Acoustic lap steel guitars have hollow bodies and sound holes to naturally amplify them. They’re great for playing at home but need to be miked up to use on stage. National or “Dobro” lap ...

cast aluminum lap steel guitar nicknamed the "Frying Pan"—and a certain Adolph Rickenbacker invented the electromagnetic pickups for it. Now, 90 years later, the Kassell, Germany-based ...

A lap steel guitar is a compact guitar played in a horizontal position, either in the player’s lap — hence the name — or on a stand or table. Players use a slide known as a tone bar to fret ...