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.

Steve Wariner

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, In a recent newsletter I made a reference to a great old builder and player. His name was Zane Beck. I called him Zane King in the letter because the great steel player Zane King’s mother was … Continue reading →

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BJ Cole, Peewee Whitewing, Bob White

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fans and fellow players, Let me start this letter off this week by telling you of one of our visitors. The great B.J. Cole of steel guitar recording fame in London, England spent a few hours with me on … Continue reading →

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Pedal Steel Legs, Those Old Tour Buses

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, This week I’d like to cover a part of the steel guitar that gets much discussion, the legs. Some of the old console steel guitars were made without legs. These are brands like Epiphone, the earliest Fenders … Continue reading →

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