Mike's Oud Forums

60 cm electric oud for traveling

yozhik - 2-23-2018 at 01:25 AM

Are there any decent electric ouds in 60 cm scale length? I travel a lot and it is not practical to take my Egyptian oud with me most of the time, but I would like to have something to practice on when I am away from home.

I found for example this "Saz AS160 Arabic Silent Oud", but I have no idea how it sounds or plays:

https://www.thomann.de/se/saz_as160_arabic_silent_oud_chest.htm?ref=...

Since this will mainly be for practice, not performance, the sound is not super important to me, but I want something that sounds good enough that I won't get tired of it after long periods of practicing.

If there are no good 60 cm ouds for travel, I would be open to suggestions for any decent 58.5 cm electric ouds.

mich - 2-23-2018 at 11:33 AM

I’m also curious to hear reviews. I’ve been looking for a “silent” practice oud for a while (at the request of my family:))
I’ve found an old Najarian E1000 for sale, but they want $2000 and I’m hoping to find something for less.
Anyone know anything about these?