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Nazih Ghadban - 1-26-2013 at 04:10 AM

Dear all Oud&Buzuk lovers players

I am happy to tell you about my New website which is launched some days ago.
http://www.oudnazihghadban.com/

some new updates were doing to :"Workshop" section
http://www.oudnazihghadban.com/info.php?cid=25
and "The Oud" section
http://www.oudnazihghadban.com/info.php?cid=15

Best Wishes
Nazih

SamirCanada - 1-26-2013 at 09:13 AM

Mabrouk lil site el jdid estez Nazih. Ktir hellou.
Allah y3atik el alf 3afieh.

Awadak betjanani ou bahlam behom. Ya rait inshallah be shoufak be Lebnan ou bjib mennak wahad.

paulO - 1-27-2013 at 08:33 AM

Cool Site ! I love the introduction music, that's amazing. Best of luck.

Regards..Paul

Faladel - 1-27-2013 at 08:36 AM

Good luck my friend

Alfaraby - 1-27-2013 at 02:56 PM

I liked the old one more. The new site's colors of the home page & fonts aren't clear enough to tired eyes of an old guy like myself.

BTW, Salim Istanbuli was not famous like Nahat nor like Der Petrossian. Like Kadamani (or Hamawi or Masabni) ? Maybe ! I've never heard of this name before, nor did I see an oud of his.

THE Istanbuli I know is Leon, not Salim.

Good Luck
Yours indeed
Alfaraby

New Web site

Nazih Ghadban - 1-30-2013 at 10:27 PM

Dear Alfaraby

I appreciate your opinion about my website !This is normal we are all tugged to the old things,there is an arabic proverb "already known is better than things you will get to know "(اللي بتعرفه أحلى من اللي بتتعرف عليه

the production of Salim Stambouli isn't compared with Nahats regarding the number of his ouds even less than Kadamani, but his ouds are known by their beauty and their great sound. by the way I didn't see any rosettes (kamariyat) like those (form and beauty) in his oud 1915.

Cheers !
Nazih

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Nazih Ghadban - 1-31-2013 at 06:58 AM

Quote: Originally posted by SamirCanada

Mabrouk lil site el jdid estez Nazih. Ktir hellou.
Allah y3atik el alf 3afieh.

Awadak betjanani ou bahlam behom. Ya rait inshallah be shoufak be Lebnan ou bjib mennak wahad.

Allah ybarek fik 3ouyounak el 7elwin Samir!
you are very welcome ! Ahlaan wa sahlan bik
ma3 A7la 3oud

Nazih

fadel - 1-31-2013 at 08:06 AM

hi

مبروك ياكبير

good work

salam

farukturunz - 2-1-2013 at 07:26 AM

Mabrouk my friend. Your new website is very useful for the people who are in search of high grade professional ouds.

As Salaam.

francis - 2-1-2013 at 01:06 PM

Nice new website...and by the way also usefull to remember the name of this great book: le bois de musique...
You speak french Nazih?

Francis

Nazih Ghadban - 2-3-2013 at 05:05 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Faladel

Good luck my friend

Thanks my dear friend for your support

Nazih Ghadban - 2-3-2013 at 05:07 AM

Quote: Originally posted by paulO

Cool Site ! I love the introduction music, that's amazing. Best of luck.

Regards..Paul

Thanks Paulo
they are famous musicians(Mohamad Al Kassabji ;Sami Al Shawa;and Al Rachidi)

Nazih Ghadban - 2-3-2013 at 05:21 AM

Quote: Originally posted by farukturunz

Mabrouk my friend. Your new website is very useful for the people who are in search of high grade professional ouds.

As Salaam.

Dearest Friend Master Farouk !
How are you ! I hope all is well with you !
your name is great in the oud world , thanks for your appreciation.

best wishes
Nazih

Nazih &Faruk with ouds.jpg - 174kB

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Nazih Ghadban - 2-3-2013 at 06:21 AM

Quote: Originally posted by francis

Nice new website...and by the way also usefull to remember the name of this great book: le bois de musique...
You speak french Nazih?

Francis

Bien sûr Francis,"Le bois de Musique " est un livre precieux et riche.

je vous remercie pour votre appreciation de mon site

Sincerement
Nazih

baseelo - 2-3-2013 at 12:20 PM

Congratulations Ustaz Nazih for the new website. I really like it! Especially the fact that it has more videos and audios.

It gives me great pleasure to see your photos with the wonderful Usta Faruk. Both of you are respectable kind men and superb oud makers.

All the best
Basel

Nazih Ghadban - 2-4-2013 at 10:42 PM

Quote: Originally posted by baseelo

Congratulations Ustaz Nazih for the new website. I really like it! Especially the fact that it has more videos and audios.

It gives me great pleasure to see your photos with the wonderful Usta Faruk. Both of you are respectable kind men and superb oud makers.

All the best
Basel

Thanks Basel !I appreciate too much your kind words.

