prayerbone - 12-12-2005 at 08:54 AM
hi iam andy from uk great to find the forum..its hard to buy oud in the uk only hobgoblin sell them that i know of..ive been looking on ebay iam
fully aware that most ouds on ebay are going to be very poor... but as a beginner i dont want to rush in and buy something expensive,so iam looking
for a basic beginners model just to get my feet wet lol....there's two ouds on ebay one is made by Ali Khalifa’s factory, ive checked on the forum
and iam aware that Mr Khalifas as passed away,and the standard is lower now,the other oud is on buy now and looks very basic..
so my question is of the two oud at this quality am i better off going for the buy now option on the second one or leave both alone thks
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arabic-Syrian-Oud-Ud-Aud-Lute-String-Instrume...
or buy now
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Handmade-Arabic-Walnut-AUD-OUD-UD-Guitar_W0QQ...
oudmaker - 12-12-2005 at 09:55 AM
If you will buy one of these I say the first one
Dincer
prayerbone - 12-12-2005 at 10:16 AM
hi thk for reply Dincer i looked at ur site,that oud on the top of ur page is very classy..iam not a great lover of too ornate, prefer simple designs
and not too many frills, simple is stunning sometimes..
SamirCanada - 12-12-2005 at 10:24 AM
The problem with the second one might be that you could have trouble tuning it since the pegs dont look too nice and the Nut is made out of what looks
like a softwood so it will stick to your strings and when you tune it it will make jumps that will be too hard to control in order to tune it.
(speakin from experiance)
Dincer is a verry respectable oud maker and you should take his advice. The action on first one also seems good enough to learn on.
CHECK THIS OUT
MARTAN - 12-13-2005 at 10:02 AM
Andy
Have a look at this site for begginers oud
i might be good for you
http://www.eraydinsazevi.com.tr
GOOD LUCK FROM MARTIN
EX..WEMBLEY
prayerbone - 12-13-2005 at 09:20 PM
hi thks for the replys and sites
prayerbone - 12-13-2005 at 09:23 PM
ps..martin yeah ive seen that site and written to the maker(?) through u2u on here..they seem really nice ouds and the package seems a good deal..i
was just checkin if there was anything closer to home b4 i commited to a purchase thks once again...