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.

Learning to play, Steel guitar brotherhood

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, I get many questions a month asking me how long it will take for them to learn to play steel guitar. Growing up with a father that owned one of the largest music schools on the east … Continue reading →

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Pedal size, spacing and feel

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, The pedal board on a steel guitar. Do you realize how many different spacings, pedal travel and pedal shapes there are from guitar to guitar? When you say a pedal feels good, does this mean you want … Continue reading →

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Learning pedal steel in the 50’s

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, I just had a question asked of me that seems like a very intelligent question. I think this question may be in several other people’s minds so I’m going to answer it here in the newsletter. I … Continue reading →

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