rebetostar - 2-2-2007 at 10:27 AM
Hi gang,
First off, thanks for the wealth of knowlege! I've learned more lurking around this forum for the last couple days than previous 4 years of oud
ownership.
My oud is an Ahmed Abd'el Halim, looking very similar to the one played by Ahmed Kassem here: http://www.mikeouds.com/audio/mb/yemen_tv2.rm
There are a few problems with it, namely peg slippage and with the type of strings that came with it; (tuned D G A d g c) the A course is too loose
and has floppy, buzzy tone. I keep in mind that it is very, very dry where I live (Calgary, Canada). The pegs are not top quality, a bit rough finish
with black stain. The spruce soundboard has a laquer finish. Now that I've spent time on this amazing forum, I would replace the pegs and the strings,
and attempt to remove the laquer on the face.
The thing is.. I've just bought a Sukar electric oud from eBay (it hasn't arrived yet) and agreed to sell my Ahmed Abd'el Halim oud to my friend Nikos
for CDN$400. It wasn't an easy decision. What's your opinion? Is it a mistake? Am I under-valuing.. over-valuing?
At least it's staying "in the family" so to speak. I'm going to help Nick with putting new strings and pegs on anyways..
As for the Sukar electric.. I can't wait to play it. Keep in mind that I love classical but intend to perform in a fusion project, similar in some
ways to "DuOud". I'll be running it through a Pod XT Live. Can't wait.
Anyways, thank you wonderful people so much, and look forward to much more knowlege and music from Mike's Oud forum.
oudplayer - 2-2-2007 at 12:54 PM
hey man
How ar eyou and welcome to the forum and to the family.
I have the same exact oud and it sounds great and the pegs are the same there nice and big and with block paint . i dont have a problom with buzzing
but i dont have strings on ti right now its leaning against something to make my living room nice i dont have strings on it bc the temp changes in my
hosue like crazy and the strings get accidy and smells really really bad but i will start playing with this oud again.
Well 400 candian sounds good i think . this is his pro modal that what i was told by a student of najib shaheen i bought it from a arab guy in a arab
grocery store by me and he got it from the store him self.
so to let it go for 400 it ups to u can u put a sound clip of yrs
thx sammy
oudplayer - 2-2-2007 at 12:55 PM
heres mine
oudplayer - 2-2-2007 at 12:56 PM
bowl