I Wanna Buy A Tabla!

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[Guest Akirtghan]

hey hey comon, let the guy have 2 tabley man :wub:

[Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib]

ok well here's a few basic things to notice.

1. dont buy a ready made one. look at all the part individually and them ask them to put it together. first thing to look for in parts is the patrey(skins). flip em upside down, and try to find "jor" (small pieces glued together) in em (look underneath the layers on the side). for a professional patra, it should be one piece, this goes for both duggi and chathu. badria (straps) are ususaly ok. mouth of the bhandey should be a nice even circle

2. duggi should be atleast around 2kg's. dont buy a hard patra make sure its easy to play

3. chathu -> bhanda -> closer to a perfect circle, the better. it makes an angle from bottom to the top (bottom is wide, top is smaller) this angle should be noticeable (i forget the exact degrees now).

once u've picked up the parts, ask em to assemble. then when u goto pick it up, check these out.

1. for both duggi and chathu, look at the bottom, there is a little "ring" there where all the straps go thru. make sure that ring is sitting in the middle and is a fairly even circle.

2. straps in general should be evenly spaced out

3. lastly, this is the best part, play it :wub:

oh and get em to tune the tabla to various sa's on vaja, for example, pehla kala, dooja kala. this range would depend on what kind of patra u buy

did i confuse you ? :nihungsmile:

naa i understand and sitargirl ive been wanting a new one for a while and this is a good excuse to get one

[xkaurx]

try jas musicals in southall they got sum gud quality stuff, got my dhol from there never had a problem with it :wub:

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[Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib]

looks like im off to southall then...ROAD TRIP!!

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[Guest Akirtghan]

i forgot to say, dont buy copper duggi

[Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib]

hmm none of the tablas look that nice... i'll have to see them at the shop... but thanx for your help everyone!!

[neech_karam]

i forgot to say, dont buy copper duggi

Whats wrong with a copper duggi? I thought it was the best for bass out of steel + brass.

Btw 'Akirtghan' DTF in Birmingham sell some good tabla(s). I've actually seen them so if u want a small journey to B'ham rather than southall then try DTF.