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paulO
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Dear Sabbassi,
That maple looks flamboyant and the ebony separator strips look so cool and rich. Excellent work, thanks for sharing.
Regards..PaulO
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sabbassi
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liner strips in between ribs
Thanks paolo, it is indeed a nice combination.
maker, I use Titebond glue.
Here is a picture showing how I bend (very traditional), and how I put the liner strips in between ribs., I first glue both sides of the ribs (not the
strip) and startjoining them using the tape. it is an easy process, as long as the ribs are 100% flat to eachother.
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sabbassi
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Flamed oud
In between, I have cut the sound holes, mounted the soundboard and the neck for the flamed maple Oud.
scraping and sanding the flamed maple is difficult, but after couple of hours of intensive sanding up to 600 grid, the maple become very nice.
I have also appllied a combination of two light thin coats of stain . the wood came out beautiful (goldish), I have also applied some frensh
polish.
The neck is also flamed maple....
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sabbassi
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Back on track
The bowl is now finished:
Some thoroughly scraping is done from the inside to remove any glue, bump or dirt.
A circle is drawn inside the neck and the back and covered with tape. This is done to achieve a nice and clean paper strips ends when applying hot
glue
Paper stripes with hot glue to reinforce the ribs
After the hot glue is cured, the back is now scraped.
The bowl is flattered to a flat board with a hand planner.
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Kelly
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Hey Samir
Beautiful work on those bowls. I love that flamed maple and the sound board looks great too.
Do you mount the bridge after fitting the soundboard to the bowl? is there any advantage to this- string height/string line?
What scale length are you making for?
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Kelly
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sabbassi
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Hi Kelly,
Thank you. I always mount the bridge at end of the oud building process. it gives much more flexiblity, as the lenght, lining etc...I don't think
mounting the bridge to soundboard before fitting to the bowl is good Idea. it need to be adjusted also to the fingerboard.
the neck is 19,5cm, which mean the strings lenght will be 3x19,5= 58,5 from bridge to nut.
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Yaron Naor
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Bridge
Quote: Originally posted by sabbassi  | Hi Kelly,
Thank you. I always mount the bridge at end of the oud building process. it gives much more flexiblity, as the heght, lining etc...I don't think
mounting the bridge to soundboard before fitting to the bowl is good Idea.
the neck is 19,5cm, which mean the strings lenght will be 3x19,5= 58,5 from bridge to nut. |
Thanks for your answer, how do you glue the bridge after?
can you put some images?
Thanks
Yaron.
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sabbassi
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Soundboard
I have choosen for this project an aged peace of cedar wood. I have sawed 4 peaces (book matched) couple of years ago and stored them in a dark dry
spot in the basement and hope this will be rewarded with a nice sound.
The sides are planed flat with a planner until there is no light gap between the boards.
Joined together with Titebond glue.
Planned, scraped and sanded down to 2.0mm.
The soundboard is cut following the bolw shape
I have choosen an oval design for the holes with a (not fixed) bridge this time. this is my first mobile bridge by the way. the centre of the big oval
is 19,5 cm away from the top of the soundboard.
3 holes open.
the holes are rounded (decorated) with 5 lines strips: Tulip/ebony macassar wood tripes
7 braces are also in place.
5mm thick 18mm high at first place(all of them)
The braces are then lowered and shaped to a pyramid shape
from top to bottom:
13mm,15mm,15mm,16mm,13-14mm,16mm,13mm
and lowered at both ends to almost 5mm, 4-5cm away to the ends.
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sabbassi
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Hi Yaron,
This oud wil be with a mobile bridge. But I can show you how to mount a fixed one. it easy.
I will post a picture.
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Yaron Naor
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| Quote: Originally posted by sabbassi | Hi Yaron,
This oud wil be with a mobile bridge. But I can show you how to mount a fixed one. it easy.
I will post a picture.
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Thanks! you are doing a fantastic work! I enjoy every post of it
Yaron.
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Thanks for sharing ya Samir.
I also do my bracing in a similar way.
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sabbassi
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soundboard mounted
before the soundboard is mounted to the oud bowl, a dovetail opening is made to the neck. the outlines of that frame is projected to the neck with an
exacto knife for later.
the soundboard then mounted, everything need to be alligned, the braces need to fit exact inside, touching the bowl but not pushing it.
the neck is then hand sawed to fit in the dovetail.
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abusin
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Fantastic work once again Samir
sure it will be a happy Eid this year for you and buyers 
Best Regards
Awad
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sanding
Thank you ya abusin.
3id moubarak also.
Sanding paper from 80 grid to 2000 grid.
After couple of hours of hand sanding the oud is ready to get the firt fillers and an oil coat:
the soundboard is also finished , 500 grid is fine enouph
the 800 and up to 2000 is for the bowl. but used later when using french polish.
the back is oiled: tung oil.
the top with a very thin coat of purified linseed oil
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Mehran
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Beautiful work as always Sabassi.
This is your first floating-bridge right? Have you had to make any major changes in the design of the oud (i.e. braces) when using a floating-bridge
as opposed to a fixed-bridge??
Keep up the good work.
Mehran
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sabbassi
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Mehran, thanks
yes it is my first floating bridge. no major changes between this one and the fixed one. the braces are 1/2 mm thicker and the placement is to achieve
less bass.
I started applying shellac and from time to time sand with 2000 grid and a filler. it's a real killer for smooth surface
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shellac and pegbox
After a dozen of shellac coats, the bowl looks very nice. I will leave it to cure for 24 hours.
in the mean time, the pegbox is also ready.
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END
The oud is finished and strings are up. a sound sample will follow up sometime...but it is very promissing already
thanks everyone for following this project.
soon another one.
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Kelly
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Amazing work Samir. You make it look so easy. What angle offset do you make for the neck. that dove tail joint must be spot on I guess. What thickness
do you sand the braces to?
Cant wait for a sound sample
Kelly
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