Since I purchased my Fadi Matta I never play my Sukar 13. It is a great oud and quite unique because Sukar ouds usually have a spuce soundboard; this
soundboard is ceadar.
The tone is very Syrian, quite warm and longing. The action is adjustable so you can dial in your own personal preference. It also has a K&K Twin
Spot pickup installed. Comes with hard case.
The price is $700 firm + shipping. Check around and you will find this oud costs a lot more on line. I only take PayPal.
Contact me PM or email zulu@zulutattoo.com
Zulu - 1-22-2012 at 01:07 PM
SOLDLuttgutt - 1-22-2012 at 01:13 PM
Congratulation both buyer and seller!
This oud looks very nice and is definatly a very good price..
Play well :-)luan - 1-25-2012 at 09:06 PM
Hi, sorry for the off topic, but I have a doubt:
How do you adjust action on that oud?
Thanks a lot!fernandraynaud - 1-25-2012 at 10:56 PM
Hi, Zulu,
Curious, was it a K&K Dual head? Where exactly did you mount the disks?
Luan, it's a standard feature of Sukars. You reach inside up to the headblock, and you find a butterfly nut. Tightening it (gently and gradually)
pulls the bottom of the neck inward towards the instrument, so the action is lowered. The range of adjustment is not as wide as on a Fadi Matta, and
with wood settling over the years can "run out of adjustment" so some filing of the mating surfaces can be needed to have full range down to 0 mm high
action, but still it's a simple and wonderful thing; it's invisible and doesn't negatively affect the structural integrity or the sound. The timbre
changes in interesting ways depending on the height of the action.
luan - 1-26-2012 at 12:53 AM
But if the two parts doesn't make contact, you're not losing sound there?fernandraynaud - 1-26-2012 at 05:49 AM
So you attached them in these spots but under the soundboard? Good idea.
I'd like to caution people about attaching such pickups atop the soundboard. That's what I did to avoid drilling etc. As recommended by the company I
used their thin tape under the heads, and a weak "Scotch magic tape" over the leads to prevent the wires from moving while playing and passing sounds
to the pickups. I was prepared for a battle in removing the actual pickups, but was taken by surprise with the adhesion of the Scotch Tape strips. It
was a chore getting the glue residue off the wood. A small sliver of the soundboard, fortunately very shallow, was also very surprised to find itself
coming off with the tape. As current vernacular has it, "just sayin'".
