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The Rosewood Deep Rim 14" Performance Bodhrán Reviews

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The McNeela Rosewood 14" Deep-Rim Hand-Tuneable Bodhrán
This Rosewood Bodhrán has been designed to produce a deep resonating tone and represent the pinnacle of modern bodhrán making and, with Paraic’s easy to use hand-tuning system. 
It doesn’t get much better than this plus for a limited time only when you purchase any McNeela Performance Bodhrán you will receive 8 free bodhrán lessons* with Rónán Ó Snodaigh! 
Key Features of the Rosewood Deep Rim 14" Tuneable Bodhrán:
Crafted using beautiful rosewood.
Compact in size making it easier for the player to hold and control.
Produces a beautiful deep and rich tone with great sustain.
Highly responsive
Has a removable t-bar and arm cut-out for even more playing comfort.
8-point hand tuning system
Rim Depth approx 5 1/2”
Taped to extend its harmonic range and produce a gorgeous tone
Hand-selected, specially treated and cured goatskin
Head-turning good looks to match the sound it produces
Bonus Features:
Comes with free bulbous beater and handy bodhrán canvas carrier bag
BONUS BODHRÁN LESSONS with Rónán Ó Snodaigh
For a great bodhrán tutorial, check out Steáfán Hannigan’s tremendous book & CD combo, Bodhrán Basics.
BONUS BODHRÁN LESSONS WITH RÓNÁN Ó SNODAIGH
For a very limited time only, with every purchase of any of my tuneable bodhráns you will receive eight lessons, yes eight lessons, with Rónán Ó Snodaigh, one of the greatest bodhrán players ever.
These online lessons will cover everything from basic traditional Irish dance beat timing, traditional Irish music session performance, alternative beats, how to get the most out of your bodhrán skin, how to tune your bodhrán and everything else you need to get started on your bodhrán learning journey.
With Rónán’s magical way of teaching I guarantee you will fall completely and utterly in love with bodhrán playing.
These free online bodhrán lessons are exclusive to McNeela Instruments and will have you accompanying traditional Irish music sessions with gusto in no time!
The Bodhrán Skin:
The skin is the most important part of the bodhrán. We've done many blind tests and the results are staggering. Even non-bodhrán players can tell the difference between a good quality skin and a poor one - it's that obvious. That's why we only use the best goat skins. 
Our skins are sustainably sourced from healthy animals, carefully selected and examined for quality. The goat skins are naturally hand-cured in lime, which gives that all-important bass tone, then 'pickled' to close up the pores and finally stretched and left to sun dry, achieving a lovely clean 'bleached' finish.
Each skin is unique to your bodhrán and any imperfections or differences in thickness are normal and are a great way to allow you to vary tone and pitch when playing. McNeela bodhrán skins produce great depth of sound and are easy to tune.
'Whatever way Paraic cures them and treats them, I can get everything I want out of them. There’s a lovely sound to [the goatskins].”' - Jim Woods
Superior Tonewood
Why We Use Rosewood: We only use the best quality of wood and this bodhrán is made using rosewood. Rosewood is a hardwood and is quite dense and heavy. The more dense the wood the better the resonance.
Rosewood is not quite as dense as cocuswood or blackwood but it is still hard enough to allow for a strong earthly resonance, a really beautiful aesthetic and it's cost effective at the same time. 
Key Points:
100% refundable (For any reason, just return it up to 14 days from when you receive the bodhrán). 
1 year guarantee (this is very important when considering which bodhrán to buy).
Has a removable T-bar and arm cut-out for even more playing comfort.
 
ESTIMATED SHIPPING TIMES:
USA & CANADA (5 - 7 days)EUROPE (3 - 4 days)UK (2 days)IRELAND (Next Day)THE REST OF THE WORLD (5 - 7 days) 

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Unit 137 Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Baldoyle,
Unit 137 Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Baldoyle
Dublin
D13 X958

This is my first drum and I am loving it. It has such a nice deep sound and is easy to hold. Easy to tune too. Really made well. I ordered it and it arrived in no time. Great service and follow up.
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Posted 6 years ago
Performance Rosewood Deep Rim 14" Hand Tuneable - Didn't want to write a review until I had a few months experience with the drum. I was pretty sure I would like it as I had played a similar McNeela my friend owns. The purchase and delivery of the bodhran was easy and fast. I have really enjoyed the liveliness and tonal range on this bodhran. The new drum is outstanding. Love the HAND TUNEABLE feature. I performed with this drum at the Tallahassee Florida St Patrick's Day Festival. I would like to set up the hand tuneable feature on my old drum also. Thank You
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Posted 6 years ago
Excellent customer service, excellent construction of drum, and lovely sound from my bodhran. Thank you so much for setting me up so well and with a quality instrument that offers full sound. I'm in love!
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Posted 7 years ago
I have had this drum for a couple of months now. It is a beautiful, well made instrument. I am fairly new to the bodhran and waited a bit to write this review because I wanted to see if it need a little breaking in...and it did. After a few treatments and hours of playing the sound of this drum has just continually gotten better. It has deep tones and plenty of Pop. I bought the 18" tuneable sometime later from McNeela and will do a review for it soon. It's a little different animal but I love them both. I wish there were more Irish music players around here (NW Arkansas, USA). A trip to Ireland may be in my future.
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Posted 7 years ago
Love my Bodhran. Great quality and sound... thank you so much
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Posted 7 years ago
A very well made drum with rich mellow tones, the skin reacts very well to being pushed and has a great tonal range. The bag that it came in, however was a big of a tight fit, I replaced it with a slightly better quality one as the pocket for tippers wasn`t big or long enough to accomadate my usual ones. As a previous rewiewer has done, I replaced the allen key with a 4mm T hex. All in all a very good product and I`m getting a lot of comments in sessions about it`s great sound.
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Posted 7 years ago
Very pleased with the drum I ordered a 14" tuneable. Lovely deep tone, easy to hold and play. Very well made. Free bag was a bit cheap looking but does job. I thought the 4mm allan(Hex Key) Key was not really the ideal one for tuneing, very fiddly, I bought a longer T handle hex key on Amazon. Works a treat.
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Posted 7 years ago
The quality of sound, craftsmanship, (and even the fast shipping) far exceeded my expectation. This bodhran has a lovely, booming, deep sound, especially for a 14" inch drum. Thanks so much Mr. Paraic McNeela!
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Posted 7 years ago