Lap Steel Guitars are sometimes called Hawaiian guitars, steel guitars or slide guitars. They are played by pressing a tonebar or slide against the strings. These guitars can be rested on the lap, supported on legs or sometimes played standing up.
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Lap Steels are often used to play melodies or simple harmonies in Blues, Country, Bluegrass, Western Swing and Hawaiian music and are usually set to an open tuning. Famous players include Joe Perry of Aerosmith, George Harrison of The Beatles and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.
