journeyman
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a question about pyramid strings
I understand that the Pyramid strings come in sets of four doubles and one single, or five doubles if one wants to purchase an ectra bass string. So,
my question is, what to do for five doubles and one single in the bass. Do you purchase a bass string from another company or is it the highest
strings that are extra. I use D'Addario which come with five doubles and one single. Any comments?
Thanks in advance,
Roy
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david
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 They come in sets of 5 doubles. I purchase a classical E
string(D'Addario) for the single bass and tune it to C. I really like the Pyramid Super Aoud set strings. They're alot thicker than normal
and I feel give the oud a deeper sound.
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Thanks David,
That clears things up. It is good to know that a guitar string will work for the bass.
Cheers,
Roy
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mourad_X
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ahlan ya shabab
fortunetly i live in germany
so i can order my stringsets direct from
the pyramid-factory (by phone)
the guis from pyramid are very nice
and make extra bassstring for me (superoud)
i order an f-string and tune it down to c
and for the nylons i take the turkish or yellow label
becouse superoud nylons are to fat
on my abdo dagher oud
salamat
mourad
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jeanluc
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hi Mourad & everybody,
you say you have also a abdo Dagher oud, which type is it ?
would you have any pic by chance
salamat
jl
jean-luc
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billkilpatrick
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roy -
i haven't tried pyramid strings - only because in the time that i had waited for them to get back to me i had waited patiently, given up, ordered
and then received another d'daddario set from the united states.
for what it's worth - and to complicate your enquiry even further - i would like to recommend nylgut strings from aquilla. there's been
quite a lot of comment about them on the messageboard, if you would care to have a look.
in addition to what has been said i'd like to say that - in my case - i think they bring something extra to the sound of my oud. the other
strings that i've tried all performed more or less as they should and i was very happy with them. but the ones from aquilla do that and more.
to me, they produce a very sympathetic sound, almost as if they were specifically made for the oud - much more than some all-purpose nylon stretched
over a sound board.
the only negative comment i've ever heard about them came from a professional lute player who uses real gut strings. he said some of his
students use them and in his opinion they produced a dead sound. i couldn't understand this until i realized he teaches renaissanceand baroque
lute, which are played with the fingers and not a plectrum. (i don't think nylgut strings for the classical guitar would produce a dead sound
but - it's his opinion, not mine.) in any case, with a plectrum, the nylgut strings on my oud make a very balanced, fullsome sound in both the
top and bottom register.
(i do not own stock in this company, by the way...)
all the best - bill
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chuckerbutty
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Nylgut
Compared to real gut I suppose nylgut will produce a dead sound. But then very few people can or want to spend a huge amount of money stringing a lute
- involving anything from 11 to 24 strings - with real gut, and even if they could, there are problems with stability and fragility to consider.
I've been using nylgut strings on my lutes for about 6 years with no complaints, and I find that they are stable, robust and produce a good sweet
tone. I've not tried Aquila's oud set, but if their lute strings are anything to go by, they are a far better option than nylon. And yes,
the only better thing would be real gut, but prepare to have a hole blown in your wallet and to spend more time tuning and changing strings than
playing.
I would love to see a picture of this Abdo Dagher oud as well!
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mourad_X
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ok all you oud lovers
here it is
does anybody else have an abdo dagher oud
so please at pictueres too
greatings
mourad
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mourad_X
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sorry i made a mistake
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mourad_X
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another one
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mourad_X
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and from behind
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Hello Mourad,
First of all, wow, what a lovely oud. It looks almost exactly like the oud that was in the German made movie, "Al Oud". Thanks for sharing
those pictures.
Take care,
Mike
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Multi Kulti
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This oud looks similar with the Oud that Modathir Abul Wafa in AL OUD movie plays...
Cool
Nikos
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Hehehe Mike i didnt see that you wrote the same thing.I was writing the time you sent it 
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jeanluc
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abdo dagher oud
hello Mourad , & everyone,
thks for sharing; nice piece
you can have a look at mine on David' s
Gallery
http://website.lineone.net/~david.parfitt/gallery.html
jean-luc
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mourad_X
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salam ya shabab
its not only looking like some ouds in the film
it may was in the film
i bought it from somebody who bought it from roman
bunka the german oudplayer witch was performing with muhamad mounir in the studio scene of the film
and roman tollt me that in the film there were many ouds not only one the main instrument belongs to the director fritz baumann
and this one was built in the same time as the main
instrument of the film
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