SX Lap 2 Ash NA Left Handed Electric Lap Steel Guitar w/Bag

Guitar is 22 3/4″ scale. You are going to love this instrument! This full size, American swamp ash body lap steel features 36 frets and offers a single coil pickup for clear and bright sound. Unlike a typical guitar, the strings of a lap steel are not pressed to a fret when sounding a note; rather, the player holds a metal slide called a steel (or tone bar) in one hand, which is moved along the strings to change the instrument’s pitch while the other hand plucks or picks the strings. It is perfect for Blues, Rock, Hawaiian, Country, Bluegrass, and Western Swing. This lap steel has a fully adjustable bridge that allows you to adjust overall string height and individual string intonation. The strings are spaced widely, with 3/8″ between each one. This makes it very easy and enjoyable to play. Q: How do you tune it? A: The lap steel comes from the factory tuned to Open G (D-G-D-G-B-D). However, unlikely most any other lap steel available, this model comes with an ADJUSTABLE BRIDGE, which means a variety of tunings are possible. Blues and Rock players tend to favor Open G and Open A. Open A raises each of the notes a whole-step (2 frets) to E-A-E-A-C#-E. Open D and Open E are also commonly used. Open D is tuned D-A-D-F#-A-D, and open E is a whole-step higher: E-B-E-G#-B-E. Joe Perry of Aerosmith uses Open E on his electric lap steel. David Lindley is another player who uses transposed variations of these tunings. Bluegrass and Country Dobro players tend to favor an altered G tuning, often called “High-G”, where the 6th string is tuned up to “G” instead of down to “D”, and the 5th string is also tuned up, to B: G-B-D-G-B-D. They also sometimes raise it up to “High-A”: A-C#-E-A-C#-E

Product Features

• This full size, American swamp ash body lap steel features 36 frets and offers a single coil pickup for clear and bright sound.
• This lap steel has a fully adjustable bridge that allows you to adjust overall string height and individual string intonation.
• The strings are spaced widely, with 3/8″ between each one. This makes it very easy and enjoyable to play.
• Diecast chrome tuners; volume and tone controls; standard P90 pickup; free lap steel stand and carry bag included.
• It is perfect for Blues, Rock, Hawaiian, Country, Bluegrass, and Western Swing.