Meinl HE-114 Aluminium Darabuka

I am a beginner, and am really happy for this darbuka. It's cheap and offers a good quality. Really light instrument, and it's also really useful we can tune it. I would recommend.

I bought 10 of these. Great sounding drum. Fantastic value and easy to hold for young and old. My main problem is the rib around the drums bowl to lock on the tuning ring collapsed when the drum is tuned. The ring holding the bolts also is a bit over sixes so it’s difficult to keep it centred and keep the top ring level. It’s something I think could be easily fixed and make the drums the best you can get in this price range. I use them every day and don’t think they can handle this work load and would be perfect for someone to have at home for occasional use.

Although I am not a professional I can tell that the sound is great. Is really light and the bass is very loud. I played with better darabuka's in the past but for the amount thatI spent I'm not complaining.