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Your opinion! Should I or should I not

hakeem.ram - 3-6-2006 at 12:03 PM

Hi All

I am looking to buy a starters oud for myself. I came across this one on Ebay.de and it does look appealing to me. Do tellme of what you think of it.

Cheers

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7395440420

mourad_X - 3-7-2006 at 02:25 AM

hi hakeem

if you are located in the EU you can buy this one.
it seems that it is from ALTO in Izmir it is a nice oud to start with.
but don't pay too much it is a "semi-pro" one

my best wishes
mourad

mourad_X - 3-7-2006 at 03:36 AM

beware of this one!!!

http://cgi.ebay.de/Edle-arabische-Laute-Oud-Ud-mit-gutem-Sound-Top_...

and also beware of all the moroccain ouds on e-bay.de all of them are just decoration

DON'T BUY IT

David Parfitt - 3-7-2006 at 03:50 AM

Hi Hakeem

I would never buy an oud from Ebay unless I knew the seller personally or could check their reputation. There are plenty of other places that you buy a reasonably priced beginner's oud - for example, from Maurice Shehata (Arabic style) or Haluk Eraydin (Turkish style).

Best wishes

David

SamirCanada - 3-7-2006 at 05:13 AM

Why not check the buy and sell forrum. You Can trust the majority of the members that are on mikeouds.com
And you can ask as many questions as you want about the ouds there selling and in most cases they will be able to awnser you adequatly since they usualy know a lot about ouds. Ebay sellers in majority Dont have a clue what there selling this is why they write a bunch of false advertisements points to make the sale but dont fall for it. Unless of course you know its someone from here that has the oud on ebay.