Josh - 10-7-2008 at 01:21 PM
Hi,, I am new to the forum, I have been a proffesioanl musician on and off for many years and I fancied getting an oud , I have been offered one by a
guy who has one from a syrian company Al-dmashky? I really dont know a huge amount about the various oud makers yet but a web search didnt turn up
anything from this maker, Its a floating bridge one, ( i am left handed and wanted a floating bridge so i could get the intonation right,, any help
great appreciated, cheers Josh (UK)
Josh - 10-7-2008 at 01:28 PM
does anyone know what it says in the pic? thanks,, Josh
katakofka - 10-7-2008 at 02:31 PM
Never heard off
The handwriting Arabic says the bowl is walnut the top is spruce and it's a floating bridge.
Josh - 10-7-2008 at 02:38 PM
katakofka thanks,, thats a start at least,, i am picking it up tommorow to try it out, I know what a good guitar is like so i should hopefully be able
to get a feel for it
DaveH - 10-8-2008 at 01:54 AM
I'd say beware, if no-one's heard of them before. Also, the fact that it's a company name and not attributable to an individual luthier is a bit
disconcerting. Please see various recent threads in the buy and sell section for scary stories of lute buying from unknown persons.
By the way, you probably spotted this, but the pic on the label is of a European lute, not an oud.
hama - 10-8-2008 at 02:09 AM
Hi Josh, just be aware that There is a guy in london who buy/sells ouds on ebay, his ouds are not great quality hope you hadnt bought it from him ,
there are some issues with quality and reliablity of his ouds
Josh - 10-8-2008 at 02:18 AM
I have seen his ouds and I nearly bought one,, I left him bad feedback