Ujazi HOIERE
In short: An Ujazi didgeridoo in oak, in C, born from a branch that fell after a storm: versatile, fairly round, very pleasant to play, with a very natural look.
Julien's comments: This didgeridoo in C comes from a branch I collected in the forest, right next to the workshop, after a storm, many years ago. It came from a superb oak that I often visit.
It is a didgeridoo with a fairly simple air column, rather cylindrical but not too open after the mouthpiece, for a versatile and fairly round instrument. It is very pleasant to play, and its very natural look and its story make it an instrument I have been very fond of ever since it first sounded in the workshop.
Its mouthpiece is in lace sheoak (an Australian wood), oak and red heart.
The maker: Didgeridoo Passion is delighted to team up with Ujazi Didgeridoo. I am truly won over by the quality of Julien's instruments. In a few years he has become a renowned maker, and his instruments prove it: playability, inner and outer finish, a perfect mouthpiece.
A rigour that, in the end, makes for a superb didgeridoo!
- Instrument guaranteed for 2 years by Julien
- Shipping is free! (France only)
- You will also receive the carry bag
Classification
This scale is the result of an air column/bell start ratio If we divide the diameter of the bell with that of the beginning of the air column we get a number between 1.5 and 3.5. We can classify all the didgeridoos in 4 large families. Each family groups the instruments with a similar character, simply based on the overall shape of the air column (conical/cylindrical) and on the diameter of the column (wide/narrow). The result is a simple and very reliable reading grid, making it easier to search and purchase on line.
The diameters are measured with a caliper, start of the air column after the mouthpîece. This ratio is very reliable for a didg having a air column with a 'smooth' internal work, in the case of a hollowed eucalyptus instrument it give an approach of the instrumental character.
Ujazi
French maker of "Ujazi" didgeridoos
Who is Julien Doutaz?
"A sound engineer by training, I discovered the didgeridoo while living in New Zealand, through an Australian maker friend who taught me how to make it vibrate. I learned about its importance, a little of its history and what it means to play the didgeridoo. When I came back to France, I felt the need to reconnect with wood and nature, and the desire to make my own instruments led me to launch the Ujazi Didgeridoo project.
How does Julien make his didgeridoos?
It was my love of the didgeridoo that led me, from 2011, to make my own instruments and create Ujazi Didgeridoo. Since October 2015, thanks to a great deal of encouragement, it has become my main activity. I started this adventure to feed a passion and pursue an ongoing search: new shapes, new sounds, new overtones, new woods, and new people to share it all with.
By experimenting with sounds, carvings, woods, shapes and how they combine, I aim to create unique, handmade, high-quality objects that can make something different resonate in each person. I work closely with the people who wish to welcome one of my didgeridoos, to create a truly personal object: a unique sculpture and a complete instrument.
I choose the woods and pieces according to the characteristics I want to give the instrument, and everything is done, in the thinking as well as the carving and finishing, so that the didgeridoo meets my sound quality standards. It is an ongoing search to perfectly combine looks, harmonic quality and playability. With imagination and a lot of work, I live this project to offer, I hope, the very best to the didgeridoo world." Julien