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Whats the difference between Apprentice Ouds and Maurice Ouds from Maurice's shop.

divo201125 - 3-2-2017 at 08:31 PM

I am a beginner so i will likely be buying one of his Apprentice ones but i just want to know the difference.

Emil Krasich - 3-6-2017 at 05:58 AM

I was looking into these as well. The apprentice ouds are built by Maurice's apprentices under supervision by Maurice in his shop. Maurice Shehata's ouds are built by Maurice.

Humam - 3-8-2017 at 07:59 PM

My understanding is the Maurice ouds are higher quality and better sound, more like professional level oud as you can see from the prices. However, I bought an apprentice oud one year ago and the oud still in great shape without any issues.

Good luck.

Humam