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.

Hal Rugg and Sho-Bud experimental guitars

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, I started a couple weeks ago doing the history of some of the players of steel guitar. One interesting player in Nashville that has left us now was the great Hal Rugg. Hal was a very competitive … Continue reading →

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Rose Drake, Lloyd Green, the steel amps of yesterday and today

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, I just received a nice thank you note from Pete Drake’s widow, Rose Drake. Rose was totally responsible for running Window Music, the publishing company she and Pete had together. Rose was quite respected herself in the … Continue reading →

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Logic of the C6th pedals, guitars made famous by their owners

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, I’ve had tremendous response concerning my newsletter about the origins, history and development of the E9th tuning. Of course, as you must know, this has opened the door to doing the same thing about the C6th tuning. … Continue reading →

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