JasonM - 11-25-2008 at 12:37 AM
Hi Everyone,
I just returned from a trip to Istanbul and would like to share photos of my Turunz Grand Concert Oud.
I am very grateful to Faruk and his team for making me such a wonderful oud. I really had no idea how marvellous and resonant these ouds really are!
It was great to meet Faruk, to see his workshop and discuss ouds in general. I learnt a lot! Faruk is a great host and I will remember the day as one
of life's better moments!
The specs are:
Spruce soundbourd
58.5cm string length
Bowl is made of Yew and Pommelle
The oud has been made to play in Arabic tuning
The oud is strung with Kurshner strings, which seem to complement the oud well. However I know some of you also have Turunz ouds tuned to Arabic - so
I'm interested in knowing other string sets that are worth trying.
Greg - 11-25-2008 at 03:59 AM
Mabrouk Jason. One more of Faruk's treasures in Australia.
How about sharing some pictures so we can all drool 
I use the standard Aquila Arabic set on my Türünz oud and it has the same stringlength as yours. I found the
Kürschner strings a little too light on my oud, but your Kürschner strings may be a heavier gauge.
Regards,
Greg
Jassim - 11-25-2008 at 09:54 AM
try pyramid lute strings or labella turkish tuning its good for arabic tuning too
Greg - 11-25-2008 at 06:05 PM
Jason's pictures:
Jameel - 11-25-2008 at 06:35 PM
Wow. That's really pretty.
shareen - 11-25-2008 at 06:40 PM
Did you have this customized from Master Faruk's standard oud? If so, what did you have done to it? What did you ask him for?
JasonM - 11-26-2008 at 12:03 AM
Hi Shareen,
This is a fully customised oud. I asked Faruk to design an oud that had certain sound qualities that I was looking for (generally I was looking for an
extra warm and mellow tone). I also sent Faruk some sound samples of the type of sound that I wanted.
I chose the woods for the bowl partly based on Faruk's suggestion of woods that would assist to achieve a warmer sound, and partly for asthetic
reasons. However Faruk actually tunes the soundboard to produce the desired sound - there is a real science to this and I was really impressed with
this aspect of the design and construction.
I wanted a 7 course oud because of the flexibility, but I didn't stipulate string length. Actually I prefer the shorter string length anyway.
It's really amazing the level of customisation that Faruk is able to achieve - the hardest thing for me was deciding exactly what I wanted! I wasn't
dissapointed though! I hope that answers your question?
Jason
fadel - 11-26-2008 at 03:15 AM
hi
nice nice
mabrooooooook
faruk master
fadel
shareen - 11-26-2008 at 06:51 AM
How are you tuning it? I have been thinking of getting a 7 course oud myself.
JasonM - 11-26-2008 at 11:32 PM
Hi Shareen,
I've tune the oud CC FF AA DD gg cc ff.
Having a 7-course oud has allowed me to add the 'bass' C to my usual tuning - which is great.
Jase
Larr - 11-27-2008 at 01:29 AM
Hi Jason
Congratulations on your new oud, it looks beautiful.
I'm pleased to see that you got it home safely after our earlier discussion about travelling with ouds.
I'm enjoying my Faruk Turunz oud immensely and I'm sure you will do the same.
Good playing
Regards
Larry
shareen - 11-27-2008 at 05:31 AM
JasonM, can you post a sound file?
JasonM - 11-27-2008 at 08:43 PM
I don't have any means to record a decent sound sample at the moment but I'll see what I come-up with.
However when I visited Faruk's workshop he had another visitor from France who recorded a sound sample on a decent MP3 recorder. I'll contact him and
see if he can send me the MP3 file as well. Stay tuned...
Cyberquills - 12-4-2008 at 12:25 AM
Hey JasonM
Congrats on the Turunz! I'd lovde to hear it!
CQ
zaherali - 12-4-2008 at 11:42 AM
very very nice and quallity oud have fun and engoy to play in this grade oud
JasonM - 12-8-2008 at 12:17 AM
Thanks Zaherali!
Cyberquills - check your u2u
Cheers
JasonM