Anybody else play a didgeridoo?

M@ddest_H@tter! · #1 10-20-2008, 06:04 AM

I play one, just curious to see if anyone else owns one m

jwbassman · #2 10-20-2008, 06:19 AM

Don't own one, but I tried playing one once. It wasn't easy. The kid that owned it wasn't bad though. He working on the circular breathing to be able to keep playing it almost constantly. That would be a pretty hard technique to learn and perfect I would imagine. Re-learning how to breathe can't be easy.

DigMe · #3 10-20-2008, 06:23 AM

Used to moreso than now.

bc

Asa Samuel · #4 10-20-2008, 08:31 AM

I got a small one as a present a while ago but never properly tried to learn to use it, and I have a blocked nose at the moment so I'll wait a few days then give it a blast!

CapnSev · #5 10-20-2008, 08:33 AM

I have one, but I can't get the circular breathing thing going to play it right.

hover · #6 10-20-2008, 08:40 AM

I have actually made a few nice ones out of pvc pipe...and get some real nice beeswax from a local guy for the mouthpiece. I made a neat one with a couple different sections of different size pvc & fittings to make a didj that can play different notes on the fly like a trombone...I'll see if I can get a pic of it.

Any sources for nice termite-made didj's? I had seen one from a guy that also makes basses (!!!!) but they are SO expensive. I know they are quality, but still.

Humblerumble · #7 10-20-2008, 08:40 AM

check out www.harper.biz I met these guys at a blues festival this summer.

Croox · #8 10-20-2008, 09:04 AM

my guitar player has one, we tried using it in a song in an old band we were in at the time, didnt work out well. he got it from MF

gold_member_321 · #9 10-20-2008, 09:05 AM

I did in high school, but I'm considering picking it up again.

RED5 · #10 10-20-2008, 09:51 AM

I don't own one but I do jam with a guy has one. The ultimate drone instrument!

jonathan_matos5 · #11 10-20-2008, 10:29 AM

it is on my to do list.

i do not currently own one. i played on one a bit in high school but now i do not have access to one

froovs · #12 10-20-2008, 10:35 AM

ive got a modern one called a didjeribone

http://www.didjeribone.net/design.html

great fun for annoying the hell out of the housemates

good for your lung volume too

cheers
froovs

Scarlet Fire · #13 10-20-2008, 10:49 AM

How loud are they? I'm thinking of buying a cheap one for our hockey games.

Tony G · #14 10-20-2008, 10:52 AM

I used to own one and played it all the time, but it eventually cracked down the side spliting it wide open due to humidity, or lack of.

TheDarkReaver · #15 10-20-2008, 11:25 AM

No, but I'd like to. A few years ago yhere was this great street muscian in Lincoln who was really good at it. I wonder what happened to him.

M@ddest_H@tter! · #16 10-20-2008, 03:29 PM

Wow, I didn't expect to get such a response to this thread. Anyone thinking of picking one up should, its fun to play. I myself am not very good at the circular breathing thing (smoker) and its true its a pain in the but to re-learn how to breathe.

Should you think of picking one up, check out:

http://www.didgeridoostore.com/

They have some really good prices on PVC didg's and have some really pretty ones made out of eucalyptus wood. We should start a didg club, anybody else want in?

nickn · #17 10-20-2008, 04:21 PM

My dad was a didj aficionado before selling all his didjes to buy guitar gear. I messed around with some of his didjes on occasion... it's a HARD instrument to just pick up and play. But it's cool!

MatticusMania · #18 10-20-2008, 05:06 PM

I didgeri-don't

M@ddest_H@tter! · #19 10-20-2008, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

I didgeri-don't

I was waiting for that one!

Andrew.Glose · #20 10-20-2008, 07:21 PM

My mother was in Australia some time ago and I asked her to pick one up for me. She did.

It's a real didgeridoo, hollowed out by termites. It isn't huge, but it's very nice. Artwork down the side, etc.

I can circular breath. It took me a while, and I can't keep it going forever, but long enough. It's not as complicated as it's made out to be.

Plus, you can bend the drone note up or down a half step by increasing/decreasing the air stream. That, combined with some drumming on the side of the didgeridoo (you only need one hand to hold it), and humming some harmonies, it makes for some cool stuff.

Andrew