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sabbassi walnut oud

verona - 5-31-2010 at 02:17 PM

greetings Samir, you have outdone yourself. The oud made it back to Canada. It is just superb. It wants to play itself. The sound, and response, are amazing. It didnt take me long to get attached to it. Once again, I love playing your oud, best regards,Ted.

sabbassi - 6-1-2010 at 01:50 PM

Hello Ted,

I'm glad you arrived well in your home country. also glad that the oud have found a nice person and place to saddle down.
It is a nice oud indeed, when you blow some wind on the strings, it will make some sound :)
enjoy it Ted
thanks

Samir

fernandraynaud - 6-1-2010 at 11:47 PM

Samir - you made chris' short scale oud, right? What exactly is the scale length? Thanks

Aymara - 6-2-2010 at 12:21 AM

Quote: Originally posted by fernandraynaud  
Samir - you made chris' short scale oud, right? What exactly is the scale length?


Just ask me ;)

58,5cm

PS: Congrats to Ted and have much fun playing it.

fernandraynaud - 6-2-2010 at 12:23 AM

Oh, that's right, you're the guy with the metric ruler :D

Aymara - 6-2-2010 at 01:34 AM

Quote: Originally posted by fernandraynaud  
Oh, that's right, you're the guy with the metric ruler :D


Samir too, but no problem, I can help an old american friend:

23,4 inch ;)

sabbassi - 6-2-2010 at 03:38 AM

HI Guyes,

most of the ouds I make are 58,5cm in strings lengh.
That is because I use standard neck lenght 19,5. for the average users
here is a video for the oud played by NIzar Rohana.

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

thanks Chris