Building an electric saz

This was an unusual project for me. I was asked by Sal Ormandji to build a prototype, solid-body electric saz. A saz is a traditional Turkish instrument. In this video Sal and I talk about the project and his first impressions on playing the finished instrument. At the end of the video Sal demonstrates what an electric saz sounds like.

[@rydermike33]

Beautiful. What a lovely sound.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Those Guitar Machine heads also let the strings come into the headstock at a steeper angle over the nut

[@erkinotuken3892]

İt was my idea when i was child, now u did it :)

[@Ukedc259]

Love the sound.

[@id3m589]

Hello Flame Guitars, I am thinking about making a saz style temperament instrument for myself. Would really appreciate if you could share the fret calculations - my biggest concern at the moment. Thanks for great vid.

[@glennselwitz1377]

Brilliant!!!!

[@shimonaskehaz9505]

looks lovely , A Big fan of your channel

[@flameguitars5770]

Thank you. Glad you are enjoying the videos

[@firatyildirimcs]

If you Google "caglama" you would find this design is in use as early as 2004.

[@ronygt5973]

Nice sound, I am actually impressed cause ur a stranger playing my instrument i mean an instrument from my kultur

[@mrsazmaniastudio3989]

Hi Rony, Thankyou, I am actually Turkish Cypriot and have been playing since the age of 9, I plan to launch my SazCo Saz Guitars for all the world very soon. Thank you.

[@coldary2390]

fuck you

[@despiado]

bravo

[@gummo187]

I want this model
Does he sell those?

[@eblackbrook]

The advantage of the tied on frets is you can move them for different makamlar. This instrument will be limited in which makam it can play, won't it? How many can be played with this fret pattern?

[@eblackbrook]

(And maybe I should clarify the context of my question. I'm a little familiar with Turkish and Arabic classical music with their makam / maqam system, and not familiar with saz traditions. And maybe this is a totally different genre and does not have the same considerations of makamlar, but I'm curious how it relates.)

[@ArtAntiDe]

I'm no expert, myself but as far as I know: You USUALLY do not need to move the frets around. It could be done for fine tuning and setup. And there are traditionall local styles that have a few more or less of the frets. But if you go buy a common Saz they all have the same pattern. As far as I know "makam" relates more to "scale" or "mode"? Since the Saz has all the "normal" western / guitar frets PLUS additional frets it works for all western scales (blues scale, dorian, whatever) and makams without the need to change the frets around? I guess. I mean the makam/mode mostly defines which frets to use and not to use in one song... I GUESS o_O ... the songs on Baglama I learned so far only use the B and F microtones anyways.

[@denysbarabanza3129]

Do you have a fret plan? I also want to make a Saz for myself.

[@gunayorbay]

do a multi-scale djent saz next

[@Jumpeyuk]

You made a SAZ can you make a PIN?

[@AV0571]

Hello, i live in Dagestan, i would like to know which humbucker you use? And where can i buy it? Thanks.

[@flameguitars5770]

Greetings from London to Dagestan. The pickups are Seymour Duncan Cool Rails. They are a big company so you may be able to purchase these.

[@AV0571]

Thanks for the feedback. With our revenues Seymour Duncan can not afford

[@zarrir]

Scallop these and you ll end up with a perfect random sounding instrument

[@zeyadsheikh457]

where do you live Iam a Saz maker live in U.S.A

[@flameguitars5770]

London UK

[@ahmad9102002]

Do you have contact number I'm from USA....

[@fredrikellingsen]

Hi ! Do you got any for sale ?

[@thesazco.salormandji5200]

Hi Blaa, we will be launching the SazCo Electric Saz Guitars at the end of october this year, if you email us on [e-mail] i will email all the information and prices as soon as we launch. Thank You.

[@guillaumeponcon697]

Hello where could i Buy this instrument?

[@thesazco.salormandji5200]

Hello, you can buy one of these from www.thesaz.co.uk - any questions just email me [e-mail]

[@alex_is...]

Erkin Koray did it first lol

[@Loko-kk7tl]

how much

[@mrsazmaniastudio3989]

Hi, Thankyou, I plan to launch my SazCo Saz Guitars for all the world very soon. Thank you Regards Sal Ormandji.

[@thesazco.salormandji5200]

Hi they are available on thesaz.co.uk

[@MrGorakan]

Saz is Persian instrument!!!

[@Tengristshaman]

Everything of persians are turkic and arabic.

[@buxoroqrm1041]

Doesn’t sound like a proper Turkish electric saz. More like an electric guitar with microtones

[@dario6253]

Are they available now?

[@flameguitars5770]

Search thesaz.co.uk

[@dario6253]

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