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Building 4 Different OUDs

sabbassi - 9-25-2009 at 06:38 AM

Hello everyone, I would like to share with you the building process of 4 OUDs.
The first one, the bowl is already finished today: Moroccan walnut, I have enouph to build 5 ouds. very rare to find good quality.
the 2nd: Moroccan Walnut\ indian Rosewood
the 3rd: Indian Rosewood with nice patterns
and the 4th, the one I will keep for myself I hope, Santos Rosewood, a beautiful wood, specialy when finished with shellac (a bit expensive).
Any way I have sliced the ribs myself to 2.5mm and Planned them to 2.2mm with the Proxxon DH40 planner(a must have tool)
I will post pictures from time to time.
enjoy it

paulO - 9-25-2009 at 12:16 PM

Very exquisite wood, wow. Nice patterns, without a doubt. Looking forward to the other posts, thanks for sharing.

Happy Building...PaulO

Nr 2, Rosewood

sabbassi - 10-1-2009 at 01:57 PM

Rosewood bowl : tracing the shape of the ribs and bending.
the ribs are 38,5 cm. long before bending.
When bending the ribs, they should have 99% the same shape at the end, this will make the joining easy and accurate without much pression. using a masking tape should be enouph to join them together.
After fitting the first 5 ribs, The bowl start to have a nice shape.


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shape

sabbassi - 10-1-2009 at 02:11 PM

shape after 5 ribs
next week more pictures and the progress incha la
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Rosewood Bowl finished

sabbassi - 10-6-2009 at 12:09 AM

By the way This uds will be for sale when finished. If anyone is interested I can do some minor modifications beforehand. ie, Sounds preferences, sound hole , pickguard etc.
I will do the in/out scraping later this week and the paper strips with hot glue.
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Walnut bowl

sabbassi - 10-6-2009 at 12:16 AM

Bowl is finished.

macassar ebony

sabbassi - 10-8-2009 at 10:47 AM

beautiful macassar ebony

Soundboard is ready

sabbassi - 10-13-2009 at 12:47 AM

American red cedar soundboard is finished and the braces are also ready. I have also prepared the pegbox wall for the walnut oud.

bibo10 - 10-17-2009 at 01:06 PM

wow man...good work..please keep us posted and good luck to you

progress

sabbassi - 10-19-2009 at 10:02 AM

Thank you Michael,

Well this is how far I'm, going very slow and taking care of all the details.
Applying orginal authentic line oil (italien receipt) and waiting 24 hours to cure. the color of the wood remains original and the patterns start to come out.
The pegbox are also finished. hopefully by the end of the week if times allow, the ouds will be ready so I can start another two.



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almost there

sabbassi - 10-23-2009 at 08:33 AM

I will put the strings this sunday, time to dry up a bit.
The walnut ud is also on the way

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Marina - 10-23-2009 at 08:47 AM

:applause:

Aymara - 10-23-2009 at 10:06 AM

Wow, what a beauty :applause:

paulO - 10-23-2009 at 02:22 PM

Wow man..the finish came out great...it's got that 10 miles of depth going on. The grain on the back is amazing, but the back of the pegbox looks fantastic too ! Looking forward to the walnut !!

Regards..PaulO

ouds are both finished

sabbassi - 11-2-2009 at 01:02 AM

ouds are both finished now and are for sale if anyone is interested.
the sound will be posted soon, the strings need to get used to the new owner.


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Aymara - 11-2-2009 at 01:15 AM

Quote: Originally posted by sabbassi  
ouds are both finished now ...


Wow another beauty ... both look fantastic :applause:

I'm very curious to hear them!

Sound clip

sabbassi - 11-3-2009 at 03:55 AM

here are the sounds clips.
forgive my playing and the sound quality, I'm just learning:
rosewood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKTsk-mnj1A
wallnut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzxaQ0epRyA

Aymara - 11-3-2009 at 04:09 AM

Quote: Originally posted by sabbassi  
..., I'm just learning


Me too, but you're far better than I ;)

It's always difficult to check out the sound characteristics of an instrument from a video or MP3 file, but this first impression is veeery good for my taste on both ouds.

PS: What strings did you use? Pyramid?

Sazi - 11-3-2009 at 04:11 AM

Mmmm, nice fresh ouds!

You must be pretty happy with them?

Congratulations. (you made them look so easy too!);)

strings

sabbassi - 11-3-2009 at 04:20 AM

The strings are normal Dáddario. DO
I guess Pyramid strings will produce more beautiful sound than the Daddario.
Thanks Sazi, these ouds are new. they need a while to openup. from any experienced oud makers, they can tell you that every oud need at least 4 seasons (winter, autumn...)to come alive.

Aymara - 11-3-2009 at 04:27 AM

Quote: Originally posted by sabbassi  
I guess Pyramid strings will produce more beautiful sound than the Daddario.


Maybe, but string choice is a matter of taste, I think. Fact is, both ouds have a clean beautiful sound and look very good. And as it seems, Sazi is impressed too.

Sazi - 11-3-2009 at 04:39 AM

Very impressed!:) especially since I do know that they take time to mature to their best sound, if they sound that good new with so-so strings, imagine what they will sound like in a couple of years!

Cheers, S