I’ve been meaning to build a more efficient tuning rack to tune my drums on.? The one I have been using was built out of wood taken from an old tree house, and it was warped and chunky.? It was the first tuning rack I built for tightening the vertical ropes, and though I have […]
A new line of RHD Pro Series Djembes are coming early in 2012. ? Pre-order until Jan. 2012 for a huge 20% discount!? This is going to be about 120 dollars of the projected price tag of $600. These drums are going above and beyond what I thought I had the capability to build […]
I am extremely happy with the outcome of this djembe! Everything worked together just as I hoped it would. The contrast with the Maple and Bloodwood is beautiful, the resin inlay is almost a perfect match for the bloodwood, and the grey rope really adds to the overall theme. I used a black fabric with […]
I finally got around to finishing up this Vegetarian friendly Djembe… I’m impressed!? If you listen carefully, you can tell it’s a synthetic skin, but it sounds super sweet!? I do a few “special” techniques a bit different when putting the synthetic head on a djembe.? Building the walnut shell allowed to build the shell […]
Not a huge update here.. just a small follow up. I loved the way this black walnut djembe finished up.? I used a new technique for finishing walnut wood which consists of flooding the surface with danish oil and then sanding in a circular pattern with 400 grit wet/dry sand paper.? This creates a slurry […]
FINALLY… I finished this beautiful djembe shell.? I’m so happy with the way it came out.? The bloodwood contrasts excellent with the hard maple and the inlay matches the bloodwood really well.? The detail I was able to get with the inlay was really good.? Inlace instructions suggests 1/8″ by 1/8″ min. width and depth.? […]
Ok, this isn’t really part one outside of the internet…? I’ve been at this build for a while so I will probably only have a few parts to this vegan djembe build. I build quite a few of these vegan/vegetarian friendly djembes and ashikos.? Hopefully you’ll find the following interesting… just the basic process of […]
I recently got an order for a vegetarian friendly djembe. It’s a total custom build using American black walnut wood and I’m doing some simple carvings at the base. I actually do a lot of these vegan/vegetarian djembes and ashikos so I thought this would be a great addition to my drum building blog to […]
I finally got this custom djembe finished up. I’m extremely happy with the sound. This is the first deer skin I have put on a djembe. I had previously gotten some rawhide deerskin cleaned and shaved that I put on an ashiko drum, but I got this skin raw a few hours after the kill… […]
I’ve made some good progress with this djembe build.? I ordered the Inlace Inlay System from a different company this time (didn’t know what all I needed the first time ordering, so I had all the correct granules and fillers and dye, just no clear resin or red resin)… Turtle Feathers as I wasn’t too […]
