cbounds
Oud Lover
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Registered: 1-17-2007
Location: Houston, Texas
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Mood: In the mood... for OUD!
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My Oud from Nileshop
I ordered this Oud about two months ago from Nileshop.net. It is made of Rosewood and I paid $300 plus shipping. The staff was very cordial and helped
me to choose an instrument that would suit me. I have heard many horror stories of people buying Ouds from Ebay and other places. I could not be
happier with the quality and sound of the instrument for the price I paid. The shipping was about $90 but it arrived in Texas from Eygpt in only 3
days!
I restrung it with Pyramid strings when it came in. At first I was a little worried as it would not stay in tune for long periods. After the strings
stretched it stayed in tune perfectly. I also used some peg dope on the tuning pegs so they would turn easily. The distributor of this Oud is Gawahret
El Fen. The maker is Mustafa Mustafa.
I am using a Cfadgc tuning. I printed out the notes on sticky paper and then used a hole punch to make small circles. I put the circles on the
fretboard until I could get familiar with the notes. This helps trememdously in learning Maqam.
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cbounds
Oud Lover
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Location: Houston, Texas
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Back of my Rosewood Oud
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cbounds
Oud Lover
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Here I am playing. You can see the markings I have put on the fretboard to help me learn the notes of this tuning.
 
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Melbourne
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 10-9-2006
Location: Mlebourne, Australia
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Looks nice, seems reasonable to me. Whats the action like?, ie the approx height of the strings where the neck joins the body.
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cbounds
Oud Lover
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Registered: 1-17-2007
Location: Houston, Texas
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A Country boy playing an OUD?????
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cbounds
Oud Lover
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The action is very low and playable. The instrument repsonds well.
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samzayed
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Location: Chicago, IL
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That looks like a nice oud. Mabrouk! Yehia at Nileshop is a really nice guy. He's very honest, and is a pleasure to do business with.
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cbounds
Oud Lover
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Registered: 1-17-2007
Location: Houston, Texas
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Here is a youtube link of me playing a little Taqsim. I have only been playing a couple of months. Just giving you an idea of how the Nileshop Ouds
sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANQOjdrmvUE
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INFAMOUD
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 9-23-2006
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Damn..Thats not bad...You got a good deal..And a nice sounding Oud..Sounds like you been playing longer..
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palestine48
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That Sounds great for a beginner. Sounds like you have losts of musical experience especially from the guitar.
Just to let you know, the Oud is not played like a quitar but im susre your probably know that.
you can go to oudcafe.com to get pointers on holding and playing.
Also I saw a website that explains how guitar players can convert to the oud. I dont know off the top of my head oud so try searching for that also.
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