zalzal - 10-27-2006 at 12:01 AM
This a link to french luthier's Pilippe Bodart oud, just made specially for algerian-french jazz oudist Faysal Salih
http://www.amagalerie.com/p.bodart/index.php?numfiche=1173
Spruce on the face, harmonic table
Walnut tree for the Hexagone decoration around rosette
Mapple and walnut tree for the behind
Poplar tree for the mastil
Mapple again for the keys, i think...
ALOMARI - 10-27-2006 at 12:20 AM
simple and nice , but......it's not an oud , just look at the long neck
jshead - 10-27-2006 at 01:55 AM
I think it just looks long because of the angle of the photo.
zalzal - 10-27-2006 at 05:24 AM
More photos
zalzal - 10-27-2006 at 05:25 AM
another one
zalzal - 10-27-2006 at 05:27 AM
the last one
jshead - 10-27-2006 at 03:39 PM
looks good. how does i sound?
Jason - 10-27-2006 at 09:26 PM
You'd think they would trim the pegbox before taking pictures 
otherwise looks nice
ALOMARI - 10-27-2006 at 10:33 PM
ok ,jshead you were right with this new angle it looks like an oud now .
jason ,yea those whiskers need to be trimmed down
Greg - 10-27-2006 at 10:42 PM
In the old days in Australia the name we used for the humble pickup truck was a "Utility" or "Ute." I believe, in that context, it was meant to be a
shortened version of the word, "utilitarian." It described a vehicle that had little to commend it aesthetically, but did the job for which is was
designed.
Perhaps Pilippe Bodart designed this instrument with the same end in mind.
Regards,
Greg
Microber - 10-28-2006 at 05:02 AM
I do not agree with you Greg.
I find this oud very nice.
Especially the bowl.
And the soundboard very white.
Maybe an european taste ??? 
Robert
paulO - 10-28-2006 at 05:52 AM
Hi Zalzal,
Since the work is so understated, and clean -- the bowl woods might look better in person. Did you get a chance to play it ?? How's it sound ?? Thanks
for the photos.
Regard..PaulO
Melbourne - 10-28-2006 at 06:00 AM
Nice Greg....nice 
I am a minimalist.....But I find this oud way too minimal - at least you would go for purfilng around the sound board and sound holes...
zalzal - 10-28-2006 at 07:12 AM
PaulO, I found it while surfing on the web.
No i haven't had the chance to play it.
Here is a page of a musician who has one oud fm the luthier Philippe Bodart (sorry i misled you, the name is Philippe not Pilippe).
I also believe like Microber that the oud is european styled. Very white face...And also with Melbourne and Greg; is very minimaliste and
aesthetically poor.
Nevertheless it seems well finished.
What is a mistry for me is the woods used.
Never heard on walnut, mapple and poplar tree woods for an oud.
May be these are woods very tonal...that is what intrigued me and if anyone can give an advise on the woods used ......
Finally it is funny that the deco around the rosette is a hexagone...In France, french people used to call their country...the hexagone.
So looking at the oudyou can cry 'vive la France' !!!
zalzal - 10-28-2006 at 07:13 AM
Forgot the page of Fayçal Salhi Quintet
http://fs.quintet.chez-alice.fr/francais/video2.html
But i do not think he is playing this oud in this video.
zalzal - 10-28-2006 at 07:21 AM
Jason you are right the pegbox is a mess. The strings do not go to the right peg. I am sure the pegbox is mapple but the keys...may be walnut ???.
And this little piece between pegbox and mastil seems not equilibrated. First string is farther fm the second that the second with the others.