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Hours and hours of tweezer work replacing ity bity pieces of rosewood, MOP and plastic...oh man! It is sooo sparkley!
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here's a view from the top
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and the tailpiece inlay
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click here for the video.
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It sounds beautiful... very rich and full. Can we get an up close shot of the detail around the rosettes?
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there ya go - the video was done with a digital camera with the on-board mic, not a hi-fi sound. It has a much fuller tone with that "old man oud"
gruff edge to it. It's vey inspiring to play, but it's now in the owner's hands, and he's a happy oudist now.
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NIce oud and sounds really nice.
Thanks for sharing.
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Dr. Oud,
Do you happen to have the following information on this oud:
(1) Width of the soundboard
(2) Depth of the bowl
(3) string length
Thanks,
Sam
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I lost the measurements in my recent move and didn't re-measure it because it was assembled by then and the brace locations are what's really
important. sorry.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hosam
Hello Richard, beautiful oud and fine work! What kind of material is used for the white blocks on the fingerboard? Do you know if Gamil Goerge used
the same bracing pattern on his other ouds or just for the larger ouds? |
The white blocks are plasctic,
probably bakelite as it is fairly hard and brittle. I have not worked on other Gamil Georges so I don't know what he used on other ouds. The braces on
this one are very different than the Nahats I have seen. George used short and wide braces, the Nahats employed tall and thin ones. They both work,
it's all a matter of balance and proportion.
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Whew! I'm worn out just watching! Nice job. I wish I could get that much done in the space of one day! 
Interesting bracing stats. Very interesting. Not often we get to see the inside, and it's a treat when we do.
Thanks so much for posting this.
Can we hear a better sound clip than the video? Those camera mics just don't do the job. Even on my father's expensive video camera it lacks any
warmth.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jameel
Whew! I'm worn out just watching! Nice job. I wish I could get that much done in the space of one day!
Interesting bracing stats. Very interesting. Not often we get to see the inside, and it's a treat when we do.
Thanks so much for posting this.
Can we hear a better sound clip than the video? Those camera mics just don't do the job. Even on my father's expensive video camera it lacks any
warmth. |
Hey, you can do it in one day too. You just have to use your time machine or run around the world
in reverse to spin it backwards each day. Do it about 600 times and you're good to go.
Yea, the bracing is very different, but it works. Different strokes and all that.
I made a recording on my minidisc but haven't been able to off load it yet. I'll be working on that.
here a pic of the back. It has a solid beechwood neck and is kinda heavy, but it's gor the sound we all want and plays real nice.
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hey doc
very nice job with the project. whast yrs next . btw howmuch would a Gamil Georges oud cost now.
another question what the advantge and the diasadvange of a small toa larger bowl bc i am short and stubby  the enxt oud i want would be a small bowl thast why i like my haluk turkish oud bc its small,
but why si a small bowl louder or did i just make that up
thx sammy
we are lost camels in the desert and wanna find our way to water and the water is in aden
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Dear Richard,
One amazing oud -- the picture of the back makes me wish I'd seen it in person, and of course the old oud sound...very inspiring indeed. Take care.
Paul
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Doc O...you are awesome! Thanks again for sharing this restore project. What a beauty, eh? That last photo is great. You really brought that bad boy
back to life. The oud looks spectacular. You are a master my friend!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oudplayer
hey doc
very nice job with the project. whast yrs next . btw howmuch would a Gamil Georges oud cost now.
another question what the advantge and the diasadvange of a small toa larger bowl bc i am short and stubby the enxt oud i want would be a small bowl thast why i like my haluk turkish oud bc its small,
but why si a small bowl louder or did i just make that up
thx sammy |
Every oud has it's own price, it's up to you to decide wether it's in your budget. This oud will not be for sale I'm sure, the owner is very pleased
with it and thinks it's the oud he's been waiting for all his life. I'd sure be happy to have it.
The size of the bowel has little to do with the volume of sound, only the resonant frequency of the bass response. It's the soundboard and it's
construction that produces the sound, the bowel is only to reflect back the bass soundwaves. The Hamza Usta I restored was smaller than a standard Turkish oud but was very loud.
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hey doc
wow very powerfull this is what i like in a oud .very much so
awesome oud u restored and great movie i like it alot.
thx sammy
we are lost camels in the desert and wanna find our way to water and the water is in aden
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I thought you guys would like to see how much glue and other crap was removed from the inside of the face-
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great job doc!
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Hi Richard,
Man what a mish mosh of glue residue...and assorted muck. That's like taking a mute off the oud !! Take care.
Paul
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