Cuatro & Ukelele's

Cuatro

"We have been playing David Oddy instruments for nearly 30 years and the Show of Sound is defined by them

……..On stage I feature the guitars, mandocello, tenor guitar and also the unique South American tones of the cuatro and with Nick’s help hope to be featuring these Oddy instruments for years to come.” Steve Knightley

Click here to see Phil playing the Cuatro

Just because you cant see it here….…does not mean that we don’t make it!

As we make all instruments we can customise your instrument to your requirements.

Cuatro & Ukulele

A Venezuelan Cuatro of our standard design as played by Steve Knightley and Phil Beer from Show of Hands

• Back & sides in A grade Indian Rosewood.

• Front in AAA grade Sitka Spruce with scratchplate inlayed with multiple lines of coloured timber mosaic.

• Soundhole decorated with a single line of Paua Abalone

• Body bindings in Wenge with coloured timber mosaic purfling

.• Black Walnut and Maple neck•Veneered peghead with David Oddy brand & Vine motif inlayed in mother-of-pearl and fitted with chrome plated mini Grover tuners.

• Wenge Fretboard with snowflake fret markers in mother-of-pearl

• Rosewood bridge and bone saddle.

These instruments might sound expensive for their size but they are essentially a tiny spanish guitar with a super thin front soundboard and Torres style fan bracing.

We make two versions. The slightly smaller studio model has a scale length of 500mm with a thinner body and the concert model with a scale length of 530mm and the body is basically as big as possible to still fit into a standard baritone Ukulele case giving the concert the best tonal quality possible.
Prices start from £970 for the studio and £1120 for the concert model

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Ukulele

Our Venezualan Cuatro is a Baritone Ukelele sized body but the Cuatro has a much more complicated bracing and construction.

If you want a simple Ukelele we can build them to order from Soprano to Baritone sizes or with an O sized body. Just let us know your preferences, and we'll customize it to suit your style and needs.

"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