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Building an Electric Oud (Turkish size)

Yaron Naor - 11-10-2009 at 12:47 AM

I started to build a new electric oud from American Walnut...


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Sazi - 11-10-2009 at 01:47 AM

Looking good so far.

What pickup/pre-amp combination do you plan to use?

Yaron Naor - 11-10-2009 at 04:20 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Sazi  
Looking good so far.

What pickup/pre-amp combination do you plan to use?


Thanks Sazi!
The Oud player is going to buy the pickup and give it to me for installation, it will be a piazo (under suddle) one
Any recomendations/tips for me?
Thanks.

Sazi - 11-10-2009 at 04:44 AM

Hi Yaron, just had a quick look around, and think maybe something from here might be suitable. They have a good reputation, but I haven't tried it myself...

http://www.shadow-electronics.com

Or perhaps here might be better, they also have a good reputation. They have an under-saddle pickup for 12 string which would suit the wide string spacing of an oud... check out the AG series.

http://www.fishman.com/products/acoustic-guitar-pickups.asp

P.S. I know a couple of oudists who use Fishman transducers and they are very happy with them.


This one looks interesting...


http://www.schertlerusa.com/bluestick.htm

Sazi - 11-10-2009 at 04:09 PM

Hi Yaron, I found this post from member "oudplayer" in the "big thread on pick-ups" ...but there was no follow-up message saying how it sounds.
Quote: Originally posted by oudplayer  
hey all

SO i just purchesed a undersaddle pick up for my electric oud i got a fishman AG -094 i think thast the numbers the guy told me it would work for what i wanted to do it make for nylon 12 string guitar so it better work.
I will install ina few weeks and tell you hoqw it sounds it can be that bad can it .
thx sammy


How was it Sammy?