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francis
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Hello Jameel.
What is the top of your bridge made with ? Bone?
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Boral
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Beautiful!!!!
Congratulations!
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Jameel
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Pics of the latest
Thanks everyone. This one is impressing me with it's sound. I'm really satisfied with it. Not too much sustain, or overtones, but a clean, balanced,
Arabic sound. I think it might be the best one yet. Time will tell. Here are some nice pics we took earlier this week. Walnut was used for most of the
oud, with rosewood for the fingerboard, pickguard and peg heads. White parts are ivory. The beard inlay is holly.
The pegs are Chuck Herin's Pegheds. You can read more about them on the Khalaf Oud Blog. I love them. They really do look nice on an oud, and they
work amazingly well. They aren't cheap (about $250 per dozen), but I think they are worth it. I'm seriously considering installing these on my
subsequent instruments. I like them that much. And they aren't heavy. Basically they are a couple pegs worth heavier than wood. I don't even notice it
on this oud.
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journeyman
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A real masterpiece Jameel! Congratulations.
Roy
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corridoio
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very beautiful Jameel
ale.
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Boral
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Beautiful!!!
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francis
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Mille bravos Jameel....
Pure artwork....!!!!
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SamirCanada
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oh my lord...
that is a beuty!
very nice and clean work Jameel.
we are starting to see some Khalafoud trademarks and signature designs.
honestly its so humbling to see your work. The way each and every rib comes to a perfect fit.
Congradulations!!
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Christian1095
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Wow, that is a beautiful instrument.... And it sounds just a pretty as it looks...
Chris Walters
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patheslip
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Stunning
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Owain-Hawk
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Absolutely amazing. Wow... 
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GeorgeK
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Pure Poetry, whoever ended up with this Oud is very lucky.
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Clayton
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Astonishing craftsmanship.
Truly!
-Clayton
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Nicola
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Meraviglioso!
The attention to detail is amazing...like all your work!A work of art!
Nicola
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Jameel
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Thanks everybody.
Is there anything you don't like about it? Seriously, don't hesitate. I like critiques.
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Brian Prunka
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Amazing work, as usual Jameel.
I have a question, though--it looks like the string spacing leaves the strings very close to the edges of the fingerboard in the picture of the beard.
Doesn't it make it hard to play up there? Or is it not as close as it looks?
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Melbourne
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Well....
I guess if I wanted something different on this oud, I would have gone for more detail on the bowl, like double line separators between the ribs - and
the inlays. Of course Jameel has proven very capable of achieving that - but am sure whoever commisioned this oud had a budget to stick to 
Now I have no idea how much this oud, or Mike's, may have cost - but I have no doubt that this kind of work is worth every penny, because we're
talking about a one man show here. And if one was to think about the amount of hours that goes into such work, the figure is always reasonable.
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Melbourne
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Oh....
Sorry to be so nosy....But I couldn't resist imagining how totally amazing this oud would look with 3 shamasi.... just wishful thinking 
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Jameel
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Brian. You have a good eye. I positioned the low C so it's closer than usual to provide some more room for the the other courses (does anybody really
play up on the low C?). The high c'c' course is just where I like it, and reflects what I usually do. The picture does make it look a bit closer
though. This oud plays very nicely.
Melbourne. Nice work on the editing. Yeah, three holes look pretty good indeed. The guy who commissioned this wanted one hole for this oud though. And
the pickguard looks better closer to the bridge as well, but in my experience the Nahat pickguards are too low. I only know one person who plays
really close to the bridge. And how many ouds have you seen where the pickguard is too low and there is a seriously worn area of spruce just above the
top edge of the pickguard. Doesn't make a whole lot of functional sense. That's why I think it's important to tailor these aspects to the customer's
preference.
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Jameel
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| Quote: | Originally posted by francis
Hello Jameel.
What is the top of your bridge made with ? Bone? |
Ivory
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oudmad
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As an art admirer myelf, I can only describe this worksmanship as a labor of pure love - a thing of beauty to behold. I often glean these pages not
for inspecting the instrument itself, but mostly for the beauty of the sound it produces, in the right hands of course. This time around, however, I
found the image to be a spellbinding and hypnotizing wonder. To say it is a true masterpiece may be an understatement. I am in awe and am holding my
breath for the next one. A job extremely well done. Thanks for sharing Jameel.
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Melbourne
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Yeah you absolutley right with the whole raqma thing Jameel. I actually learned that the hard way - the oud which I had converted a year or so ago -
I did the layout drawings and then gave them to the luthier to build. I spent hours working out where the exact location of the soudholes should be,
and the raqma etc. As it turned out, I didn't like the raqma too close to the main soundhole, so I lowered it closer to the bridge, in order to give
a balanced look on the face of the oud; such that it wasn't all happening in the upper hlaf of the sound borad, and the lower half looking plain. And
so when the whole thing was ready to be played, I naturally found my risha plucking position about a couple of centimetres away from the pickguard
leaving the cedar soundboard exposed to danger. Luckily I prefer playing in
the lower registers, or maybe I just cant reach high enough!
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GeorgeK
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If you're asking for critique, then I can tell you I dont like how it will take me about 100 years to achieve this level of perfection.
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revaldo29
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absolutely stunning............
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mavrothis
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This is really, incredibly gorgeous. Stunning, simply beautiful.
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