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Sandwich top oud

bouga15 - 7-28-2007 at 02:06 PM

Hi guys,
yesterday i discovered the sandwich top oud in the khalafoud web site.
It's 40% lighter than a traditional soundboard, allowing the plate to resonate to a much greater degree than a traditional all-wood face.
You can find here some pictures and sound samples :
http://www.khalafoud.com/sandwichtop.htm
After watching a video sample,i was very pleased of his clean bass and incredible resonance.
I wanna thank the great luthier and oud player Mr Jameel Khalaf Abraham for this invention.
But how much it costs ? :wavey:

amtaha - 7-28-2007 at 02:50 PM

The maker, master Jameel Khalaf, is a valued member of this forum. You can see the construction of the oud in following thread:

http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=3959&pa...

You can also find another video clip where mavrothis plays both this and Jameel's second oud.

http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=6093&pa...

Cheers,
Hamid