![]() Electric lap steels typically have six, eight or up to ten strings. It is supported on legs (but does not include the pedals or knee levers of the pedal steel guitar). In addition to the lap-played model, a closely related version called a 'console steel guitar” often featured more than one neck which made it too heavy to be played on the performer's lap. Guitars in this category may differ markedly in external appearance and include instruments made from a rectangular solid block of wood. Electric lap steel guitars: These guitars are designed to be played horizontally and feature an electric pickup so they do not require any resonant chamber.National or Dobro-type guitars, which typically have reinforced square necks and feature a large aluminum cone, called a 'resonator', to increase volume. ![]() Traditional guitars can be modified to play this way by using a 'nut extender', a device to raise the strings. These instruments are specifically designed to be played horizontally i.e., the strings are higher off the fingerboard than a traditional guitar. ![]() These were originally called 'Hawaiian guitars', after the 'slack-key' playing technique was popularized there in the late 1800s.
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