Bow
Oud Admirer
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Registered: 12-9-2003
Location: Houston, TX USA
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Hello All... New guy
Hi there!
I am new to this site and to the Oud...
I purchased an Oud in the mid-90's from a shop in Dubai, UAE while visting there.
I was just going to use it for decoration, but now I would like to use it for recording. I am a guitar player of 15 years [and I still am not very
good, but I have fun! LOL]
I have never played a Fretless instrument before, so this is a little intimadating for me.
I was wondering about tunings? I have a Boss TU-12H tuner, so I can get it in tune, but I am thinking to start, I may tune it to Standard Guitar
tuning, EADGBE. is this possible?
Any suggestions for a real beginner?
Thanks!
Bow
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Jameel
Oud Junkie
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Registered: 12-5-2002
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Welcome!
OudCafe is a great site for getting started.
http://www.oudcafe.com/oud_basics.htm
Also check the video section of this website.
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Mike
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Registered: 12-3-2002
Location: California, USA
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Hello Bow,
Check out this site. It is a nice page that introduces the oud to the guitarist. I think with your guitar background, and for how long you've been playing you'll
pick up the oud quickly.
Good luck,
Mike
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Bow
Oud Admirer
Posts: 2
Registered: 12-9-2003
Location: Houston, TX USA
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Thnaks Guys
I will check it the sites...
Upon closer inspection of my Oud, I found the Craftmanship is probably "Decoration Only"... 
The soundhole cut into the sound board are rough andn the string height is not uniform.
However, I did tune it up to a tuning I know well enough to play with [A,D,G,B,e], grabbed teh closest Guitar pick [a heavy Dunlop because I
didn't have a large Zip-Tie handy  ] and cut a recording using my MXL
V57M condensor mic. 
I do believe I can expand a little more with this instrument and maybe able to use it in some of my other recordings.
Thanks for the help guys.
Bow
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