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Advice on buying an Oud

Audiovert - 6-2-2006 at 04:44 AM

I'm a guitar player with over 35 years experience. I've been planning to buy an Oud for ages, and am finally getting around to it. However, It's not clear exactly what would be a good instrument to buy, and I've been told that it's impossible to buy anything decent here in the UK anyway. The following site: http://www.mauriceouds.com/english/index.asp, has been recommended, but there are lots of options available, i.e. neck length.
As a beginner, but hopefully someone who will learn quickly, can anyone advise me on the right kind of instrument to buy?

Paul
http://www.audiovert.com

abusin - 6-2-2006 at 05:44 AM

Hi Paul,

Welcome to the forums and the oud world, there are two ouds on ebay UK and both in London, try and get opinions on them and good luck.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=741806567

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7418065679

best regards all,

cheers

Awad