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Bahraini Oud B-a2 12-String Fretless Arabic Lute with Gig Bag

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Product Details
  • Item Code: 20100101
  • Minimum Order Quantity: 1
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Why This Guitar

Product Highlights

  • Authentic Fretless Gulf-Style Design — Its authentic design provides a genuine playing experience for musicians dedicated to the style.
  • Resonant Sitka Spruce & Walnut Tonewoods — Expect a sound that is warm, resonant, and woody, with the spruce top providing excellent clarity and projection for every note.
  • Includes Gig Bag & Extra Strings — This oud arrives ready for your musical journey, complete with a protective gig bag for safe storage and convenient travel.
  • Regional Style: Bahraini / Gulf-Style
  • Handcrafted, Bowl-Back Construction construction
Available Since
August, 2026
Item No.
20100101
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Authentic Fretless Gulf-Style Design

This instrument is crafted in the traditional Bahraini/Gulf style, featuring a fretless ebony fingerboard that is essential for producing the fluid slides and microtonal (quarter-tone) notes central to Arabic and Middle Eastern music. Its authentic design provides a genuine playing experience for musicians dedicated to the style.

Authentic Fretless Gulf-Style Design

Resonant Sitka Spruce & Walnut Tonewoods

The combination of a solid Sitka Spruce top and a Walnut bowl-back body creates a classic oud tonal profile. Expect a sound that is warm, resonant, and woody, with the spruce top providing excellent clarity and projection for every note.

Resonant Sitka Spruce & Walnut Tonewoods

Includes Gig Bag & Extra Strings

This oud arrives ready for your musical journey, complete with a protective gig bag for safe storage and convenient travel. An extra set of strings is also included, ensuring you have a backup on hand when it's time for a replacement.

Includes Gig Bag & Extra Strings

BY THE NUMBERS

Technical Specifications

Hardware & Setup

Body & Build

Finish & Colour

Hand OrientationRight-Handed
EssentialNo
EssentialNo
Pickup CapabilityYes
Construction TypeHandcrafted, Bowl-Back Construction
Decorative InlayGoatskin rosettes on three sound holes
EssentialNo
Fingerboard MaterialEbony
FinishNatural
Neck MaterialWalnut
Number of Strings12
Scale Length615 mm
Top MaterialSitka Spruce
Soundboard MaterialSitka Spruce
Bowl MaterialRosewood, Walnut, Maple, Wenge, Mahogany
String Course Count6
Instrument TypeOud

Everything you receive

What's In The Box

  • Bahraini Oud B-a2 12-String Fretless Arabic Lute with Gig Bag

  • Owner's Manual

Zeriab

The Maker

About Zeriab

Zeryab crafts traditional ouds inspired by the instrument-making heritage of the Arab world. Its Syrian and Arabic-style models pair carefully selected tonewoods with expressive resonance, giving students and performers instruments suited to the nuance, ornamentation, and rich voice of Middle Eastern music.

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Questions & Answers

6 questions answered by aDawliah experts·avg response 2 hours

It is specifically designed for traditional Arabic, Turkish, and other Middle Eastern musical styles, particularly those from the Gulf region. Its fretless design is perfect for the microtonal nuances characteristic of this music.

Yes, this is a fretless oud. This design allows for the smooth slides and microtonal notes (quarter tones) that are essential in authentic Arabic music performance.

It has 12 strings arranged in 6 courses. Typically, the five higher-pitched courses are doubled (pairs of strings tuned in unison) and the lowest bass course is a single string.

It features a Sitka Spruce top for clarity and a Walnut body (bowl) for a warm, resonant tone. The neck is also made of Walnut and it has a smooth Ebony fingerboard.

Yes, this oud comes with a protective gig bag for easy transport and storage. It also includes an extra set of strings so you are prepared for your first string change.

A common Arabic tuning is recommended, which is DGADGC, starting from the lowest (thickest) string to the highest. However, various other tunings can be used depending on the player's preference and regional style.

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