The great-grandaddy of the guitar--Oud making

[Jameel Abraham]

Some more pics...

[Bill Wyko]

Any chance of this getting a sticky in woodworking projects? I find myself coming back over and over. This is truly an inspiration. I only wish I could hear one played. Can I buy one?

[Charles Shenk]

Jameel, Your are inspirational. I think I need to resume my Martin style OM-28 guitar project.

I have one question, do you build your instruments "speculatively" or are they all "pre-ordered?"

[David DeCristoforo]

"I only wish I could hear one played.... "

Look on YouTube. There are lots of clips of these instruments being played....

[Bill Wyko]

I just had to bring this to the top again incase you missed this incredible thread.

[richard poitras]

Bump to the top for a revisit ..
Richard

[Michael Stanley]

Bump to the top for a revisit ..
Richard

Thanks, I somehow missed this form last year. I've wanted to build instruments for a long time. This is about to push me over the edge of that slippery slope!

[Glen Butler]

Thanks for bringing this to the top. At first I was trying to figure out how I missed it, then I remembered its 2010. Absolutely amazing work, Jameel.

[Dave MacArthur]

Wow. Absolutely amazing, and a fantastic sharing of knowledge too. Thank you again!

[Eddie Darby]

Nice post!

Did you make the tuning pegs or are they manufactured by someone else?

I ask because I need ti make some pegs for a fiddle.

Thanks

[Khalid Nazim]

I am breathless, dumbfounded, awed and in a state of utter amazement at this level of work, the effort put into making something and then on top of it sharing the making techniques with others. I was lucky enough that someone at the engraver's forum asked a question and the reply had a link to this post. I read it from the first page to the last in the last couple of hours. This is truly inspirational work.

Jameel, Shukran for sharing your amazing work here.

Regards
Khalid