Latin Percussion LP1400-MB Udu Drum Mbwata,Brown

this drum is great for practicing without driving your loved ones and neighbors and neighboorhood crazy. It will rarely get above talking volume. it has a really smooth bass sound when you hit one covering an entire hole. doing a flam slap on the side makes a nice pop noise. so far I've been able to fit it to all music (whether or not thats udu style... I dont care, i'm having fun!)drum arrived way ahead of schedule and it arrived undamaged. even comes with a cute little stand!

Lots of fun to play with, you can make all sorts of interesting sounds. Not too heavy or large to make carrying it around any sort of hassle.

Great sounding but unable to use it in live venue due to it's soft output and therefore feedback issues upon amplification. I sold it.

I've owned this for 2 years and I still love playing it. I have experience owning/ playing many other ethnic hand drums and find this to be my first choice as it is easily inviting to creativity and subtle nuances. I picked this model amongst LP's offerings as it appears to have the largest diameter for the deepest bass and the top hole being more modest.Paint chips extremely easily as shown in the picture. Also, the drum has 2 small holes and included [what seems like] sticky tack to plug the holes. the holes are for tiny lavalier mics - the holes are only about 1cm in diameter. I have recorded/ mic'd this using a Zoom H4N just pointed at it (about 1 ft away) and it sounded GREAT, really shines with plenty of reverb. Some of the nuances are hard for the ear to differentiate acoustically but are obvious when mic'd. As some other reviewer wrote, it is not very loud. It is easily drowned out in a jam with many others. Especially if outside. However, in an intimate environment it is plenty loud played along other drums, acoustic guitar or my udu's true partner - a tongue drum. Udu + tongue drum is amazing. I have not mic'd with a typical mic. I think it's poor design that there isn't more varied texture on the side although rubbing the smooth side is nice too. The worst aspect of this is playability - although it looks great on the rattan ring, it is not very stable, and when you're grooving, it starts falling. Playing it on its side and on the rattan ring works well and invokes a different style than vertical orientation. It does not travel very well - I've been meaning to make a bag to fit it perfectly as I will care in a cotton beach bag but if fell, it would certainly break.

I really like this udu because of all of the tone possibilities between the two chambers. The upper chamber has a very articulate high pitch when struck with the fingers and a dry bass tone. The lower chamber's bass tone is similar to what one can get with more traditional LP udus---very wet and low. Both chambers have putty-plugged holes so that they can be mic'ed. Many thanks to LP for another awesome product!

The variety of sounds and rhythms you can make with this is outstanding. It is quite relaxing to play one of these. Without a microphone the sound volume is quiet to moderate and some sounds you can make are quiet muted but not so much that you can't hear them. I would recommend a microphone to use this instrument to it's full potential.

I purchased three different clay Udu things and this is the easiest one to play it looks good and sits on a table proper where the others move around and are sorta unwieldy if you play them on a table, which may not be how they are intended to be played. I play mine on a kitchen counter and it looks cool sitting there too, yay

I'm very new to the udu, but so far I love it. The bass is very deep and resonant while the smaller top sounds close to a tabla. Like others have said it is very quiet, so make sure you have a way to mic it if in a group setting.

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