Amer - 10-9-2008 at 10:59 AM
Mmkay,
Could someone please tell me what woods my oud is made of?
I think it's made of a combination of woods, but some I haven't seen in any other oud..
I need to know what the bowl and soundboard are made of 
The white wood is beautiful, when you look at it from a distance it looks like white snake skin.. lol Any idea what it is?
What do you think of this oud in general?
SamirCanada - 10-10-2008 at 05:48 AM
Hey Amr,
I think the face is spruce with a dark shellac on it.
you can confirm this yourself if you look inside with a mirror or something. if you see the colour of the face wood is more of a white then I am
right.
if the colour is a brown like the colour on the face then it is probably cedar.
This is my wild guess for the woods on the bowl.
the red ribs are Paduk, the darker ones could be walnut or somekind of venge, the middle one could be a birds eye maple of somesort.
that is all speculative the only one I am almost sure about is the paduk, the rest well... like I said just a wild guess.
Amer - 10-11-2008 at 12:13 PM
Thank you so much Samir,