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"M. Fadel" Repair
Thought I would share this. This oud came to me in semi-playable but otherwise terrible condition. I'm not even sure it's a real Fadel. The
workmanship is mediocre at best. It's also been repaired who knows how many times as evidenced by numerous patches. The triangle-shaped areas below
the fingerboard are made of a hide-glue sawdust paste. Yuck! It would take too much writing to explain all that's wrong here. But the oud sounds
decent, so I decided I'd give it a whirl.
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Removing a goopy layer of unknown finish from the face. Nasty, messy job, since chemical stripper was required. I bet the sound gets a whole lot
better....
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A big split had developed below the bridge, so I patched it with a new strip of spruce.
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The inlay in the pick guard didn't survive the stripping, and was inlaid very poorly, so I replaced it.
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The full-length fingerboard had at one time been rosewood (I can't beleive the condition of this oud, it's only around 20 years old!), but was oddly
replaced with spruce. It was pretty loose so I removed the entire thing and leveled the tops of the braces.
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I had to remove extra material from the braces in order to level them, so instead of raising the braces, I just made the replacement piece of spruce
extra thick to compensate. This isn't a critical sound-producing area of the face, so the extra thickness doesn't really concern me. Besides, this
isn't exactly a collector's item. Here I've also cleaned the top of the neck block to be flush with the tops of the braces.
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The end of the spruce patch was rabbeted in order to bring it flush with the rest of the soundhole inner surface.
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Here you can see the rabbet as I glue the patch to the tops of the braces.
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Here I'm gluing the patch in place. It will be planed flush after the glue cures. I wasn't so concerned with a perfect fit here at the edges, since
this area will be covered by the new full-length on-top-of-the-face fingerboard.
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Jameel
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Gorgeous detail.....
Ahhh......inspiring indeed is the site of such beautiful and nuanced artistry. 
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Thanks for the pics Jameel
Even if its no keeper... its still nice to practice surgery on a oud you dont care for to keep your skills on the edge. Plus you never know what
you'll be able to make it become.
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Now that I see what kind of neck it has. The oud I have done restoration of had the same type of neck. It looks like the put a hole in both the neck
block and the neck it self and put this round peice of wood through both. For some reason when I took the face off. The neck raised... maybe a cm or
so making the action really high... I wonder what made it raise. If you notice it hapening let me know how I could fix it.
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Jameel, this oud is a very ugly fake.
Best wishes
Ronny
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ronny Andersson
Jameel, this oud is a very ugly fake. |
Tell me about it. It's a tourist oud at best. But the soundboard is actually quite thin, and it sounds ok, so after it's spruced up it will make a
good beginner's oud.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jameel
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ronny Andersson
Jameel, this oud is a very ugly fake. |
Tell me about it. It's a tourist oud at best. But the soundboard is actually quite thin, and it sounds ok, so after it's spruced up it will make a
good beginner's oud. |
I belive its origine is Lebanon but I've also heard Syria being mentioned. Anyway, I test played one and the quality is descent for a beginner trying
the oud for fun.
Best wishes
Ronny
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Must be syria
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Jameel
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Samir,
The dowel is a pretty common way to join the neck. It's not as good as a dovetail, since the gluing surface isn't as large.
Here's a shot of the almost finished oud. New pegs are all that's left. I'll post some sound clips later.
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wow...what a difference...incredible job Jameelo!
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Fabulous work man, everything you did looks great--I like the tailpice a lot, and the back turned out to be pretty nice looking too -- a real
transformation, looking forward to the sound clip(s).
Cheers..PaulO
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FANTASTIC: applause: great job
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Nice fingerboard I like it a lot. Those little wings on the side of it where the neck and body meet. They add a nice old school look with the bone
inlay.
excellent job on the whole reconstruction.
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Thanks everybody. Couple weekends and a virtually unplayable tourist oud is transformed into a decent instrument. Here's some more pics.
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Unbelievable! Jameel you are getting very quick at this stuff and the workmanship is, as always, first-class.
I wish you were in my neighbourhood mate, I have a couple of old deaduns that could live again with a little bit of your magic.
Regards,
Greg
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Jameel
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Thanks Greg. I'd be glad to work on your ouds, if we weren't half a planet apart!
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