Good wood

[Dugafola]

that's a nice piece!!!

[Bingi_chile]

Thanks--I love the way it sounds.

[bops]

That's a beauty.

[jteskie]

Thanks for the photos ..

I get to listen to and play a lot of different djembes and I've had djembes from all the djembe countries in Africa .. I think that Ivory Coast Iroko djembes are underrated at least over here in the US.

My personal favorite drums are from Guinea and the one I play the most is a Lenke wood drum. I also have a beast of a drum, magnificent piece of Acajou and weighs a ton (photo below) ... awesome sound and I have a great sounding Khadi drum I love playing.

sfdjembeman - is that drum (in photo) from the same group as Magbana/Wula Drums in Guinea? I had one also (akajou) - it was a monster 14" and a 6'4" drummer from Mali traded me two of his drums for mine (he had to have it - it was perfect for his height and the sound was sick), so as I favor I made the trade, sold the other two djembes and got another one from Magbana/Wula. But my new one is douki.

[Dugafola]

douki is a great wood.

i think it sounds a lot like lenke.

increasingly rarer and harder to find these days too.

[bubudi]

duuki is the pulaar name. in malinke it's known as dugura.
you been talking to that fulani carver again, duga?

[Dugafola]

duuki is the pulaar name. in malinke it's known as dugura.
you been talking to that fulani carver again, duga?

nah...been meaning to call them though.

speaking of dookie...

[Dugafola]

here's some of my wood

djalla '05, lenke '07, hare '08. all drums are at least 14" outer diameter. the hare just got tuned up and hasn't even left the house yet. each one was carved specifically for me by Malal and Ringo in Cosa, CKY. the decorations were done by my friend Laye. heading and rope work done by myself.

[James]

mmmm

[Marc_M]

I couldn't help posting my fav. I bought this a few months ago - I didn't have any intention of buying a new djembe, but as soon as I heard this one, it was love at first slap (well, that hasn't happened in years.) Now I can get the sweet tones I couldn't get on my old djembe.

I was told the wood is balaphon - would that be hare? Does this look like hare to anyone?

M.

[bops]

Doesn't look like hare (khadi) to me. Typically khadi is dark brown to auburn, and is identifiable by its tiger stripes. It looks like it might be melina, which is mango wood. Is it fairly lightweight?

[Marc_M]

I added a detail of the wood in my original post above.The wood is not light - I guess it would be a medium to heavy wood - it weighs more than my other djembes.

I did a little research on the internet, and it looks like lenke to me, based on the grain, patterning, and colour. If anyone can identify the wood that would be helpful.

cheers.
M.

[Dugafola]

yea with the close up picture you posted, it looks like lenke to me. could be beng or dugura?

[Marc_M]

OK - I'm going with lenke until someone tells me otherwise. Thanks