oudidavid - 4-25-2004 at 12:10 PM
I am looking to buy a turkish oud. I live in Southern California and I would like to see an oud before I buy it. The oud I have now is a very bad one.
Does anyone know an oud builder in the southern california area who builds turkish ouds. Thank You.
mavrothis - 4-25-2004 at 04:00 PM
Viken Najarian makes great instruments, he lives in Anaheim Hills. His website is: www.oud.net
mav
TruePharaoh21 - 4-25-2004 at 05:13 PM
Oudidavid,
Where in SoCal do you live? If your close enough to L.A. (or in the San Fernando Valley), there may be some people around here that I know that have a
few great Turkish ouds. I'll start checking around for you once you give me a location. 
TP21
oudidavid - 4-25-2004 at 08:41 PM
I live in north hollywood,CA and thank you
TruePharaoh21 - 4-25-2004 at 08:49 PM
Hey man. We're all within about a 15-30 minute radius of each other. Some of the forum members live quite close to you, as does Wael Kakish
(director of Kan Zaman and oud teacher/player) and Afif Taian.
No oud shops around here. There used to be one down in Santa Monica. I'll check with the guys from Kan Zaman to see if they have a decent one for
sale. Hopefully, we can get you one.
TP21
Dr. Oud - 4-26-2004 at 10:46 AM
Give John Belezikjian a call. He might have good one for sale and he's in Laguna Hills.
http://www.dantzrecords.com/contactjohn.html