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	Steel guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Steel guitar, strictly speaking, refers to a method of playing using a metal slide (or 'steel') on a guitar played horizontally, with the strings uppermost.
		The lap steel is a simple instrument, typically having 6 strings and tuned to either standard tuning, or an open chord.
		The term 'steel guitar' should also not be confused with steel strung guitar which is a normal acoustic guitar that has steel rather than nylon or cat-gut strings, although the bass strings will be wound with a bronze alloy, giving the distinctive gold colour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steel_guitar (487 words)

	Lap steel guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lap steel guitar (also called Hawaiian guitar or simply lap steel or steel guitar) is a type of guitar, and a method of playing the instrument.
		The lap steel is typically placed in one's lap or on a stool while seated; it is not held upright like a standard guitar.
		The lap steel, dobro and pedal steel guitar are associated most closely with Hawaiian music, country music and bluegrass, though some players have used them in rock music, jazz and other musical genres.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lap_steel_guitar (423 words)

	Lap steel guitar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A lap steel guitar is typically rectangular in shape, and features only the neck (A stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking) guitar.
		Lap steel is typically placed in one's lap while seated, not held upright like a standard guitar.
		Lap steel probably began in (A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands) Hawaii in the late 1800's.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lap_steel_guitar.htm (262 words)

	:: The Lap Steel :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lap Steels can be heard in many classic Hawaiian melodies, country songs, and more recently in movie sound tracks, TV commercials, and a variety of musical genres such as rock, gospel and world music.
		Lap steels are usually tuned in one of several "open" tunings rather than standard guitar tuning, which gives the player the opportunity to create their own.
		Lap steel guitar: a square-necked acoustic or electric guitar that is held on your lap and played by running a steel bar across the strings to change the pitch.
	www.asherguitars.com /center_lapsteel.html (960 words)

	Taropatch.net: Slack Key Guitar Online - Review: "Lap Steel Guitar" by Andy Volk
		Lap Steel Guitar by Andy Volk is a book devoted to lap steels and lap steel players.
		I thought I knew a fair amount about lap steel history, but while reading the book I came across lots of interesting facts that I did not know (for example, I did not know that Andy Iona did not have a right thumb).
		It was interesting reading about peoples' approach to lap steel and thoughts on where it fits in the world of music.
	www.taropatch.net /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2576 (340 words)

	Brad's Page of Steel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The lap steel guitar is held in your lap facing toward you.
		Typically the lap steel guitar is tuned in one of several "open" tunings rather than standard guitar tuning.
		The forefather of the National, Dobro®; and pedal steel guitars was conceived and built by Hermann Weissenborn in the early 1920's.
	www.well.com /user/wellvis/steel.html (1099 words)

	AllAboutSurf.com - The Sweet Sound of the Lap Steel Guitar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For those unaware, the lap steel guitar is different from most regular six string models in not only the way it is played, but also in the way it looks.
		And for most players, the lap steels are usually tuned to one of the many "open" tunings used in guitar playing.
		The most common of these tunings would be the open E or open G. Historically the lap steel seems to have been born and made popular in the Hawaiian Islands as part of the slack key style of playing that dates back into the late 1800's.
	www.allaboutsurf.com /0309/articles/bojorquez/index.php (589 words)

	Floridian: Soul of steel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Then there are the scores of lap and pedal steel musicians playing in House of God churches throughout the country.
		Though steel guitar is most often associated with country or Hawaiian music, the instrument is uniquely suited to gospel.
		Nelson, who died last year, was also a sacred steel player, one of the most important figures in the development of the sacred steel tradition.
	sptimes.com /2002/04/21/Floridian/Soul_of_steel.shtml (1693 words)

	FRETS.COM Illustrated Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These were not originally called "lap steels" but, as the first electric guitars, just known as electric steel guitars.
		The popular "pedal steel" is the most commonly used of the steel guitars in Nashville and other recording centers.
		The earlier lap steels are enjoying something of a comeback these days, what with the resurgence of interest in country swing and other period music.
	www.frets.com /FRETSPages/General/Glossary/LapSteel/lapsteel.html (176 words)

	Lap Splice Steel Connections with Stainless Steel Nails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Previous research on nailed steel tubular lap splice connections has resulted in the development of design guidelines for shear, bearing, and net section fracture failure modes, for both static and fatigue loading.
		This paper thereby presents the outcome of subsequent experimental research on stainless steel nailed lap splice connections.
		The benefits of the nailing technique are appreciated in the steel industry, and design guidance is now sufficient to advocate stainless steel powder actuated fasteners as structural connectors.
	www.pubs.asce.org /WWWdisplay.cgi?0304034 (231 words)

	Home Recording dot com BBS - Lap Steel Guitar Amping ?
		Wonderin' if you have a lap steel, what you might be using for an amp, effects and anything else.
		I know that many pedal steel players use it to control their sound and I assume it might also be helpful on the lap steel.
		Lap and pedal steels frequently have the best sounding pickups and I often find myself DI'ing into the board, especially when I'm playing some super-clean country lick.
	homerecording.com /bbs/showthread.php?t=124736 (1247 words)

