Hi, it’s Ben here for the third episode of our Drum Circle Gear Check. What would a drum circle be without a few lovely djembes. Remo has a few that I would like to show. What makes a Remo djembe what it is? Firstly, it's the material technology that Remo uses. The skins are made out of Mylar, which is synonymous with Remo. It’s a plastic material that is incredibly resistant, has a very high sound projection and – most importantly – is weather resistant. You start a drum circle outside, it starts to rain … no problem. The head is not out of tune, nothing happens, you wipe it off and you’re done. This special head is a Remo Skyndeep head. These are plastic heads that are graphically processed. They are therefore available in various designs. Here, for example, in a lovely green.
The body is made out of the Remo-patented Acousticon. This is a wood composite material that combines the best of both worlds: it sounds like wood but it has the resilience of plastic. That means that If the djembe falls down, nothing happens. If the djembe gets wet, nothing happens. You can wipe them off, you can transport them, the djembe does not break. It’s an investment for a long time, perhaps even for life. I've never had to throw away a Remo djembe because of it being broken. They keep going and going and going, even though thousands of people have played on them. Another really crucial feature is that these djembes are mechanically tunable. So there is no traditional rope tension, which is often a problem for the drum circle leader or the less-experienced player when the head needs to be tuned or replaced. If you have such a djembe, please have someone do that for you who really knows what they’re doing. This is not necessary here.
Here you just have tuning screws that you can easily be operated with the included tuning key. Of course, it’s not just the look but also the sound that counts. These djembes sound fantastic. They have a real djembe sound in a way that allows DC facilitators to take them everywhere without worrying having any worries. And they look pretty good too. The Remo tunable djembe. A great instrument. I wouldn’t want to be without it and I hope that you like them too. That was Ben with the Drum Circle Gear Check.
See you next time. Take care and have fun! .