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2 ouds are born

sabbassi - 12-9-2009 at 01:23 AM

Hi All,
This ud is made by my friend maker Majid Atik in Morocco. Beautifull sound.
pictures: Majid holding his ud
Video Khalid Jadidi , the happy owner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFm146efx6Y


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Master luthier Khalid Belhaiba

sabbassi - 12-9-2009 at 01:34 AM

below is the new born made by master khalid Belhaiba.(holding the ud)
Video: the happy owner is K. Bendourou

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sabbassi - 12-9-2009 at 01:47 AM

and here is the vide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzTykH-bqk

Ararat66 - 12-9-2009 at 02:35 AM

Sabassi

That is one beautiful ... and beautiful sounding oud. If I was to get an Arabic oud I would come to Khalid Belhaiba - they are wonderful.

I am thinking of getting an Arabic oud but it will be some time in the future (£££$$$:rolleyes:) ... my first love is my Tasos 'Turkish' oud which I will always have ... it is a very special oud with a really wonderful tone - but many people I meet over here have arabic ouds so it would be nice to have both ... and these seem to have a sound that would complement my Tasos Theodorakis oud.

BTW what sort of price are these?

Fantastic ouds

Leon

sabbassi - 12-9-2009 at 02:42 AM

Hi Leon,
Yes indeed, this are beautiful sounding ouds, for the professional ouds, it depends on the extra work, as rosettes, pegbox etc.
but all come between 800 and 1200 Euro per piece
you can find more info http://www.belhaibaoud.com.
gr,
Samir

Multi Kulti - 12-9-2009 at 04:51 AM

Hallo ,
Very beautiful ouds...one question...What kind of wood is used for the bowl of the second oud? It seems to be flame maple but its too dark-coloured ..

Nikos

sabbassi - 12-9-2009 at 06:06 AM

Hi Nikos,
Yes it is Flamed maple, couloured dark-redish

paulO - 12-9-2009 at 07:07 AM

Hi sabbassi,

Thanks for the pic's, both ouds look great. The stained flamed maple is a great touch, the way it's carried through into the pegbox is very cool. The angular ending of fingerboard on Majid's oud is a great touch, wish I could see the back of that one. Thanks for the pics.

Regards..paulO

Aymara - 12-9-2009 at 09:44 AM

Hi Sabbassi!
Quote: Originally posted by sabbassi  
..., couloured dark-redish


Did Khalid use rubin colored shellac for french polish to achieve this deep red?

His ouds are great for shure ... I will never forget the nice one you got yourself ... the one with the nice horn pickguard.

Ararat66 - 12-9-2009 at 10:57 AM

Just seen the video of Khalid Jdidi again - what a fantastic style, what style and song is this? it is similar to some guitar styles but still very Udi. ... great player and wonderful oud.

Leon

sabbassi - 12-9-2009 at 01:42 PM

Hi leon,
It is a song from Ismahan, I'm not sure what is the name of the song

sabbassi - 12-9-2009 at 01:44 PM

Chris,
The maple is first weted with water a bit and when dry you can use water colours for musical wood, you can find it in many coulours. the shellak is used at the last stage.

Aymara - 12-9-2009 at 02:06 PM

Quote: Originally posted by sabbassi  
... you can use water colours for musical wood, ...


Interesting. I asked, because when searching for shellac flakes, I found a German dealer, who has four different types ... the usual honey colored shellac, a bleeched one, which is nearly colorless, the black one for pianos and the rubin shellac, which gives a wonderful deep red tone.

Luttgutt - 12-10-2009 at 01:29 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Ararat66  
Just seen the video of Khalid Jdidi again - what a fantastic style, what style and song is this? it is similar to some guitar styles but still very Udi. ... great player and wonderful oud.

Leon


Leon, the name of the song is "Ya habibi taaala lhaani", Asmahan!

You are right, the style is definatly western. And that done on perpous: that was the "new age", modernization of the arabic music.

Here is the original version.. enjoy : )

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=CCfW_V2sH8I&feature=related

Aymara - 12-10-2009 at 02:24 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Luttgutt  
Here is the original version...


Not found ... mmh?