	SANTO AND JOHNNY JUMP 1023 Encore - The Best Of The Rest ***
		This is an odd track, written like it was not for lap steel, but yet it works well interpreted for the steel.
		With strings and lap steel issuing glissandoes like in "Song Of The High Seas" from Victory At Sea, this eventually yields to a sorta cowboy melody with chunky rhythm guitar.
		Originally released in 1959, this is one of the great instro singles of the distant past, which featured, for the first time, the lap steel in a lead role (outside of country and Hawaiian).
	reverbcentral.com /reviews/s/santo2270.html (855 words)

	Alembic Club: An Alembic lap steel?
		I would love to have an Alembic pup in a pedal steel~ my plan is to have the pup and 9v preamp/buffer (wide open, no filters or EQ) on board, and have a rack w/ an SF-2 for all my tweaks.....
		Not sure if having two pickups on a lap steel would be a must or not (but I bet two Alembic pickups would sound great).
		I dont know if the fidelity of an Alembic circuit on a lap steel would allow you to dial in the "grit" it is inherently known for....
	www.alembic.com /club/messages/402/14906.html?1102959816 (908 words)

	Steel Guitar Forum Products
		The lap steel is often seen as a beginner's instrument, a stepping stone to the pedal steel.
		In some cases this is true, but one should never forget that mastery of the non-pedaled steel guitar is a fine art, worthy of life-long study.
		The tuning is the standard C6th lap steel tuning: C E G A C E (low to high).
	www.steelguitarmusic.com /instruction/nonpedal.html (892 words)

	Lap Steel
		May Bell Lap Steel -- note the Slingerland head shape...
		Also, the tailpiece and bridge are identical to that of the Songster Lap Steel.
		When stringing it up, it was obvious that it was not meant to be played as a Spanish-style instrument, as the action without the nut extension was too high to allow that style of playing, not to mention the awkward body shape.
	www.tbcnet.com /~slingerland/MayBells/MayBellLapSteel-01.htm (260 words)

	Vintage Fret Shop - Lap Steel Guitars
		11543 Magnatone lap steel guitar from the early 1950's with hidden pick-up.
		This guitar is the twin of number 11543, differing only in slightly shinier appearance.
		11645C Early Guyatone Lap Steel guitar with pretty art deco format reminiscent of Empire State building.
	www.vintagefret.com /pages/lapsteels.html (87 words)

	Interview Stars and Players: Frans van Oirschot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If you had been using an E as the first string, as on the Jerry Byrd lap steel tuning, and an F as your lowest string (which is common on the 8-string C6th pedal steel guitar tuning and actually makes it an Fmaj.9th tuning), then you would have had much more harmonic possibilities.
		The anti pedal riders swear by the lap steel, as in their opinion that instrument is atmosphere determining in Hawaiian music.
		Besides that, all depends on the musician who plays the instrument, whether it is a pedal or a lap steel, it is the feeling that counts in the first place and that has to come from the "heart".
	www.pedalprouniversal.com /folderIndex/folderHTML/interviewFransVanOirschot01.html (3617 words)

	Brad's Page of Steel - Building Your Own Steel Guitar
		His web site has much information for those interested in building your own lap steel.
		They have a set of plans available for an 8-string lap steel, designed and contributed by one of our members -- you can view a jpeg of the file at http://www.mimf.com/library/lapsteel.jpg.
		Most lap steel guitars were constructed using the same parts as are found on regular guitars.
	www.well.com /user/wellvis/diy.html (342 words)

	Guild 12-string, National Lap Steel, Piccolo Banjo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		While the Martin Company was at last re-bracing its guitars for steel strings and cementing its history (see previous Instrument group), others were already taking the new acoustic guitar a step further and inventing the twelve-string.
		This bizarre double-neck National instrument is just another of the endless designs of lap steels, the name commonly used for electric, solid-body Hawaiian guitars.
		Played with a steel bar or “slide,” the number of “necks” (one to three), as well as the number of strings (six to eight), can vary to offer different open tunings.
	home.earthlink.net /~minermusic/sleighride.htm (409 words)

	LAP STEELS (Guitar News Weekly #204, July 29, 2002 - (c) GuitarSite.com)
		More and more lead Guitar Players who work with the stars are playing lap steels in addition to their regular electric Guitar.
		However, more and more Lap Steels are showing up in working bands that are on the road these days.
		In the old days of Lap Steel there were about as many tunings as there were Lap Steel Guitar Players.
	www.guitarsite.com /newsletters/020729/3.shtml (706 words)

	Home Recording dot com BBS - Building A Lap Steel
		Crawdad has made a lap steel and I think it was being discussed in the DIY forum over at RP.........maybe he can tell you how he went about it.
		I converted a Fender lap steel to a pedal steel in the early 70's.
		If you're a machinist, you might make a lap steel for practice, but you'd be putting your skills to better use by making a pedal steel.
	homerecording.com /bbs/showthread.php?t=125020 (1195 words)

