Jameel - 5-17-2004 at 08:19 PM
Just thought I would share this. I received an Ibrahim Sukar oud with a horrible crack along the back spanning two ribs. One rib was even cracked
across the grain. Instead of gluing the crack back together--it took lots of force to close it--I decided to replace both ribs with a new one. I got a
bit whimsical and used a contrasting wood for the new rib-- Curly maple.
Cracked Oud
spyrosc - 5-17-2004 at 08:35 PM
Jameel,
Congratulations ! I didn't know who ended up with that oud from my friend Nader. I am familiar with it. I was thinking of doing the exact same
thing to it, but I got too busy with other projects. I am so happy you got to work on it.
Great job ! Bi alf kher
Spyros C.
Elie Riachi - 5-17-2004 at 08:52 PM
Nice job and thanks for sharing -- educational for me.
Interesting the way the neck is attached. Hope that wing nut has been super glued or epoxied on the bolt so it won't work itself loose.
I remember Dr. Oud saying something like that the soundboard is dead in the region above the soundhole. I guess the extention of the finger board
cutting into the top will not affect the sound much since it is the dead region.
How does it sound? Sound clips?
mavrothis - 5-17-2004 at 08:58 PM
Jameel, nice work! Mabrouk! This was a really cool idea to use a lighter wood in the center, who knows, the crack may have been the best thing that
ever happened to this oud (aside from your fixing it).
Enjoy it my friend!
Take care,
mav
Jameel - 5-19-2004 at 07:05 PM
Thanks for the compliments. 
Here is a short SOUND CLIP
Mike - 5-19-2004 at 07:31 PM
Hey Jameel,
First of all, what an awesome job on the fix my man. And even better is the video clip Jameel. Very nice souding oud and taqsim.
Excellent job!
Take care,
Mike
david - 5-19-2004 at 08:38 PM
Beautiful Jameel! See Mike, I'm telling you we need a section just
for videos from the members
TruePharaoh21 - 5-19-2004 at 09:04 PM
Allah aleik, ya Jameel! The taqsim is great, and the oud sounds so good. Fantastic job, man!
TP21
Sounds Great
Elie Riachi - 5-19-2004 at 09:07 PM
Nice sound and playing Jameel.
billkilpatrick - 5-20-2004 at 08:51 AM
i think if my oud showed up like that i'd have a heart attack.
complimenti - beautiful job.
was there an explanation given for its condition?
- bill
mawoud - 5-20-2004 at 09:49 AM
Awsome job Jameel, way to go man!!!
I'm glad the oud ended up in your hands even though I knew that my friend Spyros would have done also an amazing job fixing it. Either way, I
share my friend Mavrothis' coment that the oud was lucky to be fixed like that.
Nice sound too, thanks for the video clip 
To answer the question that was posted regarding how the oud was damaged. The oud damaged through shipping. At the beginning the damage was a little
crack in the back but when the shipping company returned it to me the crack got bigger because they returned the oud in the box after they emptied all
the peanut foam so in other words the oud got more damaged because it was in an empty box with no protection. Anyway, enough tragedy, thank God Dr.
Jameel save its life and now the oud is fully recovered.
Thank you jameel for that.
Nader
Elie Riachi - 6-19-2004 at 07:10 PM
Hi Jameel,
Can you tell me the thickness of the ribs on this oud? 
Thanks friend,
Elias
Jameel - 6-20-2004 at 04:12 AM
Between 2 and 3 mm.