About us

About Us

Nick Oddy

Nick is based in the Newton Abbot workshop and made his first guitar and mandocello with his dad over 30 years ago. Having the many years of Davids experience to guide his hands, Nick has quickly built on his existing abilities to raise his skill levels to the creation and repair of quality instruments worthy of Davids legacy and carrying the business forward. .. he still has a way to go to top 800+ builds that David completed in his lifetime!

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Sarah Oddy

Nick’s wife, I get to do all the admin !

Your first point of contact whether it’s for a build, repair or purchasing strings etc.

Sarah also customises straps for more information please go to our Stock Room pages.

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David Oddy 1932 - 2017

David made instruments for over 40 years and totalled well over 800 instruments.

The first was a repair to the neck of a guitar which Nick had dropped whilst at guitar lessons at the Exeter YMCA.

David said that when he started making instruments there were only two books on the subject and that he had to work it all out for himself.

He did have the added incentive that in the 1950s his father had tried to make a guitar and had failed .... something to prove !

Following David’s death in 2017 we received tributes from all over the world, if you would like to see some please go to our tribute page.

Our Workshop in Newton Abbot, Devon

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"I've played many hand-made instruments over the years, and David and Nick's combination of construction and high quality materials is among the best in the business. There's also nothing that can touch their cello-mandolin in terms of unique sound, depth and songwriting inspiration!" Ian Cleverdon of The Huers