akram - 8-7-2007 at 11:19 PM
hello all
any one have mohamed fadel oud-floating bridge?
i love his ouds and whant to have agood look on his ouds
thank you
akram
Ronny Andersson - 8-8-2007 at 12:43 AM
Yes I had one that I sold to a friend here in Sweden, is authentic with a bent soundboard. What do you wish to know? Also Alan in USA have one
authentic.
Alan - 8-8-2007 at 11:28 AM
Yes I have one that I bought from Ronny. Thanks man 
I will try to attach a few photos. If they don't show up U2U me and give me your email
Alan - 8-8-2007 at 11:30 AM
more
Alan - 8-8-2007 at 11:41 AM
Last one
More pictures of this oud on David's site
http://www.oud.eclipse.co.uk/gallery.html
Melbourne - 8-9-2007 at 03:48 AM
Wow this is "THE" Mohammed Fadel oud... You're a lucky man Alan. My 11yo sister saw these pics and said this oud looks like he hasn't had a good
sleep in a long time!!!! I'm guessing she was talkin about the dark inlay around the soundholes. But if this oud has been given the number
5964....there must be something in the order of 6000 Fadel ouds out there! maybe more since it was made in 1992. So theres still hope guys.... (of
owning one)
akram - 8-9-2007 at 11:49 AM
thank you man
what is string length and the width of the soundboard?
how is the sound?
thank you very much
akram
Ronny Andersson - 8-9-2007 at 12:18 PM
This is the real thing and not one of the many fakes that came out the last years from his workshop - what a miserable ending he had :-(
The soundboard on Alan's is of excellent spruce and the entire instrument is top class when it was made for a professional musician. The design of the
sound holes and pick guard are not the traditional style that Fadel used but also the more oval shaped comes in various design. What is most
interesting with Fadel's Bashir model is the bent soundboard which never gives problems with sunken bridges and high string action.
I do not know why so few present makers prefer to build with ¨flat¨ soundboards and with all the problems it gives. Check out Matthias Wagners copy
of the Fadel: http://www.lutes-strings.de/e-aoud_munir-bashir.php
akram - 8-11-2007 at 08:28 PM
thanks ronny
nice ouds but i like the original ouds that mohamaed fadel made.
what about his sons in iraq are they good as him?
akram
ALAMI - 8-12-2007 at 12:38 AM
Fadi Matta is a modern oudmaker who makes exclusively the Bashir floating bridge model with bent soundboard, this oud can deal with very high strings
tension (and it is a 7 course) I have 29N Pyramid strings installed without any problem even though the bridge is very thin as you can see on the
photos in this thread:
http://www.arabicouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=4897&...
and here a sound file:
certificates of origin, for the deceased Mohamed Fadhel Husaien Oud ,should be arranged with Mr. Faik and the Ministry of Culture and Information in Iraq - Baghdad. As Mr. Faik
TAFTAF - 3-28-2008 at 04:35 PM
Any inquiries about certificates of origin, for the deceased Mohamed Fadhel Husaien Oud (1910 – 2003) should be arranged with Mr. Faik and the
Ministry of Culture and Information in Iraq - Baghdad. As Mr. Faik is the only person who is authorized by law, to decide, and according to an
attested archive, that an instrument is genuine or not. Terms and conditions apply.
http://www.faikfadhel.com/conacts.html
