Senior Moment . . .

[James A. Wolfe]

A few months back (or maybe a year or two) there was a link here to a series of videos showing a young man building a stringed instrument similar to a sitar or bouzouki but it had a segmented, gourd shaped back. I can't remember the name or the ethnicity of the thing and I think my head is starting to cramp up. Can somebody help a brother out?

Thanx,

Jim

[Lee DeRaud]

Maybe an oud?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oud

[James A. Wolfe]

That was it Lee. I still had to get creative with the search but I found it.
Thanx,
Jim

[Bruce Page]

Maybe this?

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?51629-The-great-grandaddy-of-the-guitar-Oud-making&highlight=