https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:49:37 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-114940 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:09:12 +0000
:D :D :D

Vic]]> Guitar Players Discussion Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-114940 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-114912 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 07:05:15 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion yoyo286 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-114912 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-114905 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 06:32:59 +0000
Either way, glad to have you back!]]> Guitar Players Discussion Mike https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-114905 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-114901 Tue, 02 Aug 2005 06:23:39 +0000
Im fine, jsut come back from Beirut on the 31st. It was a decent vacation, but it seemed too short in the end. I really didn't think I could stay any longer though, I started to geet nervous over there, over a course of 21 days, there were 3 car bombs with a total of 2 ppl dead, which is about 2 people too many.

I didn't get a chance to buy an aoud. I really wanted to though. I found a great one, really excellent quality for 100,000LL, which is about $66! It was a real once in a lifetime deal, but whats the point of having parents if they don't say "no", so thats the end of that.

3 weeks apart from my guitar has been horrible, my cousin continously pointed out whenever I would air guitar in the middle of the conversation. At one point, it got really bad, I was using two hands and at the dinner table. :lol: :lol: My parent's weren't too happy with that, and my grandparents think Im positively nuts. Other than that, nothing exciting 8)

It's good to be back to answering threads, and I hope you all have a good time.]]> Guitar Players Discussion blackzerogsh https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-114901 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109934 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:05:26 +0000
Its around 10am now, and I'm leaving here to JFK at 1pm.

I found that the name of the instrument. It's called the "oud"
There are a ton of sites about it, maintenance and all. I found it surprising that GHS makes oud strings. Also, ouds have around 11-12 strings, and they can easily vary.

http://www.oud.eclipse.co.uk/index.html

http://www.ukuleleworld.com/uw_oud.html

Just a couple of sites to fuel your interests. They tend to be expensive because every oud is a super custom shop instrument. The cheapest I've seen is $289. While the really expensive ones go through an incredible process. For example, this one craftsman, he cooks/stores wood for 7-13 years before it hits the right content to be made into an oud.]]> Guitar Players Discussion blackzerogsh https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109934 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109914 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:17:42 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Taso https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109914 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109878 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 08:57:48 +0000
BTW, took 38 hours to get here, with a 2-hour layover in Minnesota...going back we have a 6 and a 1/2 hour wait between flights...

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Guitar Players Discussion Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109878 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109858 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:24:51 +0000
http://www.seva.org/silveranniversary/pop-ups/Hamza.jpg

http://www.hrcworld.de/pics/bei_lc02.jpg

http://www.greenhill.org/student_orgs/mambo/images/instruments/laud.jpg Did anyone look at these and try to count the tuning pegs on the 3rd picture? There had to be at least 20 strings on that bad boy. :shock:]]> Guitar Players Discussion dl0571 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109858 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109857 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:17:28 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion rockerman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109857 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109833 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 04:31:48 +0000
38 hours vic? I would've gone crazy. Getting there is a pain in the arse. It's going to be 7 hours to Paris, with 5 hours for timezones, and then a 1.5 hour wait for the conencting flight to Beirut, Lebanon which takes 4 hours, plus 2 more hours for timezones. It's going to get crazy. Nowhere close to you vic, but still pretty bad.

I'm interested in buying an ood, thats the arabic word, I tried my best to english-ize it. It's got an acoustic guitar shape, but the head stock is at a 90 degree angle, it's used everywhere in arabic music. It's also a few times smaller than a standard acoustic. The body shape is more of a large bowl.

Kinda like this:

http://www.seva.org/silveranniversary/pop-ups/Hamza.jpg

http://www.hrcworld.de/pics/bei_lc02.jpg

http://www.greenhill.org/student_orgs/mambo/images/instruments/laud.jpg

Anyways, the flight is tomorrow, July 6th at 5pm.
From here on, enjoy 3 more weeks with your guitars]]> Guitar Players Discussion blackzerogsh https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/off-to-vacation/#post-109833