Airline Lap Steel Guitar For Sale

Instead of playing them upright and with the strings facing away from the player s body lap steels are played while laid flat either on the lap or on a stand or standing up using a guitar strap designed to accommodate the different angle.

Airline lap steel guitar for sale. Valco also manufactured national and supro brands. Check the awesome airline lap steel our reissue of an american classic with improvements and even better tone. Pedals are attached to the guitar from below so that the musician can operate them with a foot for more diverse sounds. The 1466bw jet airliner lap steel is an updated reissue of the supro electric lap steel guitar that was manufactured in the early 1960s.

Lap steel guitars for sale on reverb. Dating back to the late 1800s in hawaii the lap steel guitar has been gracing hawaiian bluegrass country and dozens of other genres since becoming a major fad in the 1920s and 30s. Our airline lap steel homage provides players with an affordable and reliable alternative to picking through vintage stores for something that is going to break the bank and be an iffy partner onstage or in the studio. Airline guitars were made in chicago illinois from 1958 68 by the valco company and distributed by montgomery ward.

The lap steel is a guitar without the console and pedal attachments. Morrell jmlsg premium 6 string lap steel guitar strings for g tuning 16 58 3 pack 11. We ve retained classic elements of the original including the ceramic. About lap steel guitars pedal steel guitars.

Fast free shipping on many items. Lap steel guitars lap steel guitars are played in a different manner to the regular guitar. We couldn t get away with ignoring one of valco s first instruments the national branded lap steel. Great deals on vintage lap steel guitars.

Morrell jmls e premium 6 string lap steel guitar strings for e tuning 14 58 17. Vintage 1959 usa national lap steel guitar bridge plate magnet set 1960 rare. The jet airliner s vintage correct body shape and art deco aesthetics are enhanced with an intonation friendly string through body hardtail bridge and a silver foil version of the original supro clear tone pickup. It is meant to be placed across the lap and played from a seated position.

A steel guitar for sale that is situated atop a console is known as a pedal steel. We ve recreated these and other 1960 s chicago classics for a new generation of players. Guitar control plate chrome plated metal 3 way switch prewired control plate for tele telecaster guitar 8. This is a fantastic blues guitar for playing slide or for experimenting whatever.