The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar which is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position on the performer s lap or otherwise supported.
Lap steel guitar manufacturers.
From the range of guitars the one that we are going to discuss here is the steel guitars that are played in the horizontal position by placing on the lap.
Like some lap steel models pedal steel instruments are housed inside consoles and supported by legs.
A close relative of the lap steel guitar is the pedal steel guitar.
The performer changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings as opposed to a traditional guitar where the performer s fingertips press the strings against frets.
The electromatic model 2700 is tobacco brown with a 22 5 inch scale length single coil pickup and is made of luan wood.
Gretsch had two lap steel models the first by a major guitar manufacturer since the 1970s.