Longa - 9-12-2005 at 01:15 PM
The oud in Mourice's hands
oudipoet - 6-12-2006 at 07:15 PM
how come we have never seen the finishing of this gorgoues oud? or did i miss it? if i did please show me the finishing personaly i love brazilian
rosewood on guitars but on oud i ve never seen one
DJdog - 6-12-2006 at 07:54 PM
I find it a bit puzzling when my fellow oud players refer to a "rosewood oud", or a "wenge oud", or a "mahogany oud". The wood used for the curved
bowl has only a very minor effect on the sound (we've gone through a long thread about this). The shape of the bowl, the bracing pattern, and the
quality of the spruce or cedar top all make hugely more difference than the wood of the bowl. However, I guess it is a way of differentiating one oud
from another by looks. You can refer to "that blond guy", or "that curly-haired woman", even though the hair says essentially nothing about the kind
of person you are referring to. So...I guess I've answered my own question, which I seem to do a lot!
mjamed - 6-12-2006 at 08:03 PM
I agree with you DJdog. Although buity of an insturment is important factor, one might argue about the degree of this importance but after all we tend
to like butifual things
Jonathan - 6-13-2006 at 06:59 AM
Brazilian rosewood is beautiful, but it is endangered. Personally, I would not want a new oud to be made out of this for this very reason (unless I
was assured that it was old stock, and even then I would have my doubts).
SamirCanada - 6-13-2006 at 07:46 AM
Yeah I agree Jonathan. But if its already cut then it shouldnt go to waste and making a oud out of it to me is the best possible thing.
akram - 6-20-2006 at 10:21 AM
hello
could you bast pictures of the oud and sound sample?
thank you
akram
Longa - 6-21-2006 at 12:33 AM
o.k I will post pictures soon with a sound clip
But for those who mentioned that the wood is endangered
I assure you that the pieceswere collected over one year from a wood seller in Brazil and you can tell that the pieces are well over 50 years scrap.
Some pieces had a lot of woodworm but with Maurice's skills you have to look hard to see it.
Although some experts swear that the back does not affect the sound of theoud I tend to notice that It does affect the personality of the sound, or
what do you folks think?