Cruel Folk's Instruments

The whole pursuit of music is a central part of Cruel Folk's lives in more ways than one. Both of us collect hand made instruments, some of which are shown in detail here.

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We both have one of these. For our money, this is the best acoustic guitar in the world.

David Oddy Mandocello

Sean: The first really good stringed instrument I owned and quite unlike anything else I've managed to find in both design and sound. Bought directly as a result of hearing Steve Knightley play one.

David Oddy's a nice guy.

Fylde Touchstone mandolin

Sean: I have large hands, and standard mandolins are really uncomfortable. These have a larger than standard neck and are much nicer to play. They also have a fantastic bottom end to them, unlike any other mandolin I've played.

If at any point while reading these pages you've formed the impression that we rather like Fylde instruments, well, you'd be right. In fact you might even say we have a bit of an addiction...

Full list of instruments

Sean

David Oddy mandocello
Fylde Falstaff guitar
Fylde custom Alexander guitar
Lowden S10 guitar
Lowden O32 guitar
Fylde Octavius bouzouki
Fylde Touchstone mandolin
Fylde Touchstone tenor mandola
Chieftan high and low D whistles
Pearl Masterworks Artisan custom drums

Paul

Fylde custom Magician guitar
Fylde Falstaff guitar
Fylde Oberon guitar
Fylde Ariel guitar
Fylde custom maple-bodied Alexander guitar
Fylde custom mandola-bodied octave 12-string guitar (!!!)
Fylde custom 12 string guitar on Touchstone bouzouki body