coyootie
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iraqi oud just finished.
Here are some details on this oud. The back is 17 ribs of Spanish cedar, top Engelmann spruce, walnut neck, pegbox walnut with beech inside cheeks,
rosewood pegs, ivory nut ( from 85 year old stock). Spanish cedar is really excellent for a back and is used extensively for flamenco guitars. The
fingerboard is a special feature, Surinam snakewood, which besides being absolutely beautiful stuff is hard as iron. It is much harder than ebony,
takes a gorgeous shine, and is indeed one of the hardest woods known.It is hard as hell on tools and requires much resharpening of planes when you
work it. I made 7 bridges to test out different possibilities and they all worked-cherry,beech, walnut and rosewood, and I'll give those to the buyer
to fool with too. I'm ordering a Sukar case for it which will be included.
This oud being totally new- we've only had strings on it for 6 days- will open up and improve dramatically after several months of steady playing.
I'm more pleased than I can say already with what it does. I'm b starting the process of getting just-right strings......[groaning noises] but
ultimately the owner will figure what they like best.
The overall design is taken from Richard's Nahat data. I think the Nahat ouds are some of the most beautiful in overall profile and proportion. The
bracing is similar but just a little thicker and it has a fat neck but still a bit smaller than Richard's Nahat specs. The next one I do will have a
way thinner neck.
I want to thank many builders including Samir Azzar, Claudio, Jameel, Richard, Dincer without whose suggestions , work and generosity I couldn't
have begun making ouds.
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bulerias1981
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wow, how did this project go uncommented? Nice job, beautiful bowl. I'll try Spanish cedar at some point due to this post.
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charlie oud
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Very nice, congratulations. Would be nice to see a picture or 2 of the whole oud aswell. Thank you.
Best Wishes, Charlie
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