Melobar Ted

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

Sunday, May 24, 2026

Great Players Melobar Story

Great Melobar Story from Rene Brosseau in the Melobar Hall of Fame Page

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60 Years
of Stand-up Steel

Registered Trademark

Trademark owned by Smith Family

The Founder Walt Smith

MELOBAR FACTS

Listed on the right side of your screen are Melobar Facts (hard to see in Grey)

David Lindley with Walt/Ted/John at NAMM

Walt jammin' with Roy Clark

Rusty Young with the Bear

Walt in the studio with Howard

The 80's

Walt and Arlen Roth

Walt and BB King

Very First Melobar

Rescued by Travis Mattson

About Me

Melobar Ted: Ted Smith is the fifth son of inventor Walt Smith. He took over the Melobar company after Walt died and ran it for 12 years building over 2000 Melobar Lap Steels, Standup Steels, Resonator Melobros. He sold Melobar to Jim Frost to follow a career in the Pesticide industry and publish a series of books in business and Christian Action Adventure. Recently Jim Frost dropped Melobar and Smith has built a few guitars for select players.

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Ted Smith

Ted with Telobar (click video)

Traditional Steel

Melobar for Steel (click video)

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Original Pat Papers

Melobar Patent Papers

Lindley on V Melobar

Lindley in action on Melobar

Blues/Rock on Melobar?..

The Blues side of Steel (video)

The First Melobars

Double slides - check it out

Just too cool...click video

Hardway RATTLERS (click)

That STEELGITR (click)

Clint Black's Nothin' but the Tail Lights Tour(click)

Ted and good friend Troy Klontz with Brooks&Dunn (click)

Paul Franklin rippin it at :42

The TELERATT

Ted with Howard Leese of Heart

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