I'm in the process of building 2 new ouds myself, the other one is being made by my friend Majid Atik in Morocco
the first one is Honduran Rosewood (Dalbergia Stevensonii)
beautiful patterns and I have bookmatched the ribs for the esthetic look. still need lot of scraping and sanding for the bowl.
number 2 is Indian Rosewood, high grade, straight grain.
this one is known to most of the guys here at mikeouds.com
number 3 is Rio Rosewood(Dalbergia nigra). this one will be finished sometimes in Jully.
I will keep this post updated as I progress:
reg
Samir
Honduran Rosewood
Indian Rosewood
Rio RosewoodYaron Naor - 5-10-2010 at 08:12 AM
Wow, Samir those are nice,
I like it when you mix different kind of woods together
Yaron.
update
sabbassi - 5-11-2010 at 08:18 AM
I always check how horizontal the neck is. it should be 100% flat and project horizontaly to the back of the oud. this way , when the sound board is
in place, it shoul be flush to the back and the neck.
line number 1 and number 2 should be exactly 90 degree for accurate placement of the fingerboard later.
update 2
sabbassi - 5-11-2010 at 08:20 AM
sound board parts are joined using a home made tool...
rosette
sabbassi - 5-11-2010 at 08:23 AM
the rosette, soundboard are ready.
usualy the rosette is placed as the last part. but this time I have put it inside the oud and used a masking tape to hold it inside. this way when I
finish, I pul it up and glue it to the face from inside.
update
sabbassi - 5-11-2010 at 08:25 AM
purfling around the sound board is
4 strokes: \EbonyTulip\Weng\pear\
ebony fingerboard
sound board parts are joined using a home made tool...
That's a neat jig you have made Samir, great idea!FastForward - 5-11-2010 at 04:10 PM
Nice work Samir, really beautiful.
How do you make sure that the paper you use to enforce the ribs with doesn't wrinkle when you glue it?
Ibrahim.sabbassi - 5-12-2010 at 01:43 AM
Ibrahim,
I use a small sponge, wet both the wood and the paper (with hot glue) before glueing it. when the paper is glued, stroke it couple of times with the
sponge to push it to the wood. easy beezy , japanezy..
regards,
Samir FastForward - 5-12-2010 at 11:58 AM
Thanks Samir, I will try that and will let you know, my previous attempts have all failed.
I have about 10 strips of paper that are not very smooth and I ended up trimming the bumps. I still have to add 10 more. I even tried two of them with
titebond instead of hide glue and they ended up being worse.
Hopefully I will do it right this time. sabbassi - 5-12-2010 at 02:09 PM
Ibrahim,
Never use titebond for the paper or inside the bowl. it will swallow the sound... stik to hide glue...
you can use titebond to join the ribs, but not the paper...
reg,
Samir
Honduran rosewood complete
sabbassi - 5-17-2010 at 11:48 PM
after many hours of meticulous work, the honduran rosewood oud is finaly completed . I will post a sound sample sometimes next week.
characteristics
bowl: Honduran rosewood tonewood, width 36cm, long 49,
aged european spruce top
58,5 string lenght
Brazilian rosewood pickguard
Indian rosewood bridge
ebony fingerboard
Mahogany neck
flamed maple/mahogany pegbox
Mock Ivory rosettes (hand made)
ebony pegs
physae - 5-18-2010 at 12:51 PM
sabbassi,
Your oud's are simply beautiful. I hope to purchase one some day. In the meantime, I am an avid admirer of your work.
- chrisMehran - 5-18-2010 at 04:22 PM
I like the racing-stripe in the soundboard, looks nice.Manil - 5-18-2010 at 06:41 PM
Wonderfull oud, what are the strings on it? very nice work it's getting better and better Sabassi, congratssabbassi - 5-18-2010 at 11:02 PM
thanks guys
these are Labella strings FCGDAF (arabic tuning), therse string have higher tension than the normal tuning, which gives the oud more dynamic sound.
bashir style
FastForward - 5-19-2010 at 10:25 AM
Samir,
I tried your suggestion regarding the paper and it worked great. Thanks
