easily satisfied with the answers. So I started experimenting with many knots. Not exactly 45, but I now do between 31-39 compared to around 25 before. I think the sound is a bit more evened out with this technique, but it doesn't explain the amazing sound of this djembe I heard a year ago.
Lately, I did hear it again, and it doesn't sound that amazing any more. It did hold its sound for half a year, then it significantly lost tension and quality. After two rounds of diamonds, it starts to sound good again, but not that awesome good as before.
So I wonder. My impression is that those modern djembes all have an incredible wet pull, which first sounds awesome, but after a while not so much any more. I shared my view with Eike from the webshop in Berlin and he agreed that cranking wet pull sort of brings goat skins to their limit much faster. The Wula drum he brought for me to try was a good example of that.
Do you guys agree that this rather recent development of heavy wet pull doesn't benefit the sound in the long run?
Lately, I did hear it again, and it doesn't sound that amazing any more. It did hold its sound for half a year, then it significantly lost tension and quality. After two rounds of diamonds, it starts to sound good again, but not that awesome good as before.
So I wonder. My impression is that those modern djembes all have an incredible wet pull, which first sounds awesome, but after a while not so much any more. I shared my view with Eike from the webshop in Berlin and he agreed that cranking wet pull sort of brings goat skins to their limit much faster. The Wula drum he brought for me to try was a good example of that.
Do you guys agree that this rather recent development of heavy wet pull doesn't benefit the sound in the long run?