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My new Fuad Jihad oud

samzayed - 12-20-2004 at 11:06 PM

Hi guys, here's my new Fuad Jihad oud(Thanks to Ronny and Walid) After some breaking in, I LOVE IT!

back side

samzayed - 12-20-2004 at 11:08 PM

samzayed - 12-20-2004 at 11:14 PM

The bowl is made from Indian Rosewood and Walnut. After tuning it, I realized the strings were a little too high tension, so lowered it them by 1/2 step, and it rang like a bell! Amazing tone and playability. The action is amazing, it plays like honey! Once I figure out the right set of strings for it, I am sure it will sound even more amazing.

Many thanks to Walid and Ronny!

Mabrouk

spyrosc - 12-21-2004 at 02:02 AM

Alf Alf Mabrouk ya akh

Haga Heloua aoui !!

Spyros C.

Ronny Andersson - 12-21-2004 at 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by samzayed
>The bowl is made from Indian Rosewood >and Walnut. After tuning it, I realized the >strings were a little too high tension, so >lowered it them by 1/2 step, and it rang >like a bell!

Thanks Sam! The Bashir by Foad Jihad is
a oud from the Iraqi tradition and the sound is there after.

What you say about lowering the pitch a semitone is exactly what I do and also Munir Bashir did it. The sound is very different with a lower pitch and the oud do sound more ¨oud¨ I don't think lute instruments were originally designed for our modern concert pitch of 440 or higher.

>Amazing tone and playability. The >action is amazing, it plays like honey! >Once I figure out the right set of strings >for it, I am sure it will sound even more >amazing.

I'll give you the calculations Shamma and Khalife have on their Bashir ouds.

Many thanks to Walid and Ronny!

Our pleasure Sam

Azzam - 12-27-2004 at 07:12 AM

Does Foad Jihad make ouds for Naseer Shamma?

Very nice oud by the way.....

Mike - 12-27-2004 at 07:22 AM

Hey Sam,

I must have missed this when you posted it awhile back. Congrats man on a killer oud. I like Mr. Fouad's ouds very much. I saw and played Ghassan Bashir's oud, and it was great. It wasn't a Bashir style, but the oud was clean and sounded awesome. Congrats again man.

Take care,
Mike

Mike - 12-27-2004 at 07:44 AM

Here's that picture of Ghassan with his Fouad Jihad oud.

oudman - 12-27-2004 at 12:03 PM

Sam
I tried sending you a private message, i dont know if you got it. Can you email me at theoudman@aol.com, i wanted to ask you a few questions about your oud...
Thanks

Ronny Andersson - 12-27-2004 at 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Azzam
Does Foad Jihad make ouds for Naseer Shamma?

Very nice oud by the way.....

No, Naseer's main oud is by Yaroud Fadel. He do have Fawzy ouds and the new 8 course model but for concerts and recordings he use Yaroub's Bashir model.

samzayed - 12-27-2004 at 02:30 PM

Thanks for your congrats Mike, Allah Barik Feek!

Oudman, I send you an email.

After a week, I'm liking this oud even more. The only thing I need to do is restring it. Anyone tried Aquila strings on a Bashir oud? I am thinking of the Turskish set (becuase I prefer lower tension) tuned to arabic tuning. Any thoughts?

palestine48 - 12-28-2004 at 10:33 AM

I recall seeing 2 of these ouds for sale.

Ronny, out of curiosity, is the otehr one still available?

samzayed - 12-28-2004 at 01:22 PM

FYI, mine wasn't one of those 2. It was actually shipped from Bahgdad via Syria. The ones Ronny and Walid are selling are made to order straight from Fuad's workshop

Ronny Andersson - 12-29-2004 at 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by palestine48
I recall seeing 2 of these ouds for sale.

Ronny, out of curiosity, is the otehr one still available?

Both were sold here in Sweden.

zakiya_alali - 6-10-2012 at 10:34 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Mike

Here's that picture of Ghassan with his Fouad Jihad oud.

More pictures for the oud

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