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Originally Posted by Frankenstrat2
I came to the conclusion that lap steel mainly refers to solid body electric 'planks' with pickups. The original 'Hawaiian steel guitars. They can be 6, 8, or 10 string even double necks, but no pedals. Pedal steels are a much more recent invention.
A dobro is NOT a lap steel.
Dobro is often a resonator guitar, and is played lap style.
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OK. I'd never heard this but for a quick conformation I went to my McCabes flyer and looked at the workshop taught by a great player/teacher Fred Sokolow and it says "Lap style Dobro/Lap steel guitar".
Even though I took this class a couple of years ago
I have no memory that these were considered "different instruments" beyond the obvious electric versus resonator thing. (I wonder what country players say if they play a resonator guitar which is a different brand than Dobro?)
Thanks for clearing that up (though actually you've introduced a great deal of confusion to me) :roll: :?
