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Leather Oud Cases

Michelle Webb - 4-21-2010 at 07:07 PM

Hello again everyone.
Anybody have resources for leather Oud cases ? I just looked at one in picture and thought to myself.......lol, I've got to have one !!!!

Any ideas ?

Thanks ! :D

oudtab - 4-25-2010 at 10:52 AM

Bonjour Michelle,

Try these links :

http://www.rchcases.it/casesconstruction.htm

http://www.dimitrisouds.com/instrument_cases.htm

Michelle Webb - 4-28-2010 at 05:36 AM

Hello,
Thank you for the links. The links are great for a hard case for my oud which I'm also in the market to purchase in the near future, however neither of these links have soft leather carrying cases on them for Ouds. Does anyone have anything out there ? I just assumed that like the guitar industry, where finding leather cases for that instrument is not a problem at all that I would have a ton of resources to purchase the same with Ouds.

Please let me know if you find anything and of course I'm still searching myself.

Thanks

Michelle Webb - 4-28-2010 at 08:04 AM

Correct I looked at the link you sent and realized that they do leather Oud cases on request and so pictures of them are not available. Anyone got anything else, maybe something I can look at ?

oudtab - 4-28-2010 at 01:14 PM

Bonjour,

You mean a leather gigbag like that :

http://www.oudnazihghadban.com/oudcare.htm

or customized like this : http://www.dearjean.com/collection.php
or also http://www.levysleathers.com/browse;cat,801;Leather-&-Suede-Gig...
http://www.levysleathers.com/browse;cat,802;Mock-Croc-Gig-Bags

You have luxury tastes...

fernandraynaud - 4-28-2010 at 06:00 PM

Ooh, I like that first one on Ghadban's site, more than the hip leather jacket ones from Dear Jean. But Mehedi Haddab needs one of the Dear Jean ones!

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Anybody make a donation to get him one? Looks like they are 250 Eu. They are very nice-looking and a bargain compared to the Levis ones. $700 for a Levis bag ?!?#$% Sorry, I vote "Dear Jean".

I was thinking to take one of the ugly ones that I have, made of rubberized cloth (like the checkered tablecloth from a bad restaurant), and give it to someone to split the seams for a pattern and make the same thing in nice thick leather.

Michelle Webb - 5-10-2010 at 09:25 AM

YES!!!!
I like the first link as well http://www.oudnazihghadban.com/oudcare.htm
and in fact came across this and got the idea to do some digging. How do I get one of these ?

I have no desire for a gig bag by Levi and not for $700 bucks either.

rojaros - 5-11-2010 at 09:12 PM

Quote: Originally posted by oudtab  
Bonjour Michelle,

Try these links :

http://www.rchcases.it/casesconstruction.htm

http://www.dimitrisouds.com/instrument_cases.htm


Hello, do you have experience with one of those? How is the quality?

best wishes
Robert

fernandraynaud - 5-12-2010 at 02:30 AM

Michelle, what "grade" protection are you looking for? I would guess the pretty glove-leather ones are good for one entry at the Cannes Festival, and that's it. If you have one of those gig bags in cloth, seriously, find someone who sows in leather, and let them make a pattern to use with heavy leather, and sow the gig bag back up.


I see shoe leather, which would be good for a sturdy gig bag, around $5 a square foot. Buy some remnants from a leather company and find a seamstress with a big-needle sowing machine, have her copy the cloth gig bag. End of problem.

spyros mesogeia - 5-12-2010 at 05:09 PM

There are 12 soft cases available by me,I send you an e-mail,did you receive it?and one hardshell case too
Regards

Michelle Webb - 5-16-2010 at 05:06 AM

Yes I did. I will get back to you very soon. Thank You.