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.

Harmonic Chimes and Volume Pedal Technique

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Bobbe Seymour

December 23, 2013 Jason emailed me from Niagara Falls, Canada. He asked me to explain how to do harmonics easier than by using your palm. There are many players that don’t use their palm. The top of the third finger … Continue reading →

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Remembering Ray Price

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow steel guitarists, It looks like we finally lost the king of steel guitar employers. Ray Price is gone everywhere except in our record collections and our memories. I don’t know of another country music singer that has employed … Continue reading →

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Boo Wah, Steel Guitar Stage Antics – Are They Acceptable?

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Bobbe Seymour

I was asked about the Boo Wah technique. I once worked a job with Hank III (Hank Williams grandson) and had to play Don Helms and Jerry Byrd things, so I’ll explain how we did the Boo Wah technique. It … Continue reading →

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