The Smith Family Melobar Guitar - the real story of Melobar from Ted Smith - melobarted@gmail.com

MELOBAR HALL OF FAME

We will be listing Melobar players and their guitars here as part of the Melobar family - may take a while but send me your shot playing Melobar and eventually I'll get them all on there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33nfc1pR2qc   What Melobar is good for...:)

The Great Paul Franklin on a Melobar Teleratt

Dad and Arlen Roth in the 80's
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Dad with BB King NAMM late 80's
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 Cindy Cashdollar on Austin City Limits with Charlie Daniels

Rusty Young of course was the Original


And Lindley was the greatest Melobar player


Steve Fishell, one of the nicest men you will ever meet.


Glenn, the wildest Melobar player


                                                          Famous Steeler Buddy Emmons




I never saw Neal play his on stage but he did introduce me to Steve Perry which was cool

Have to have Calvin Cooke if you're going to have a Melobar Hall of Fame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRZS86tmvDA&t=155s





Great Friend Troy Klontz, ask him about our Elk sighting in Sweet years ago :) Melobar on Country Music Awards Boot Scoot Boogie (See Troy on left)

One of the fathers of the Melobar double neck Melobar was Dean Black, watch him on an early model Steelgitr model Melobar Click for video

Smith Curry

ACM national television shot of Melobar with good bud' Jeff Peterson

click for Nice Tribute to Rusty Young of Poco

John Rickard first man on stage with the Steelgitr
Then and
still being played today
Jammin' while standing on Route 66 Oatmen Arizona

John Selby playing the first Melobar Flying V at the '82 NAMM show...V model still is one of the coolest












                                            Vince Gill's CC8 Melobar at Gruhns Guitars 











Billy Shaw rippin' it up






















Special mention to Travis Mattson for saving the very first Melobar ever built by Walt Smith that started the tilt neck design

Skreemr Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB29NwYFpZo

great shot of MICHAEL DELUCA


Big thanks to Olaf van Roggen for donating a rare copy of Rusty Youngs Steel Guitar book from the 70's

So many players first look at Melobar was Rusty prowling the stage with his Melobar Bear 

 





I know there are a lot more out there, send me your photos and I'll get them on the blog somewhere for sure.