It's kinda hard to change the humidity (or lack thereof) outside, where I do most of my playing.$390 for a bodhran??? Hell, you could buy a goat for that, can't you? You could skin several bodhrans! Hell, you could tatoo the thing before you skin it so that the pattern doesn't come off when you play! I pay $80, and then when I break a head I pay $30-35.
Molly
(whodoesn'tbuy patternbodhransbecauseshegoesthroughskinstooquickly