I just finished 5 new ouds... and here they are, and they are all for sale..
The first oud:
7 course floating bridge Oud,
Bowel made of the finest available Indian rosewood. 51 cm X 37 cm X 18 cm depth.
Soundboard made of Master Grade Sinker Redwood, at least 200 years old.
Fingerboard is Gabon ebony.
The neck is 20 cms long and is made of Ash and covered by Indian rosewood.
The pegbox is made of Ash and Rosewood with Ebony pegs.
Here are the images of this beauty..
Alioud - 7-23-2009 at 01:43 PM
The second oud is a Walnut oud, 6 courses floating bridge
Bowel is made of fine Lebanese Walnut. 49cm X 36 cm X 18.5 cm depth
The soundboard is Master Grade Carpathian spruce
The fingerboard is Gabon ebony
The neck is Walnut and is 19.5 cm long
The pegbox is Walnut and the pegs are ebony.
Here are the pictures.
Alioud - 7-23-2009 at 01:48 PM
The first oud has a 60 cms string length, the second oud is 58.5 cm strings length.
The third oud is a 6 course floating bridge oud. 58.5 cm string length
The bowel is made of fine Indian Rosewood with Ash dividers.
The soundboard is Master Grade Western Red Cedar
The Fingerboard is Gabon Ebony
The Neck is 19.5 cms and is made of Walnut covered by rosewood
The pegbox is made of Indian Rosewood with Ebony pegs
Alioud - 7-23-2009 at 01:55 PM
The fourth oud is a 6 course oud, 58.5 cm scale length
Bowl made of alternating Padauk-Cherry-Magogany with a center Maple rib. 49 cms X 37 cm X 18.5 cm
Soundboard is Master Grade Sitka spruce
Neck is completely made of Gabon Ebony with a an Ebony fingerboard. 19.5 cms
Pegbox and pegs are both ebony.
id be interested in the 7 course --- do you have sound samples of it?Edward Powell - 7-23-2009 at 11:45 PM
BRAVO!
Those are really beautiful ouds, Ali!
What kind of bracing did you use, ladder or lattice?Marina - 7-23-2009 at 11:54 PM
Beautiful! charlie oud - 7-24-2009 at 12:23 AM
Nice bunch of floaters Alioud - 7-24-2009 at 01:40 AM
Norumba... Sound samples coming soon for all the ouds and I was almost sure that the 7 course will be the most interesting because it is a really
beautiful instrument.. it sounds excellent too... Look in this page in the next 2 days and you'll have a high quality sound sample and a video sample
too.
Edward Powel my friend.. this time I went with ladder bracing.. all 5 ouds..
I am making 2 lattice braced ouds at the time being but I am just waiting for a shipment of some carbon fiber and Balsa wood ...
Marina and Charlie.. thanks... the ouds are indeed pretty and I have to thank my friend for his professional photography.ammar22 - 7-24-2009 at 03:45 AM
slam ali
good job my friend and all of them looks butifull and can you tell me the price of them pleas
many thanksAlioud - 7-24-2009 at 04:05 AM
Hi Ammar,
The ouds are 1500 USD each, and that does not include a case or shipping.norumba - 7-24-2009 at 06:35 AM
do you have access to a case supplier ? i'd be nervous for an instrument to be shipped without a case....
really looking forward to hearing these instruments, bravo on your good work!SamirCanada - 7-24-2009 at 12:37 PM
could you post some details of how you cut the rings around the sound holes and how you install them.
thanks,
SamirEdward Powell - 7-24-2009 at 01:55 PM
very very very reasonable prices for such masterpieces!
do you have any fotos of the interiors.... bracing in particular?udmaker - 7-25-2009 at 10:45 AM
Beas.One - 7-25-2009 at 11:35 AM
These are extremely beautiful especially the seven course. I was amazed.Ararat66 - 7-25-2009 at 01:02 PM
Really fantastic ... that first oud (redwood) really looks special. I have been thinking of getting an Arabic tuned oud to go with my Tasos oud.
Leon
Sound Sample of the 7 strings oud
Alioud - 7-25-2009 at 03:06 PM
Thank you all for looking at my ouds and for your nice words...
