Jameel Abraham's first oud.
It's a beauty and sounds fantastic. See his construction project at: http://www.msocp.com/Jameel_OudConstruction.htm
Samer Totah of Palestine made this oud
visit his website http://www.geocities.com/samertotah/
Baghdadi Hanafi with the oud he built.
Jony Baps from Belgium made this oud.
This oud was made by Julien Stryjak, who is studying violin making in France.
The back of Julien's oud.
Joseph Hitti made this oud.
An innovative oud design built by Karim Ben Houcine
An oud by luthier Benoit Raby of Canada. Visit Benoit's web site at www.lutherieraby.com
The Carpenter from Eugene restored this oud, replacing the soundboard, fingerboard and pegbox.
Here's the carpenter's Rose
Jean-Paul Dautais built this beauty.
Jean-Pauls oud back, made from bubinga with maple strips. The neck is veneered with mahogany, the peghead is mahogany and pear.
Pierre Marzin'd first oud. The face is Italian Spruce, trimmed with mahogany/charry purfling with and ebony fingerboard.
Pierre's Roses, mode of baltic beech plywood.
The back of Pierre's oud made with walnut and cherry, with the center rib and pegbox of sumac, rosewood pegs, neck of mahogany with cherry and walnut.
George Paisley's first oud - an experienced woodworker, he felt this was his most satisfying project.
The back of George's oud, made from cherry
The tail, showing walnut top ribs and burled inset.
"The back is made of mahogany with a western red cedar top. The neck and pegbox are made of mahogany. The fingerboard, pickguard and the bridge are made of European cherry wood. The string length is 60 cm (23.6 inchs). I built this oud with 15 ribs, the soundboard is composed by 4 pieces."
The back, neck and pegbox are made of walnut, and the front of French spruce. The fingerboard and pegs are ebony, the roses bone, and the neck stringer rosewood. The external inlay is ebony-lemon wood-rosewood..
Joseph is also a violin maker and restorer as shown in the excellent workmanship in his oud.
The sound holes are placed in accordance with principles of design based the Kasha acoustical design approach.
This innovative design includes a bolt on neck and ukelele tuners. The face is reminiscent of ancient ouds using side panels of dark wood. Nice inlay on the fingerboard too..
The fingerboard is edged with maple and bubinga, and the raqma (pickguard) is ebony. The roses are maple and walnut laminated.