Nazih Ghadban - 2-7-2013 at 09:42 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Lute

Hello,

Here are my thoughts:

It reminds me of the old Website. Because, it explains many details, but not the prices! New Website with the same old ''no pricing method''!!!

Best Wishes.

thanks Lute for your appreciated notice.

I have tried a time previously to post the prices, it was a great confusion for me and for the client !
do I post the price with cost shipping or without !with a hard case or without !
then the cost shipping from Lebanon is different according each country.

hence i decided to not put the prices I was satisfaid by declaring the specifications of any Oud or Buzuk.
I will be happy to answer anyone any informations about price,or other thing for any Oud or Buzuk .

Nazih

baseelo - 2-8-2013 at 10:50 PM

Hi Lute

I totally respect your point, and I’m not trying to defend my good friend Nazih because he can easily explain his point of view.

I would like to point out one thing. In all businesses there are two different types of offers:

Hard offers, where the merchant offers prices on his products.
And Soft offers where the merchant simply doesn’t ,and for you to know the price you have to contact him/her.

There is nothing wrong with either way of doing business… simply it is a CHOICE and that’s totally up to the merchant.

Obviously, Nazih, a wonderful reliable trustworthy oud maker, chose the soft offer way. Nobody can impose the hard offer way on him. As a matter of fact, many oud makers follow that way. Just have a look at the websites of most oud makers. This is the way they chose probably because they feel more comfortable with it.

Here are examples of oud makers who don’t post their prices: Dimitris, George Bitar, Maurice Shehata, Sayed Fathy Amine, Mohammadi Brothers, Ibrahim Sukkar, Dalkilic, Viken Najarian,Gawharet Elfan, Magdy ElAshmawy etc… just to mention a few.

Personally, I prefer to see all oud makers follow the hard offer way, but again this is totally up to them.

Just my ten cents on the issue.

Best regards,

Basel

Alfaraby - 2-9-2013 at 12:19 AM

Quote: Originally posted by baseelo

Hard offers, where the merchant offers prices on his products.
And Soft offers where the merchant simply doesn’t ,and for you to know the price you have to contact him/her.
Basel

Isn't it the other way round ? Isn't it the hard way not to price an item.
What are the reasons for such an attitude ? I can think of one ....

Yours indeed
Alfaraby

fernandraynaud - 2-10-2013 at 04:37 AM

There is also the Middle Eastern way. And the Japanese way. And others, including the American, in which numbers rule, and are spelled out in neon light over a meat counter clarity, which happens to be just one approach, and one which doesn't leave much to the human element. In that sense it is confusing, since human beings are necessarily involved. Lute, just because you like the Sears Catalog way, it's not necessarily better. Or appropriate. Not everybody values an automated approach. Or even efficiency. And it's contrary to the customs of the Middle East.

hard way is easier for me

Nazih Ghadban - 2-11-2013 at 10:39 PM

HELLO

Thanks Baseelo to clarifying the two ways of offers in business .

What I would like to say after my experience, the clients will contact me even the prices are declared or they aren’t ,I would respect the human element of my customers who contact me for sharing them, not only the price, but sharing my opinion in their oud choice, then the most of customers like to speak with me, even listening to the sound of their oud by phone, they feel more comfortable In that moral contact before their buying confirmation .

I think buying a hand made oud or any hand made instrument has a special feature it isn’t like buying a factory product. With the hand made product you will feel and find the maker’s personality and his soul in the product as any hand made product is a life part of the maker.
Lute is right as I feel the hard way is easier for me, but it isn’t of our culture which let more space to the human element as Fernandraynaud said.

Salamat to you all
Nazih

Oud Freak - 2-12-2013 at 01:59 AM

Happy to discover this new thread.
Mr. Ghadban's new site is a professional site and up do date or "à la page". I also used to like the old one, which was excellent when it first appeared. It is a nice friendly site but a bit obsolete for current days. I assume Mr. Ghadban must have spent, time, effort, etc to have his website re-designed according to actual standards. Congratulations!

As for soft v/s hard method. Both are valid and possible. None is absolutely wrong or true. However, Mr. Ghadban is a communicative person, each oud is unique and has its own soul and personality. He will certainly be glad to communicate with whoever contacts him, keeping a human contact, instead of dryly posting a price. It is to mention that most of Mr. Ghadban's clients become his friends, not occasional customers of a mass production oud/buzuk factory. Best.
OF

baseelo - 2-12-2013 at 11:44 AM

Oud Freak wrote: ( It is to mention that most of Mr. Ghadban's clients become his friends, not occasional customers of a mass dproduction oud/buzuk factory. )

I absolutely agree with this point.

Nazih is so friendly and he is happy to answer any questions. Once you are a client, you become a friend. This means a lot to me. It is not like you're buying a jacket.. it is an oud... that carries lively feelings and the real touches of the person who makes it. Communication becomes a priority, and you get that when you contact Mr.Ghadban.

Full respect to all opinions.

Best regards.

Basel