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Origin for an inspiration: Oud design

10/2/2019

Last year I visited Thessaloniki, Greece to attend a friend's wedding. On the way back I had taken a Turkish airlines flight from Istanbul to New York like I had done many times before. This time they gave me a blanket with Middle Eastern pattern on it. With a 10.5 hour flight and nothing else to do other than allow the carnival in my head to roam free, I noticed this amazing 8 point star pattern as I looked down. A light bulb went off in my head. Over the next year I planned this concept for an oud, and even had a special 8 point star rosette design just for it. It took about 8 months to get to after clearing up some odds and ends in the workshop, then about 3 to 4 months to complete.

John Vergara

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6/23/16 Ara Dinkjian, NJ:
"I met John Vergara at the Woodstock Invitational Luthier’s Showcase where he was displaying his finely constructed guitars and Arab-style ouds. Recently, I brought him a student’s oud which had developed a crack in its spruce face. Upon seeing John’s workshop, I was taken by how meticulous he is in organizing his tools. He did a wonderful job with the repair. As a result, I brought a couple of my ouds which needed more complicated work. Once again, he did a wonderful job.
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2/15/15 Faraj Abyad, NYC: "Just wanted to say that I've been playing my "new" instruments non stop lately. Can't get my hands off them. Your work is amazing. They really sound like completely new instruments. The Oud and my violin sound so much better. And my friends violin I can tell will sound awesome once I put the new strings on. I highly recommend buying some good strings for the one you made. I think it'll take it to a whole new level. Even though it sounds amazing already."

Origin for an inspiration: Oud design

John Vergara

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