all Carved dhols are gonna be expensive
If your going to punjab yourself, go to any shop and show them your designs and look around until you findsomeone can make them, with custom dhols they spend longer on finishing touches and tuning, and take about 7 day to make. Thats what my friend did with his-he got his from some shop on new railway road, jalandher-not calcutta music house
kiddahh veeriya... yhh like pav sed best bet is to go to punjab n get shell made der... preferably wid no hooks or da nxt level desi varnish dey put on which jus straight GANDDHHHH!!!i got mine done exactly like this.. took a foto shoto and got sum pindu to carve up shell for me... jus watch out for masala usage wer dey hav fukd up n cracked the shell...all together dhol cost me £60 (no incl. flight ticket )... den brought bak to UK and got it mic'd up.. varnised.. and whole MOT business basically... which works out A LOT CHEAPER den buying a new carved on frm shop... esp if u kno the guy