Tarbool59
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Advice for this oud ?
Hello,
someone is selling me this oud, asking 400 € (520 USD) (. It looks a bit crapy (especially the bridge) but as newbie maybe i'm maybe wrong. Do you
think i should try? Thanks for advice !
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Tarbool59
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Josh
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is that one of those cheap khalifa tourist ouds that is a shiney ournament? you should be able to see the maker label
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hama
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Hi tarbool
DO you know the name of the seller? is it on Ebay?
afew people in this forum have bad experince with sellere who sell fake ouds , if you clarify they might be able to help you
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Tarbool59
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Hi all thx for your quick answers !
It's a direct sell , not from ebay. I'll try to ask the seller to send a pic of the label. 
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journeyman
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To me it looks like one of those "tourist ouds" from Egypt, in which case the price is much too high. You can get a Sukar oud or a decent Turkish oud
for that much money, then you would have something to play that would sound good and last, and that would also have some resale value.
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suz_i_dil
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Indeed, this kind of oud is very cheap in the street of music of Cairo, and more a work of carpenter than luthier.
Without mosaic cheap oud there were around 45 euros, with mosaic probably a bit more.
Don't be cheat by the mosaic, which is machine made and moreover have a bad incidence on the sound.
I take the same opinion than other people who answered you, you can find nice turkish oud for this price. BY the way, talking of euros, and if you
are located in France. There is a shop there, in Paris, call tuana music, rue de Metz , 75009. They have sometimes nice ouds, more expensive than in
Turkey of course.
Out of that there is a seller on ebay, call cem music center, I don't know about quality of his ouds but middle range prices.
Regards
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Tarbool59
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Thx all !!
Seller doesn't want to give me the label so it's an other argument against my buy.. I'll visit the shop in Paris, "merci beaucoup" !!
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hama
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That tells you alot about the seller and his oud, if it is geniune oud and he is a reputable seller then he needs to be open with you and no need to
hide.
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oudplayer
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hey guys
you know what ? people make me laugh , i just wok eup and i need it bigtime, before i got to biology class.
How do people sell crap all the time and use the seller. i dont know about you but it makes me mad sometimes bc people will lie in yr face,
and hama as you see they dont wanna give you a label or anything so even if he said 50 eros i say screw it , dont give him any money. i have better
ouds hanging on my wall.
btw where in london you from?
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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