sabbassi
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3 rosewood oud
I'm in the process of building 2 new ouds myself, the other one is being made by my friend Majid Atik in Morocco
the first one is Honduran Rosewood (Dalbergia Stevensonii)
beautiful patterns and I have bookmatched the ribs for the esthetic look. still need lot of scraping and sanding for the bowl.
number 2 is Indian Rosewood, high grade, straight grain.
this one is known to most of the guys here at mikeouds.com
number 3 is Rio Rosewood(Dalbergia nigra). this one will be finished sometimes in Jully.
I will keep this post updated as I progress:
reg
Samir
Honduran Rosewood
Indian Rosewood
Rio Rosewood
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Yaron Naor
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Wow, Samir those are nice,
I like it when you mix different kind of woods together
Yaron.
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update
I always check how horizontal the neck is. it should be 100% flat and project horizontaly to the back of the oud. this way , when the sound board is
in place, it shoul be flush to the back and the neck.
line number 1 and number 2 should be exactly 90 degree for accurate placement of the fingerboard later.
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update 2
sound board parts are joined using a home made tool...
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sabbassi
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rosette
the rosette, soundboard are ready.
usualy the rosette is placed as the last part. but this time I have put it inside the oud and used a masking tape to hold it inside. this way when I
finish, I pul it up and glue it to the face from inside.
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sabbassi
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update
purfling around the sound board is
4 strokes: \EbonyTulip\Weng\pear\
ebony fingerboard
will post more later
enjoy
Samir
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That's a neat jig you have made Samir, great idea!
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Nice work Samir, really beautiful.
How do you make sure that the paper you use to enforce the ribs with doesn't wrinkle when you glue it?
Ibrahim.
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sabbassi
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Ibrahim,
I use a small sponge, wet both the wood and the paper (with hot glue) before glueing it. when the paper is glued, stroke it couple of times with the
sponge to push it to the wood. easy beezy , japanezy..
regards,
Samir
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Thanks Samir, I will try that and will let you know, my previous attempts have all failed.
I have about 10 strips of paper that are not very smooth and I ended up trimming the bumps. I still have to add 10 more. I even tried two of them with
titebond instead of hide glue and they ended up being worse.
Hopefully I will do it right this time.
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sabbassi
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Ibrahim,
Never use titebond for the paper or inside the bowl. it will swallow the sound... stik to hide glue...
you can use titebond to join the ribs, but not the paper...
reg,
Samir
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Honduran rosewood complete
after many hours of meticulous work, the honduran rosewood oud is finaly completed . I will post a sound sample sometimes next week.
characteristics
bowl: Honduran rosewood tonewood, width 36cm, long 49,
aged european spruce top
58,5 string lenght
Brazilian rosewood pickguard
Indian rosewood bridge
ebony fingerboard
Mahogany neck
flamed maple/mahogany pegbox
Mock Ivory rosettes (hand made)
ebony pegs
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sabbassi,
Your oud's are simply beautiful. I hope to purchase one some day. In the meantime, I am an avid admirer of your work.
- chris
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I like the racing-stripe in the soundboard, looks nice.
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Wonderfull oud, what are the strings on it? very nice work it's getting better and better Sabassi, congrats
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sabbassi
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thanks guys
these are Labella strings FCGDAF (arabic tuning), therse string have higher tension than the normal tuning, which gives the oud more dynamic sound.
bashir style
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Samir,
I tried your suggestion regarding the paper and it worked great. Thanks
Ibrahim...
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sabbassi
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You are welcome Ibrahim.
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