Stefan Sobell - A Luthier's Workshop 

OMG! Stefan Sobell! I bought a 5 course cittern from him in the early 80's and it was stupendous!!! Amazingingly easy to play and wonderful sound!! What's even more amazing was it only cost under $1,000 (it even included a hard she'll case)!!! I could not afford what they go for now!! Sadly, I sold it about 8 years later as I fell in love with the hurdy hurdy and the cittern languished unplayed in it's case and I thought such a wonderful instrument needed to be played so it passed on to a very good player. Even so, I wish I'd hung on to it... Mr. Sobell, thank you so very much (I still have the bill of sale with your handwritten note!)...

Mr Sobell has certainly changed a bit since I last saw him, when he was running the folk club at the Barley Mow pub just off Newcastle Quayside. Happy days!

Aarggh! I sooo wanted to hear that guitar played! :) Beautiful construction, interesting discussion, thanks for posting.

Very nice video! Mr. Sobell seems like a very nice person. I hope I have the opportunity to visit "The Old School" one day! A more brilliant luthier I have not seen!

Sadly Martin seems to have moved on from his Sobells, last time I saw him he only used PRS. never forget the first time I saw him in Oxford music rooms,, about 25 years ago one Sobell and I think one or two mikes, dead simple...dead gorgeous.

Very nice video.

Fantastic

Wonderful

Super !!!!

Interesting - but, (once again ...) why not PLAY the guitar? To only talk about it is sooo frustrating.

Unfortunately, being a craftsman who use magnifiers often, ruin your vision. He's not very farsighted .

DON'T TELL ME, SHOW ME !!!??? tooooo much talk.............................