Chris_Khouri - 11-17-2007 at 12:37 PM
Hi guys,
I woke up one day to find this oud at my bedroom door. I never knew that it was coming it was a total surprise. It sounds amazing.
Sorry for the bad quality pictures. Also we r still working on that particular room.
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Chris_Khouri - 11-17-2007 at 12:38 PM
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Chris_Khouri - 11-17-2007 at 12:41 PM
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Chris_Khouri - 11-17-2007 at 12:52 PM
Hi guys,
I am sorry for my mediocre performance and lousy recorder. The oud sounds really awesome.
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Chris_Khouri - 11-17-2007 at 12:53 PM
again sorry for the quality of the recording. I did this using a recorder for memos lol the size of a cell phone. RCA it records directly into mp3
format.
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Chris_Khouri - 11-17-2007 at 01:19 PM
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Chris_Khouri - 11-17-2007 at 01:21 PM
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Chris_Khouri - 11-17-2007 at 01:23 PM
SamirCanada - 11-17-2007 at 04:04 PM
wow... that sounds quite awsome man.
Mabrouk.
Thanks Sameer
Chris_Khouri - 11-17-2007 at 04:30 PM
Shukran Sameer for ur kind words. I agree, the oud craftmenship is quiet amazing. It really sounds awesome.
Hilal
Amos - 11-17-2007 at 09:42 PM
chris i have to respectfully disagree with you your playing is not mediocre at all...great phrasing and ornamentation, very authentic sound, thank
you!
amos
Thank you very much Amos
Chris_Khouri - 11-18-2007 at 12:51 AM
Thank you Amos for your encouragement. It really motivated me alot. I am glad u liked it. 
This is Arabic tuning by the way on a turkish oud.
Hilal
Benjamin - 11-18-2007 at 01:32 AM
Hi Chris!
What can I add with what had been said, apart from that I really love this oud, and I would be glad if you could tell how much did you paid, and where
did you buy it. And what about the "guitar-like" pegs on the neck? Does it works well? I guess it must be just great as I have so many problems of
tuning with my sukar oud, the pegs and the wood at the end of the neck are not that good and I always have to tune it all the time, with many
intonation problems. Can you tell us which model of Haluk is this: the oud-4, oud-1 or oud-3?
Thanks!
Benjamin - 11-18-2007 at 03:35 AM
Also could you send a more detailled pic of the pegs, I mean a picture of the end of the neck where you can see the pegs and the strings?
I would be very happy! Benjamin
hi Benjamin
Chris_Khouri - 11-18-2007 at 01:34 PM
Hi Benjamin,
The pegs are very sturdy. They probably reduce the amount of tuning you need to do to less than 10%. There was no problem with the weight of the
metal pegs as some people have mentioned this in the past. They r normal and do not cause me any hardship while playing.
My oud is Model 3, which is for 379 USD. Shipping will probably be about 120, so the whole thing would be about 500 dollars.
Here is the website
http://www.eraydinsazevi.com.tr/
I will post picture of the pegbox very soon.
Hilal
Haluk - 11-19-2007 at 07:10 AM
Hi Hilal,
Your oud is in quality of Oud-4 As the request of your brother Fadi,they all family ordered the oud as a birthday present to you.
Benjamin - 11-19-2007 at 09:23 PM
Thank you guys,
and enjoy your new oud Hilal
Sazi - 11-19-2007 at 11:34 PM
Erm... on the website it says oud 4 has Ebony fingerboard... 
Haluk - 11-20-2007 at 05:13 AM
Ebony is an imported wood.Sometimes I use Rosewood, Rose of Madagascar or Balsam after informed the customer.