	Pedal Steel Guitar and Lap Steel Guitar Videos and DVDs
		Steel guitar lessons - learn to play steel guitar or improve your skills.
		The sacred steel tradition is embodied in Darick Campbell's vocal-like, evocative sounds on the non-pedal lap steel.
		Video is done by Grammy award winner Cindy Cashdollar, who is the steel guitar player for the country band 'Asleep at The Wheel'.
	www.iefit.com /music/steel_guitar.htm (386 words)

	Pedal Steel and Lap Steel Instruction
		His courses for pedal and lap steel are among the best in the world.
		Written by DeWitt Scott, founder of the International Pedal Steel Guitar Convention and member of the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, this course teaches E9 tuning, Nashville set-up pedal steel with three floor and three knee levers.
		Sections describe how to tune the pedal steel guitar, which picks to use, slides, explanations of signs and symbols, and the use of right/left hand positions.
	steelguitarmusic.com /instruction.html (1045 words)

	lap steel guitar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Andy Volk's "Lap Steel Guitar" is a well-written, thoughtful, and highly...
		The book describes the building of two lap steel guitars...
		Typically the lap steel guitar is tuned in one of several "open...
	www.music-megasite.com /articles/48/lap-steel-guitar.html (141 words)

	History of the Guitar - Music Masters, Inc.
		The Hawaiian, or steel, guitar is laid across the knees of the player, who stops the metal strings by gliding a metal bar along the neck.
		In the early 1940s, a California inventor, Leo Fender, made some custom guitars and amplifiers in his radio shop and already was working on an amplifier (with no controls) and a matching lap steel guitar (with tone and volume controls).
		This was typical of the way the electric guitar was viewed at this time, as a total package, and not as an individual instrument.
	www.music2master.com /guitar.html (508 words)

	West Coast Steel-Products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		West Coast Steel Guitars share design elements of conventional lap steels and modern electric guitars.
		West Coast is introducing it's new 8-string Hawaiian model steel guitar.
		This guitar is sure to please those of you who have been asking for a guitar with legs.
	www.pedalsteel.com /westcoaststeel/products.html (369 words)

	Harmony Steel Guitar Page
		In the 1950's the Pedal Steel Guitar was born, and the lap steel faded into obscurity.
		This instrument gets its name "steel guitar" from the steel bar that is used to go up and down the neck to change its tone.
		It is sometimes called a "Lap Steel Guitar" because it was originally designed to sit on your lap when you play it.
	www.broadwaymusicco.com /Harmony12.htm (729 words)

	Learn the Lap Steel Guitar of Darick Campbell Movie: Learn the Lap Steel Guitar of Darick Campbell DVD is available ...
		Since the 1930s, religious congregations have been incorporating the joyful sounds of the steel guitar into their ceremonies.
		Along with his brother, Darick Campbell has used his eight-string lap steel guitar skills to bring the excitement of this African American gospel music to wider audiences.
		In addition to explaining such topics as: vibrato, octave-licks, tuning, bar-technique, hammer-ons, and string blocking, Campbell also demonstrates how he gets his lap steel guitar to make that "singing" sound, by utilizing such tools as the wah-wah pedal, volume, and tone-controls.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/073999926118BT (213 words)

	NEWS and LINKS - New Revolutionary Harmos Guitars -new release of Harmos Lap Steel by T. Sage Harmos and James Baecker
		HARMOS Steel Guitar players were prominently represented at the 2004 Grammys held on February 4th.
		Like the artists who play it, the HARMOS Steel Guitar is a truly world class instrument, with the voice, clarity, balance, sustain and wide range of capabilities players want who are looking for the edge.
		The carbon fibre struts that make the Sacred Steel look like it would be more at home in a science lab than a music room, are much lighter than the wooden body of your traditional lap steel, making it comfortable and well-balanced when sitting on your lap.
	www.harmosmusic.com /news.htm (1188 words)

	Homespun Tapes - Learn the Lap Steel Guitar of Darick Campbell
		The sound of sacred steel guitar has been bringing House of God congregations to depths of emotion and heights of joyous exhilaration since it was first introduced to worship in the 1930s.
		In recent years, the Campbell Brothers band, with Darick Campbell’s riveting 8-string lap steel playing, have taken the power and brilliance of this African American gospel music to secular audiences worldwide.
		This DVD gives you a close-up look at Darick’s lap steel technique and teaches you to play in his unique style.
	www.homespuntapes.com /prodpg/prodpg.asp?prodID=1255 (237 words)

	lap steel guitar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This holiday season get "Centerstream Lap Steel Guitar (Book)" for just $35.00 from the world's largest music gear company.
		steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro
		The Lap Steel reproduces the unmistakable rich tones of an...
	www.music-resources.org /articles/60/lap-steel-guitar.html (229 words)

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