oudplayer
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is this possable
hey guys
for the luithers in the house. or whom ever
Is it possable to turn a regular oud to a bashir oud with-out taking the origanal bridge out .
like can u keep the same bridge and just add a new brdge to the back of the oud
thx sammy
we are lost camels in the desert and wanna find our way to water and the water is in aden
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muthada
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bashir stayle!
hi sammy
its possible but not recommended.
if you will do this the strings will be more higher from the fingerboard.
it will be dificult to play.
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SamirCanada
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I had done this to one of my ouds a couple years ago.
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=2725&pa...
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Dr. Oud
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oudplayer
hey guys
for the luithers in the house. or whom ever
Is it possable to turn a regular oud to a bashir oud with-out taking the origanal bridge out .
like can u keep the same bridge and just add a new brdge to the back of the oud
thx sammy |
You might damage the face if the soundboard structure is as light as it should be. A fixed bridge
twists the face, and a tail-piece/floating bridge pushes directly doen on the face. This imparts a very different force on the face and the Bashir oud
consequently is braced and structured differently than a a fixed bridge. I would not reccomend this adaptation without rebuilding the soundboard to
accomodate the different pressure.
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jshead
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Why would you want to do that?
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SamirCanada
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Ultimately I think you couldnt be more right jshead.
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oudplayer
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hey guys
thx for the infi ui want planing on it but i was just seeing if it was possable . bc i want a bashir oud so if ti was easy and all then iw ould do it
thx all sammy
we are lost camels in the desert and wanna find our way to water and the water is in aden
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Dr. Oud
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There's another aspect to this conversion. In order to get enough pressure on the face with a floating bridge, Bashir ouds are built with a bent face,
so that the tail piece is lower than the plane of the face above the bridge. The fixed bridge face is straight to the tail end. A conversion would not
put enough pressure on the face to produce the sound level consistent with the Bashir design. The only way to do this would be to raise the bridge up,
then the fingerboard must also be buit up or the neck reset to compensate. While it may seem an interesting idea, conversion is not a practical
endeavor.
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