{"id":1128,"date":"2013-09-19T07:19:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pedalsteelmusic.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2013-09-19T07:19:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T15:19:20","slug":"rants-and-ramblings-from-bob-hempker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pedalsteelmusic.com\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"Rants and Ramblings from Bob Hempker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is Bob Hempker with today&#8217;s newsletter. Actually this might be more of a rant than enlightening and informative. So here it is. If you have a problem with another dealer, you have to work it out with him, not us. If you order something from someone else and they take your money but don&#8217;t deliver the product, you can&#8217;t come in here and expect us to give you our stock for free.<\/p>\n<p>I certainly feel sorry for people when things like this happen and we do everything we can to help everybody who walks into our establishment, but I&#8217;ve got to wonder if some people are real or what. Sorry for the rant. No, I won&#8217;t give details. Nuff said.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing, if you call us and ask what a guitar is worth, we don&#8217;t do appraisals over the phone. If you want to know what a guitar is worth, bring it in and we do appraisals for $50.<\/p>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s talk about the steel show last Saturday. I had a wonder time at the North Tennessee Steel Guitar Association show. I got to see a lot of friends that I don&#8217;t get to see very often and visit. I got to hear some really, really great steel guitar players also.<\/p>\n<p>I had a great time doing my Loretta Lynn set with Brenda Allen. She is the real deal and a genuine sweetheart to work with. She regularly sings at &#8220;The Junkyard&#8221; in Fairview, Tennessee. You may want to go and check her out some Friday night or look her up on Facebook. She also has a CD out.<\/p>\n<p>I got to play with some of my old Loretta Lynn band mates, Dave Thornhill and Dennis Digby. We played together for so many years. It&#8217;s sort of nice to reunite occasionally. Dennis is the father of Amber Digby. When you&#8217;ve got Dennis for a dad, Darrell McCall for an uncle and Dicky Overby for a step-father, you&#8217;re bound to make a splash in the music business.<\/p>\n<p>My sincere gratitude goes out to Jan Jones, Danny Spinks and all the other NTSGA people for putting such a great show on. These shows are a Who&#8217;s Who of steel guitar royalty. It was wonderful to see Buddy Emmons there even though he didn&#8217;t play.<\/p>\n<p>This morning I listened to a CD that I obtained last Saturday. Sid Hudson is such an incredible player for both guitar and steel guitar. He plays with a straight pick and wears finger picks on his second and third fingers. The CD is great and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for the CD Sid.<\/p>\n<p>Another one of my favorite players was there. Mike McGee from Springfield, MO. Man what a great player and a wonderful guy. If he&#8217;s on a steel show near your area, be sure to go and check him out.<\/p>\n<p>We had to play somewhat loud because none of the amps were miked. My little Nashville 112 amp really performed well and so did my Emmons LeGrande III guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Young performed magic with this guitar and did one of his max-tone modifications to it. The guitar was a good sounding guitar before that but his modification really made it come alive. I don&#8217;t even know or care what he did to it, whatever it was really made the guitar come alive.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to thank Walt Cunningham and Greg Galbreath for playing our set with us and adding their wonderful talents to our part of the show.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t begin to mention all the great players that were in attendance. I don&#8217;t want to slight anyone by not mentioning them specifically, but it would take 30 pages to cover everything and everyone adequately.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been spending some time with the two new Fessenden guitars we have in stock and they really are well-built quality guitars. They&#8217;re just waiting to make their new owners happy. We also have some fine Mullen and GFI guitars as well as various used instruments.<\/p>\n<p>Remember what Vic always says, we&#8217;re here to serve steel players, not sound men.<\/p>\n<p>www.steelguitar.net<br \/>\ninfo@steelguitar.net<br \/>\nwww.youtube.com\/bobbeseymour<\/p>\n<p>Listen To Steel Guitar Music Streaming 24 Hours A Day!<\/p>\n<p>Steel Guitar Nashville<br \/>\n123 Mid Town Court<br \/>\nHendersonville, TN. 37075<br \/>\n(615) 822-5555<br \/>\nOpen 9AM &#8211; 4PM Monday &#8211; Friday<br \/>\nOpen 9AM &#8211; 2Pm Second and Third Saturday of each Month<br \/>\nClosed Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Bob Hempker with today&#8217;s newsletter. Actually this might be more of a rant than enlightening and informative. So here it is. 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