Meinl Percussion Wood Didgeridoo Instrument - Hand-painted 47 inches / 120 cm large Didgeridoo - E Tuning - Bamboo, Multicolored (DDG1-BK)

Looks fantastic for the price, I found the quality of the pain to be really good. I'm not much of a player myself (I enjoy filling my house with instruments I don't play enough) so I cant vouch for the sound too much, but I'd say its a good piece for a beginner and definitely worth it if you want it for the ornamental reasons.

As a beginner who has never played any other didgeridoos I have nothing to compare this to. Saying that, I found it a great instrument - very easy to play with a really nice sound. It's a tough synthetic material (feels a bit like fibreglass rather than plumbing pipe) with a thin wall (for a nice resonant sound). It's very lightweight. Good for propping up around the living room and just grabbing for a quick play of an evening without worrying about it toppling over on your foot! Overall, I'm very happy with it.

After a 6 month stint in Australia, I became really fascinated with the didgeridoo, but wasn't prepared to plunk down $200 minimum to get an authentic one sent home so I could see if I liked playing one. I read about ordering cheap ones and found that plastic ones sound better than the bamboo knockoffs so for £20 I figured this one was perfect to see if I actually enjoyed playing the didge. It arrived crushed on one end (hence the loss of a star) like others have commented, but I superglued the piece that broke off, as well as the 2 other cracks in it, and the thing worked perfectly. I did order a set of beeswax (£3) to make a new mouthpiece as this one is rather large - about 50 mm - when beginners are recommended to start around 35mm and go from there to see what fits their mouths and playing style. Once I got the mouthpiece moulded right, it's just been an absolute blast. In two weeks, I'm doing basic circular breathing as well as more advanced bounce breathing. The drone is a bit low on this long didge so the backpressure might not be perfect for super fast playing (I can't make a good trumpet blast in it either), but I'm finding it more than ok and definitely better than I figured I deserved for the money I was spending. I'll probably consider gifting this exact one to others and shopping for a pro didge addition sometime in the future.

I have bought this for my son he will have lots of fun with it he loves somthing different. Thank you

My first didge and it didn't take long to get a drone/note. Its great to look at too. I look forward to many hours of enjoyment as I learn to play this wonderful instrument. It came very well packaged and its well worth the money in my opinion. I could have got a second hand game for my console for the same money but would I have gotten so much longevity out of it? I think not !

The product is OK as I wanted it as a novelty and for decorative reasons. Unfortunately there is a crack for about 2 ft in it. At first I thought it may be there to make the sound, but now I am not sure.

Really pleased beautifully painted, took me over a month to master being a beginner, there a really good teacher on YouTube called didge mama, at first I thought it was very deep notes but once I learned I started getting the exact notes a didgeridoo makes, it all about tightening your lips enough so they vibrate as you push out sound within not just air, I do find I play better using the side of my mouth, but maybe I need a was mouthpiece to mould.

Sounds like my grandad on the bog, nothing like the aborigines when they blow it.

Essendo un'assoluta neofita del didgeridoo, ho comprato questo articolo attirata dal basso costo e dalle recensioni positive. Sono autodidatta da video tutorial e non avevo mai preso questo strumento in mano prima. Sono più che soddisfatta: suona benissimo (una volta imparate le basi che non sono facilissime), entra in risonanza a meraviglia e...che altro dire... Sicuramente ci saranno altri modelli migliori, ma questo è perfetto per imparare. Sono 5 stelle non piene però....perchè il tubo ha un'odore di muffa, sopportabile per carità, ma avrei preferito che non ci fosse. Forse è perchè è stato colorato anche dentro dove si fa tanta umidità.... Laura

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Gutes Einsteiger Intrument, um sich mit dem Thema Didgeridoo anzufreunden. Tadellose Verarbeitung und nettes Design. Natürlich kein besonderes Stück Handarbeit, das kann man für diesen Preis auch nicht erwarten. Aber zum probieren und üben als Anfänger eignet sich dieses Didge sehr gut und dafür ist es auch zu empfehlen. Wer bereits Erfahrung und Können im Umgang mit diesem Instrument besitzt, wird sicher bessere Stücke finden. Mir war auch wichtig, dass es aus natürlichem Rofstoff, in diesem Fall Bambusholz, hergestellt ist und nicht aus Plastik. Positiv: - preisgünstiges Einsteigermodell - Material Bambusholz, kein Kunststoff - gute Verarbeitung ohne nennenswerte Fehler - attraktives Design, auch als Dekoobjekt geeignet - unangenehmen Geruch kann ich nicht feststellen Negativ: - bisher nichts Fazit: Für Einsteiger oder als Dekoobjekt besten geeignet und empfehlenswert.

Me compré el producto para empezar a tocar el Didgeridoo desde cero. El instrumento está muy bien hecho, estéticamente parece ser pintado a mano (por supuesto no lo es), el cual le da un aspecto muy chulo. Suena muy bien, bastante grave, y no necesita mucha presión para trabajar la respiración circular y los armónicos, lo que resulta bastante alentador a un principiante. ;) En mi opinión, la cualidad es mejor que muchos didgeridoos de bambú o de teka de gama baja que se encuentran en el mercado, y por tan sólo 30€, en serio no se puede quejar. Luego me compré una funda para llevármelo y me costó casi el precio del instrumento, es decir lo barato que es... ;) Además, siendo de pvc, no se puede dañar o verse afectado por la humedad por ejemplo. Lo recomiendo a quien quiere empezar a aprender tocar el didgeridoo sin invertir mucho dinero al principio, o a quien quiere un didgeridoo en complemento que pueda llevarse por todas partes (el instrumento es súper ligero) sin temer dañarlo. En cuanto a la venta en si, fue sin problema, aunque la entrega express que pagué resultó más lenta que me lo esperaba, y al final acabó igual que la no express en cuanto a la fecha de entrega...

I bought this as a sleep apnea aid, along with an instruction book and beeswax mouthpiece kit. Didgiridoo playing can help teach you how to breathe circularly through both your nose and mouth simultaneously, so that you are more likely to revert back to it when sleep apnea causes breathing stoppage during the night. It is very authentic looking, and makes cool sounds. It's also fun, and my company enjoy it as well. It did have a California Proposition 65 warning on it (like so many items sold now), but I am assuming that this is due to the hand-painted decor on the outside and not the polyresin which it is made of. So, I figure that as long as I don't lick the painted part and wash my hands after touching it, it should be no big deal. The customer service at this company is also great.