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Loud Ouds??
Dear members of the forum. I will soon be ordering a custom made oud and i want it to be loud. I was hoping some of you would be able to give some
input. I am thinking about a floating bridge oud with a single soundhole, no rosette, most likely a rosewood back and spruce face with no decoration.
Do you think this will give the best projection? I would love to hear everyones ideas before i consult with the oud maker.
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hamed
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Hi,
It depends on so many things, Such as how old is the wood? and the Glow quality that the maker use? and the skills of the maker and good he is? and it
doesn't mater if the oud has decoration or not.
Any way, If you want to order loud Volume sound oud, i recommand Mr.Faruk Turunz oud and Yaroub Mohammad Fadel. The reason why i am recommanded these
two because i used and played there ouds, and they are really loud. I dont know about the other makers. I am sure that the members here will help you
on that.
cheers
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I think going with one sound hole for volume is mistake by experiance it isnt as loud.
Yaroub and Faruk are great choices regardless of how you want the oud to sound. I doubt Faruk will make a floating brige oud though.
this oud was loud... its made by Maurice Shehata.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhBXyCIsZ0A
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Mr. Turunz ouds are very loud. Mustafa Copcuoclu's ouds are very loud. Dimitris Rapakousious' ouds are very loud. Viken Najarian's ouds are super
loud. But there are many kinds of loud; loud to the player but not at a distance and loud with projection at any distance. I am only familiar with
Turkish-style ouds but have played one Bashir style oud with a floating bridge that was quite loud. All three makers mentioned above are very
consistent in the quality of their instruments and we're talking about new instruments. The loudest oud I ever played was an Onyk Karibyan and it was
like a firearm. It made my ears ring. You could kill small animals with the sound, knock rats off the telephone wires half a mile away with it. Its
owner named it "Dirty Harry".
Get a Turunz like the one Celik plays if you want loud; same wood, same bridge.
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hamed
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thanks guys, i was thinking of either Dimitris or Yaroub, i may just get a normal bridge from dimitris, his ouds have a very unique sound that i
really like.
Samir, I'm also thinking of Tayyar bros, you've heard thier ouds live, what do you think? I'd rather get a oud with one sound hole, but if it hinders
volume.....
Thanks for your input.
thank you
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Hello my friend
If you wish any informations of Bashir type oud,please don't hesitate to contact me.Personally I play a 7 course Dimitris floating bridge,and believe
me,I am very satisfited with the quality of the sound and the volume too......here is a foto with it
Best Regards
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P.S.You can hear sound samples and on his website.
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here are some attachments from my last cd project
it is tunned at 415 Hz,because I play on duet with a Baroque Luthe,
Believe me,at 442,it's much louder,and with much more sustain.....I will post some attachments and with this tunning if you wish,but after a month,you
see I will be in Greece for a month and I will have only one of the Turkish type with me.
The tunning that I use is ff,cc,gg,DD,AA,EE,D'.
If you need more details please contact me,it will be my pleasure to respond to all your questions.
Best Regards
Spyros
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Also I personally prefer the soundboard to be unvarnished.This oud has an aged German Spuce soundboard.
Regards to all
Spyros
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Thank you for posting your samples, the sound is great and your playing is excellent. what type of wood is used for the ribs on this instrument?
thanks
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Hey thats an awsome sounding oud Spyros....very clean, and the playing does it justice. What strings are you using? Is it 57cm string length?
thx mate
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The bowl is two types of pallisander,the fingerboard is ebony and the pegs too,and the soundboard is aged German spruce unvarnished.The strings are
simple d'adario.Yes the string length is 57 cm.
The oud is two years old,4 seasons.Believe me,It is very loud,and it has a warm wooden sound.It is tunned at 415 hz,and not at 442 [that is usually
tunned].And it is with simple strings..... .
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Spyros
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taxim 1
Here I am playing on duet with Baroque Luth player
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