Edward.. I will post pictures of my bracing.. but I think you would be served better if I tell you the bracing plan and the bracing material..it's
exact thickness, location, carving and height
This is a sound sample of the 7 strings oud played by my friend Moaead.. this was simply an improvisation of a sleep deprived friend.
This is a sound of a Cherry-Padauk floating oud with a cedar top.. but the Oud is sold already, sold on it's first day of life! that's why no pictures
were shown of this oud. Now the guy says he is willing to sell it back for double the price (3000 USD!!!!!!) .. lol ..
This is again the sleep deprived Moaead playing one of his compositions..
Before anyone asks, there are no effects added to the recording.. simply a good microphone and an excellent soundcard..
The 7 strings oud is tuned C-G-A-d-g-c-f
The Cherry Padauk is tuned F-C-d-g-c-f
The Walnut oud is tuned F-C-d-g-c-f
The Colored oud is tuned E-A-d-g-c-f
One more recording for the 7 strings oud
Alioud - 7-25-2009 at 03:51 PM
Again the 7 strings oud, more Sharqi style, by Fadel
SamirCanada.. I have hundreds of pictures of the construction.. I am preparing a full thread on the forum and I will post it in the next 2 days
including a detail of the rings.. the redwood oud was easy... it was a Dremel tool fitted on special routing jig (also made by dremel) that I found
at a local hardware store together with excellent fine routing bits.
I will be honest .. Dremel rules .. without Dremel this would have been very difficult and not as accurate..
I also used the Dremel tool for the oval holes but I had to make my own oval routing jig.
Cheers..
Video Samples
Alioud - 7-25-2009 at 04:50 PM
This is a video of the Cherry-Padauk oud. It is the same as the recording but I don't think it is easy to believe that there are no effects added to
the sound..
This is the raw video from a small camera with low quality recording..
The piece is: Immigrant Steps and is composed by Moaead, the player himself.
thats fantastic stuff! im sending you message re the 7 string...norumba - 8-4-2009 at 06:55 AM
Ali -- hope everything is ok; have sent a few U2Us, but havent heard back... anyone else been in touch with him?Reda Aouad - 8-4-2009 at 08:10 AM
The links aren't working..
Some say "this video is private" and some say "this video has been removed by the user"..norumba - 8-4-2009 at 09:04 AM
very strange; i was making arrangements for the one of the ouds... hope allis Ok with our oudmaker friend! norumba - 8-7-2009 at 12:52 AM
ali, my friend, please contact me ASAP with an update -- i need to get a 7 course Bashir oud soon. let me know your situation and if that oud is
still available, thanksspyros mesogeia - 8-13-2009 at 10:36 PM
Congratulations my friend.
The result looks very well.
Keep the good workfhalaw - 8-18-2009 at 08:55 AM
Hi any of these ouds still available? Or could you send me your info so I could contact you directly?
Also what is your location?
Thanks,
Fadinorumba - 8-19-2009 at 11:14 PM
as Reda posted above, all the videos have been disabled or set to private. I was contacting Ali to purchase one of the ouds and had some U2U
correspondence with him, but he has not been online or in touch for a couple of weeks. I 'm not sure what happened to him -- and i do hope he's ok.
At this stage, i'm expanding my search for a good Iraqi 7 course oud, as I dont think this one will materialize.fhalaw - 8-20-2009 at 09:26 AM
strange indeed.fadel - 8-20-2009 at 04:56 PM
hi
strange indeed. to to
thank
fernandraynaud - 8-26-2009 at 05:24 AM
What a great composition and playing by Moaead on that Walnut.mp3 ! So Ali and Moaead vanished?norumba - 8-26-2009 at 05:46 AM
seems that way...I moved on and made other oud arrangements...aihamkrgp - 3-15-2010 at 05:12 PM
hi youssr - 3-16-2010 at 02:45 AM
Dr. Ali please respondI have been trying to contact Dr.Ali For about a month including by phone to no
avail.suz_i_dil - 3-16-2010 at 03:25 PM
As ar as I know Dr Ali is travelling Egypt, I read that on Zeryab forum, so probably a bit busy now to answer us but pretty sure he will answer soon.
In the waiting time, there is new videos of Naseer Shamma school in Cairo, Fadel post the link for those in the professional players record thread.
There is some solo records of players with Dr Ali ouds.
Nice bunch of floaters 
