Drumroots stock a board range of djembes for sale, from ideal beginner's djembes to the best quality drums for advanced players. If you're interested in buying a djembe, come and play drums of your choice from our stock, or we can email you images. We also sell quality drum bags.
See below for a few examples of djembes in our range...
Senegal: well carved, excellent skinning job to createa magnificent sound!
Guinea:high quality Lenke wood, carved by the infamous Lye Konate. Unique decorative carving, beautifully made. Very special instruments!
Fairly Traded Djembes Our fairly traded djembes are sourced for their quality. Hand carved drum shells are supplied direct from friends, teachers and wood carvers in West Africa, ensuring a fair deal. Some drums arrive ready to play, whilst others are sourced as shells - we then hand finish and skin each drum shell in the UK to a high standard, tuning each for optimum sound.
DRUM SKINNING, TUNING
& REPAIR
Drumroots provides a reliable djembe re-skinning service. Our work is regarded highly in theUK. We have developed a great reputation and have undertaken work for resident master drummers.
Reskinning £70 (including skin, existing rope/rings in a good condition)
Reskinning (including skin, replacement rope) £80
Additional work £10 hour (ring welding, woodwork repairs, such as filing the rim, gluing cracks)
Or if your drum skin is in good condition, but gone slack, let us retune your drum to breath a new lease of life into it...
Fine tuning (including a lesson on how to do it yourself!) £10
Full Cranking (when uprights need pulling) £20
Drumroots are experienced wood and metal workers, so if you have any other problems (cracked shell, broken rings, sharp rim) please contact us and we'll assess the drum and see how we can help.
