stingerz
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Hi Guys, hope you guys r doing well.
i have a question. 2 actually. 
first is which strings are the best for a turkish oud using a arabic tuning of CFADCG? La bella? OU80A? any others string? or brands that are good or
better? i heard thomastik are the best? am not too sure.
Second question, i have a waziri floating bridge oud. which string are the best for FADGCF? i heard that the string length should be at least 1 m in
length? any advise?
Thank you.
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Brian Prunka
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For Turkish ouds tuned Arabic, I tend to like the Pyramid #650 set as an inexpensive choice. LaBella ou80 is ok, but you will need to replace the two
treble courses, as the ones in that set are too thin for Arabic tuning.
You can also put together custom sets from various string makers, but I would try a simpler approach first, as experimenting with custom sets gets
expensive.
For floating bridge, yes the strings should generally be 1m long.
LaBella OU80A is decent for that tuning.
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fadel
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Quote: Originally posted by stingerz  | Hi Guys, hope you guys r doing well.
i have a question. 2 actually.
first is which strings are the best for a turkish oud using a arabic tuning of CFADCG? La bella? OU80A? any others string? or brands that are good or
better? i heard thomastik are the best? am not too sure.
Second question, i have a waziri floating bridge oud. which string are the best for FADGCF? i heard that the string length should be at least 1 m in
length? any advise?
Thank you. |
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Brian Prunka
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| Quote: Originally posted by fadel | | Quote: Originally posted by stingerz | Hi Guys, hope you guys r doing well.
i have a question. 2 actually.
first is which strings are the best for a turkish oud using a arabic tuning of CFADCG? La bella? OU80A? any others string? or brands that are good or
better? i heard thomastik are the best? am not too sure.
Second question, i have a waziri floating bridge oud. which string are the best for FADGCF? i heard that the string length should be at least 1 m in
length? any advise?
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I also prefer Pyramid and think it is worth the extra cost. I think that .850mm for the gg course is excessive. For a 58.5cm oud I would use .775 or
.800mm.
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PaulS
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Is this the answer to my question as well, Brian?
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Brian Prunka
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Hi Paul,
sorry . . . you have a Turunz oud, and you want high f'f' right?
I would be careful, since a lot of high f'f' sets are made for floating-bridge ouds, which can withstand (and even thrive) with higher tension.
Turunz ouds are very responsive, so I would go with a lighter-tension set.
I can set you up with the Pyramid lutes like Fadel suggests (though lower tension), or something else. I sent you an email.
cheers,
Brian
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