Category Archives: Bobbe’s Tips

Nashville steel guitarist Bobbe Seymour published an email newsletter for steel guitarists for several years. Those Bobbe’s Tips emails contain a wealth of information about the history of the steel guitar, maintaining your instrument, current trends, new products, etc.. They also include some of Bobbe’s best stories about life on the road and in the studio with Nashville’s biggest stars of yesteryear.

New Peterson Tuners; Prepping a Pedal Steel for Sale

Posted on February 11, 2013 by vic

February 11, 2013 This is Vic Lawson. The news this week is that the new Peterson tuners will finally be here just in time for Valentine’s Day. So guys, tell your wives and girlfriends to call us for a gift … Continue reading →

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Letters from Our Readers

Posted on February 7, 2013 by vic

This is Vic Lawson. As Bob noted in the last newsletter, if you ask 100 people about sight-reading versus playing by ear, you’ll get 200 opinions. That’s certainly what we got. Some people get extremely excited about the subject. We … Continue reading →

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Hilton Pedal; Sight Reading vs. Playing By Ear

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Bob Hempker

Here is an update we received in an email from Keith Hilton: Starting in 2013 the tone control will be eliminated on both the original standard pedal, and the original low profile pedal. It can be ordered as an optional … Continue reading →

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