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Get together with Stefan Sobell

Post by Bob Connor » Sun May 08, 2011 6:11 pm

A few local builders got together at Dan Robinson's this afternoon for a late lunch, a few beers and wines, lots of instrument talk with Stefan Sobell, renowned English luthier.

Stefan's son, Jason, lives in Melbourne so Stefan was out here visiting and was kind enough to drop in for an afternoon of guitar related stuff.

He's also a pretty mean table tennis player and gave Ian Noyce a bit of a pasting on the ping ping table.

We also got to have a look through Dan's workshop which made most of us fairly envious. (it's really clean and tidy too, unlike my own)

Anyway a picture tells a thousand stories so here they are.

Stefan with one of Dan's guitars
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Ian Noyce
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Stefan with one of Ian's guitars. that's Jason Sobell in the background with Jack Spira a little further back.
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Joe Gallacher "Jaysus - that's a big dreadie"
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Ray Black "What a waste - Imagine how many mandos' I get get out of that"
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Joe Gallacher with one of Dan's tops
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Stefan with one of Jack Spira's guitars
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Stefan Sobell and Jack Spira
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Ian Noyce and Ray Black
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Re: Get together with Stefan Sobell

Post by woodrat » Sun May 08, 2011 8:40 pm

Wow...great post Bob...it looks like you had a great time there. :D

...I looked through the smilies for a "green with envy" one...but it was not there so the standard smile will have to do!

Thanks for posting

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Re: Get together with Stefan Sobell

Post by peter.coombe » Mon May 09, 2011 9:29 am

Yep, I'm green with envy as well!

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Re: Get together with Stefan Sobell

Post by kiwigeo » Mon May 09, 2011 7:40 pm

Jack S looks a bit like "House"...
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Re: Get together with Stefan Sobell

Post by Kim » Mon May 09, 2011 8:14 pm

What a great day that must have been Bob. Some top builders with buckets of knowledge all lubed up by a few glasses of red...golden day indeed.

Cheers

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Re: Get together with Stefan Sobell

Post by J.F. Custom » Mon May 09, 2011 10:32 pm

Lucky bleeters.

Thanks for sharing Bob.

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