News — Steel Lap Guitar

Even without frets, a steel lap guitar can still be easy to make; there are plenty of You Tube videos available to guide the process. Lap steel guitars first made an appearance in Hawaii during a country music craze, but have become part of folk, bluegrass, and Hawaiian music ever since. This instrument can be both fun and challenging to play; plus its construction should not prove too daunting a task! Basics The steel lap guitar is a stringed instrument similar to dobro and pedal steel guitars, featuring strings suspended approximately an inch above a board known as the 'tone...