"If it was possible to know beforehand the exact acoustic result of an instrument I begin to design, the adventure of its construction, that begins with a tree being sawed and ends with the firstsounding notes, wouldn't have neither the same fascination, thrill, impatience and curiosity nor the same interest;
It would have been an occupation, perhaps a dull one, that wouldn't offer me the same pleasure".
Ougui® is a combination of an oud and a guitar. The bowl (made of maple) is the one of an oud and the fretboard (made of ebony) is the one of a guitar. It has the six strings of a classical guitar and it is tuned like one. Ougui's soundboard is made of german spruce. The present Ougui was built upon order by musician Elias Giorgalis.
