Cumbus Photo Album

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2008-08-22T18:48:47Z

Defretted Cümbüs Mandolin

2008-03-15T20:09:56Z

As it occurs with cumbus guitars, cumbus mandolins can have also wrong distances between frets. Mine didn't sound well, so I decided to make my 2nd defretting (the first was against my classical guitar) and do some fretboard finishing - ebony painting, epoxying and varnishing. These are the results.

various oud or Cu"mbu"s, mezrab

2007-10-08T22:37:22Z

Note the Pyramid brand model...my current favorite

Tuning chart from Cu"mbu"s, own method book

2007-10-08T22:27:13Z

The fingering chart from the Cu"mbu"s book; note that the pitches are in Turkish note names, so be sure to transpose to Western concert pitch.

Cumbus from the Edge 2

2007-03-04T22:09:30Z

This is a little better light i think. This had a broken L Bracket, a dented can, and rusty tuners. I also had to re-drill the screw holes in the neck where it attatches to the bracket. The existing holes were setting the neck at too extreme an angle. And i got a new bridge.....Yeah!

Another cumbus lives

2007-03-03T03:52:39Z

Saved from the edge of oblivion.. Thanks to carmine for the needed parts!

Cumbus cases, the cat is free!

2007-01-17T23:55:59Z

The case that came with my Cumbus didn't offer much protection ( and is always full of cats) so I tried a resonator tenor banjo case from the Super Quality gig bag co. of Canada and it is a real good fit and offers a lot more protection. Try one.

BANJO OUD-ALIN

2007-01-17T23:48:24Z

This is the instrument I built about a month before I got my Cumbus. It's fretless, use four courses of nylon strings, and has a certain Oudishness of sound, but is extremely loud. I'm posting this because the Oudalin is sad and lonely now that I've joined you Cumbus people.

Saz Clip on pic 2

2007-01-11T21:42:19Z

Another pic of the cheap clip on placement on the Cumbus saz

Cumbus Saz clip on picture

2007-01-11T21:41:44Z

Used a $10 clip on.. sounds LOUD and good!

Fasil ensemble by Ara Güler

2007-01-08T16:52:40Z

This is one of the best known photos from the famous Turkish photographer Ara Güler. The instruments depicted are a turkish darbuka, a violin, a long-necked lute which I can't exactly identify and finally a cümbüs. Its fingerboard seems to be decorated... It had to be the 50's or 60's.

Ali Seven record cover

2007-01-06T05:49:57Z

Here you go Raul, theres Ali Seven and his instrument. I thought I'd returned the record, but found it under a pile of magazines yesterday! If you look closely at the head stock, you can see two more tuners at the bottom, they look uneven to the rest so he probably added them himself.

My mic setup for Cumbus

2006-12-08T21:41:31Z

Matrix tuner pickup - $10 GHS A131 Mic thingy - $80

Acoustic guitar strings

2006-12-08T13:03:03Z

My cumbus tailpiece

2006-12-08T12:48:33Z

Note the acoustic guitar strings.

Aram Tigran - Kurdish cumbus player

2006-10-29T00:56:29Z

Cumbus shop 2

2006-10-29T00:55:31Z

Cumbus shop 1

2006-10-29T00:54:53Z

My Cumbus Booty

2006-09-07T01:05:07Z

The plunder of my Cumbus Quest 2006 :) mmmmm purrty cumbus :) (and lots of other stuff) :)

CUMBUS DOWN!!!

2006-08-28T13:47:14Z

cumbus player by Jack Campin

2006-08-18T00:23:18Z

Check this guy out, look closely at his instrument, theres a pickup at the end of the neck. I love the teddy-bear stickers all over the face as well :D.

Zeynel Abidin

2006-04-21T06:28:15Z

These pictures were in the shop, the man on the left is Zeynel Abidin Cumbus, the inventor. The man on the right is is son, Cemal Cumbus.

Cumbus shop

2006-04-21T06:26:21Z

This is the family shop/factory where all cumbus instruments are produced. It is on Ataturk Bulvari on the edge of the Bosphorus in Istanbul.

2005-12-24T00:15:51Z