Pete Coe has a dulcimer made by Sobell.

Martin Simpson has stated that if he is only able to use one guitar for a performance, it would be a Sobell. Martin says that his playing has been influenced by developments in Sobell's manufacture and vice versa. Martin also states that he chooses Highlander pickups. I have never heard a nicer sounding guitar than Martin's Sobell, though some Sobell owners I have met have said that Nick Benjamin (of Lewes in Sussex) is a worthy alternative, and considerably cheaper!