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Will Buy Oud Backs

ameer - 5-15-2016 at 02:57 PM

In case anyone has any ouds with removed or severely damaged faces they want to sell, I'm looking for a nice oud back that I can get a new face put on. U2U me with info and dimensions. I'm primarily looking for shallower backs but will consider anything.

daraoud - 5-18-2016 at 03:17 AM

Hi
I have a wonderful old oud from the sixties I believe, I can't read Arabic so I can find out from a friend. Its back is made from a rare ebony that is quite expensive. I had the face fixed up and I put pyramid lute strings on it. The scale 62cm and it is a really wonderful sounding oud as is but I had bought with the purpose of putting a new face on it. Now I have many ouds and I was just going to sell it to clear some space. Is this something you would be interested in and also where ae ou located?

Thanks
Dara

ameer - 5-19-2016 at 11:35 PM

That sounds interesting. Let me know the dimensions and the contents of the label and we can talk about price. I am in the US.

daraoud - 5-22-2016 at 01:38 PM

Hi
I have included pictures of the oud. It is quite difficult to get a picture of the label but i did the best i could. The scale is about 62 cm if you need more dimensions let me know. Also the oud has a pickup in it that sounds pretty good.

Dara

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daraoud - 5-22-2016 at 01:39 PM

Heres a few more pics

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ameer - 5-22-2016 at 02:23 PM

Can you get bowl dimensions and the name of the maker?

daraoud - 5-22-2016 at 03:56 PM

Hi
I can get bowl dimensions. what do I measure exactly? As far as the name of the maker it make take a few days until i find an Arabic seeker but I will certainly make this happen. So maybe length width and height of bowl?

Dara

ameer - 5-22-2016 at 04:03 PM

Face length/width, neck length, and bowl depth please.

daraoud - 5-23-2016 at 02:04 PM

Hi
I can get bowl dimensions. what do I measure exactly? As far as the name of the maker it make take a few days until i find an Arabic seeker but I will certainly make this happen. So maybe length width and height of bowl?

Dara

ameer - 5-23-2016 at 02:23 PM

See above.

oud dimensions

daraoud - 5-24-2016 at 03:42 AM

Hi
well here are the dimensions to the best of my ability in cm I am not sure if they are 100% precise as I wasn't sure where the best place to measure these dimension were on the oud but here they are

the length of the sound board to the neck joint is: 52cm

the width from the widest part is: 38cm

The depth seems to be: 21.59 cm

the neck length from the where the neck meets the body to the end of the neck is 21 cm

the scale of the strings from the bridge to the nut is a little over 62 cm

hope this is helpful and let me know what you think
Dara

ameer - 5-24-2016 at 08:09 AM

Unfortunately that's too big for my purposes. Thanks though.

ameer - 9-13-2016 at 08:43 AM

Bump. Still interested if anyone has anything.

suz_i_dil - 9-14-2016 at 07:38 AM

I have the same interest. Not easy to find for a good price. Did you think of buying a middle range Turkish oud ?
I get to think of this option, there are regular offers on the web. I was happy with the Sandi Oud kit but seems he doesnt propose it anymore

mavrothis - 9-14-2016 at 02:31 PM

Hi,

I have an oud I was planning on working on myself, but I think honestly I won't have time. It has a shallow bowl for sure, and should be around 58.5cm string length.

Please note, the rosettes and fingerboard have been removed. I have an ebony fingerboard blank that can come with this oud and can certainly be fit to it.

Some photos are attached, and if you are interested guys, feel free to email me and I'll send measurements and we'll talk price and further details.

Thanks,

mav



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ameer - 1-26-2017 at 01:01 PM

Bumping in case anyone has something.

fayyazi - 1-29-2017 at 04:04 AM

i have an Iranian Oud with the sound board completely removed. was supposed to be project for me but dont have the time for it. rosewood fingerboard.

ameer - 4-3-2018 at 06:06 AM

Bump.

SamirCanada - 4-4-2018 at 05:32 AM

hi Ameer,
I have something for you.
U2U me your email.