Well the National you describe would be a lap steel. This guitar is a round neck resonator guitar. It can be played either lap style or bottleneck because of the round neck. Generally the square neck ones are always played lap style. Not that I'm an expert, but I think I've figured this much out over time. But looking at the picture, I think the big metal nut and the pearloid fingerboard indicate this was intended to be played lap style. But its still not a 'lap steel'. Those are usually 'planks with pickups'.
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