Re: Most versatile Djembe,conga or doumbek??

> I agree. I've got a fish skin Doumbek and like all natural skins
> is rather weather sensitive. But even though I don't play mine
> much, I've never noticed it being "awful". It does change quite
> a bit with weather though (this is Ohio). But since I usually keep
> it inside I've never seen it get way out of control (Like say
> a djembe outside). And that's goo since I don't think there is
> any reasonable way to change the head tension to tune it.
>
> And I also agree that I don't think the bass is any
> louder than non-fish doubeks. It is a nice sounding
> drum though.
>
> Benj

Well I am concentrating 100% on Indian tabla (now been playing for 2 years
and yes it is a bitch to learn but I am getting there slowly). But I did
have a couple of darabuka lessons and my teacher had a drum with a fish skin
head. He had a biscuit tin which he'd punched holes in and then had a
lightbulb inside with the wires poking through the side of the tin. He would
turn his drum upside down and place it on the tin to warm the skin with the
heat of the bulb. I'm not recommending this but it did seem to work quite
well.

Just thought I'd add that :-)

Cheers, Mark.