Annoying Twit Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 There are plenty of listings that don't give enough information about the item being sold. But this seller doesn't seem to know what sort of instrument they are selling. http://www.gumtree.com/p/other-guitar-accessories/kora-hand-crafted-wooden-instrument-/1093800137 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) First word - it's a kora! Only I don't think it is. Edited December 21, 2014 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) Ooops! I thought kora was a type of wood. EDIT: Or maybe not oops. It seems that a Kora is a very different instrument: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kora_(instrument) Edited December 21, 2014 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 It's not a kora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1419204531' post='2637657'] Ooops! I thought kora was a type of wood. [/quote] Have seen a few I don't think it is one, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 This is a kora: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 I think we're back at the first post. Too few strings for an oud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Looks more like an oud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1419204744' post='2637663'] I think we're back at the first post. Too few strings for an oud. [/quote] Half as many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Is it any good for Metal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Probably better for metal than a ukulele. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1419206325' post='2637681'] Probably better for metal than a ukulele. [/quote] But probably not better than a ukulele banjo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotsy Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I thought he'd misspelled Korea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Badderer Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 what strings should i get to achieve "that sound?.... please tell me. Also should I use it through a 4X10 and 1X15 stack? Can I play this if i use a music stand? and do you think it'll go well with analogue or digital pedals..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Is it a [s]Balalika[/s] [s]Balaclava[/s] [s]Ballystringything[/s] Balalaika, I know it's a wooden instrument thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 [quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1419276005' post='2638296'] Is it a [s]Balalika[/s] [s]Balaclava[/s] [s]Ballystringything[/s] Balalaika, I know it's a wooden instrument thing! [/quote] Nope, they are triangular-bodied. This seems to me to be a lute with only a single set of strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) What's up with the sound hole? It looks as if someone decided to drill it out, but stopped part-way through. Edited December 22, 2014 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1419286069' post='2638461'] What's up with the sound hole? It looks as if someone decided to drill it out, but stopped part-way through. [/quote] It does look [s]hand crafted[/s] home made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1419282071' post='2638390'] Nope, they are triangular-bodied. This seems to me to be a lute with only a single set of strings. [/quote] ... and I believe a lute is descended from al-oud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1419282071' post='2638390'] Nope, they are triangular-bodied. This seems to me to be a lute with only a single set of strings. [/quote] Lutes are fretted, aren't they? Gut frets rather than metal, wrapped round the neck. Perhaps it's someone's first home-made oud. Where they went "right, time to make the soundhole. Let's drill a few holes and jigsaw it and HOW MANY STRINGS DID YOU SAY IT SHOULD HAVE? Oh sh*t". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeyfivebags Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1419293916' post='2638563'] Lutes are fretted, aren't they? Gut frets rather than metal, wrapped round the neck. [/quote] I think originally they were scalloped and the ridges acted as frets. EDIT: Spelling correction Edited December 23, 2014 by Joeyfivebags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) My understanding is that the lute is descended from the oud, yes. The name certainly is. But I'm not honestly sure it's always possible to pin down antique-style instruments to specific categories anyway... so for me, this is a member of the oud/lute family (based on body shape, neck without integral frets, the steeply raked pegbox, etc.) and that's as far as I think I can go. Edited December 23, 2014 by alyctes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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