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bulerias1981
Oud Junkie
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Location: Beacon, NY
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Mood: John Vergara Luthier Lord of the Strings instrument making and repair
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Custom made Rishas for sale
Hello all,
I am selling some custom made cow horn rishas. I have one tortoise shell which you can see 6th from the left on the top row. The rows from the left on
top are named accordingly..
Jumbo, Standard medium, Tapered, Slim small,
(Bottom left)
Standard small, Medium.
Different rishas work well with different ouds. For example, on the far right at the top "Slim small" rishas are amazing on ouds tuned low or have
darker tones. People with large hands tend to enjoy the Jumbo sized rishas, and they work very well with rishas having very bright or powerful tone,
such as floating Iraqi ouds.
You can choose a specific risha you see here, or I can make a custom one for you, with custom dimensions (lengths, widths and/or thicknesses)
*Thickness* Measurements vary from risha to risha. But I can tell you that a good average thickness is .70mm. Some can be .55mm, some .60mm, .65mm.
And I have even had a request to make one at .93mm, which is very thick.
Please note each risha has its own price based on the quality of the risha itself. These are of cow horn, and I discard blanks in which crack
easily.
If you want other services performed on the rishas, such as silk smooth polishing, or even a coat of polyurethane, I can also do this at an extra
charge. Please PM me for details. Thank you!
I've made rishas in the past for many individuals, including my teacher in Lebanon, Charbel Rouhana, and Najib Shaheen in NY. With the diversity of
rishas I keep on hand, I'm sure we can find the right one(s) for you.
If you are in NY you may visit me at my home or in NYC if you'd like to try them out, or I can ship them to you via mail for free (if you live in US.
Outside of US pays for shipping) I accept payments via paypal.
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David.B
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Registered: 9-5-2009
Location: France
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I already saw these risha-s somewhere 
I'm intersting by the one in turtle shell!
Yes this is really important to me because I'm always riped off via the Internet... But would you like to incorporate a centimeter in the photo?
Best regards,
David Brocard
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bulerias1981
Oud Junkie
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Location: Beacon, NY
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I didn't take a photo yet with a ruler, but this is rough idea about the size (the penny as a reference)
A lot of these risha I have sold already, so only use this as a reference.
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Franck
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 8-21-2007
Location: Montréal, Québec
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how much for the tortoise risha incliding shipping to Montréal, Québec (Canada)?
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freya
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Location: Asheville NC
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Gentlemen,
Buying anything made of "tortoise shell" can be quite complicated. You will find multiple references to this with a quick online search. For example:
http://pickcollecting.presspublisher.us/issue/summer-2010/article/t...
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bibo10
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where do u live in the city?
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Michael-GOD BLESS EGYPT
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bulerias1981
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I don't live in the city. I live one hour north of NYC, in Beacon, NY. However every wednesday I come down for New York Arabic Orchestra rehersal from
6:30-9:30 on the upper west side.
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bibo10
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o wow awesome. please send me your phone number in a u2u. i work in staten island, mabye i can come by next wed or the wed after
p.s can i attend the rehersal???
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Michael-GOD BLESS EGYPT
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SamirCanada
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Hey there,
I would love to have one of your medium sized risha.
I am in Ottawa Canada. Can you drop me a mail with the paypal info and the prices.
Thanks Samir.
@samiroud Instagram
samiroudmaker@gmail.com
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chaldo
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I just got mines, they are amazing. And they are just perfect, just like I asked. I cant stop playinnnnnn.
thanks for posting it here on the forums.
chaldo
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levonakis
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Hi,
I live in Toronto, Canada and am interested to purchase a variety of sizes and thicknesses.
Can you drop me a line with prices?
Thanks
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jack
Oud Junkie
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Likewise, I'm interested in your rishas.
Please U2U me with prices and what is available.
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Multi Kulti
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Registered: 1-27-2004
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Mood: skaataa!
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I got mine too ! Im impressed first of all how quick i received the rishas and of course with the quality of them..im very satisfied  highly recommended..
Thanks John one more time
Nikos Rondelis
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davidc
Oud Lover
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Registered: 8-3-2010
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hand made risha
Hi I'm in the UK and it seems almost impossible to get decent risha here. How much are yours and can you send to the UK? You can email me on
davidchatterley@btinternet.com thanks david
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Mehran
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I ask the same question as Davidc! My email is m_nasralla@ntlworld.com
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bulerias1981
Oud Junkie
Posts: 763
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Location: Beacon, NY
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This is my latest stock. A few of them might be accounted for. If you are interested in a particular one, please tell me the number counting from the
left. Email me at bulerias81@gmail.com and refrain from U2U, my box gets full fast and its hard to get things done.
Prices vary based on the quality of the material itself. They range from $8, $10, $12, to $15 or $17 for the best with polishing.
Customizing available.
Thank you very much!
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Jonathan
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Just got them! Absolutely fantastic!!!!
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bulerias1981
Oud Junkie
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Location: Beacon, NY
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Thanks to all who have purchased my rishas and made nice feedback here on the forum.
My work continues, I received a bunch of blanks and have recently completed them. Here they are..
Please reply to me at bulerias81@gmail.com if interested. Thanks.
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SamirCanada
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I just got mine yesterday.
they are fabulous! I cant believe I have been playing with anything else my whole life.
@samiroud Instagram
samiroudmaker@gmail.com
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David.B
Oud Junkie
Posts: 640
Registered: 9-5-2009
Location: France
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John, here it is my feeling about your risha-s, I use a Sukar oud (mod.8) with Daniel Mari strings.
1-> The best one, perfect overall sizes, perfect flexibility, perfect timbre, just one unusual thing for me: The friction on wound strings which is
really noisy, but it can be seen as a plus like the noise made by fingers on wound strings...
2-> This one is a bit small and too flexible for me, it hits the pickguard and I'm not so found of that.
3-> Thanks for the bonus! Maybe I don't know how to handle it because it's really difficult to keep it in my hand while I'm playing.
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David.B
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 9-5-2009
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John, thanks for this new one! The shape on the right is really interesting to mitigate attacks, it gives a more uniform playing.
PS. you've found a way to memorize risha-s recipients
For readers of Mike's oud -> John has mixed up the Risha-s and sent me a free equivalent model shortly after, really pro
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David.B
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 9-5-2009
Location: France
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Mood: Renaissance
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I can see many different shapes on the latest, this is really interesting to try them and I encourage people to do so.
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bulerias1981
Oud Junkie
Posts: 763
Registered: 4-26-2009
Location: Beacon, NY
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Mood: John Vergara Luthier Lord of the Strings instrument making and repair
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Saz and buzuq style picks also available!
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spartan
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 11-30-2007
Location: Athens , Greece
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I ordered 4 rishas for my oud recently. Rishas arrived from USA to Greece within 6 days only!
Good quality
the only problem is that since I live on another continent I cannot choose and play rishas before I buy them
But If you tell your specific preferences and your style of playing John can choose wisely !
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reminore
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 10-30-2010
Location: Binghamton, NY
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i also purchased two rishas last month- a very pliable thin one for playing the tambura (similar to saz) and one for the ud - nice feel - i hope to
be able to stop by and select others personally...thx again!
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