Anybody play the didge?

never even heard of it lol

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Originally Posted by wilomn

I don't play the didge but I do bang the heck out of a djembe.

There's a drum circle every sunday at the beach out here and every once in a while one or two of your guys show up and play. It's pretty cool.

Bunch of Cave Men hiding out on this site.

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Nice, back when i lived in michigan we used to do drum circles every weekend on the beach somewhere along Lake Superior. we'd have a big bonfire and play away. a couple of my buddies out there make their own drums too.

I figured I'd ressurect this old thread because, after some months of not playing at all (and not having a didj around), I decided to go out and make myself a few PVC pipe didgeridoos.

All I did was take a few lengths of PVC pipe (to have a few different tones), 1 1/2 inch diameter, and then found a piece that fits over the pipe for a mouthpiece. All I did for the mouthpiece dip the mouthpiece into the beeswax to form a slightly smaller contact zone for a good seal while playing.

That way I have a transferrable mouthpiece to put on any length of 1 1/2 inch pvc pipe. Right now I'm jammin on a 5.5' section, a GREAT low frequency to play without being too difficult. My second favorite is a 4.5' section, real easy to play and requires less air.

Seriously, the wax cost more than the PVC pipe, cheapest instrument ever, and the best part is that it really sounds GREAT.

Here's a quick snapshop of the mouthpiece, just attaches directly to pvc pipe
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2024/dscf1543.jpg

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

Here's a quick snapshop of the mouthpiece, just attaches directly to pvc pipe
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2024/dscf1543.jpg

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That looks like a tasty donut...


I have a didge that I bought on one of my trips to Australia, but I could never make it sound like our Aborigine tour guide did. Now it decorates my fireplace mantle...