Airline Lap Steel

I ve owned two of eastwood s airline lap steels and i believe they are the best steel on the market for the money.

Airline lap steel.

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. We couldn t get away with ignoring one of valco s first instruments the national branded lap steel. See all buying options. Airline guitars the coolest of the 1960s guitar explosion have now been rebooted by eastwood guitars out of canada in the form of well made gig reliable upgraded guitars.

How are ratings calculated. The airline has plenty of string height at the nut and a. 2 kick butt blues tone. Acoustic national dobro and electric.

Eastwood s tribute to the national lap steels. This new model is a more formidable version featuring great tone and balance. Airline lap steel black. Originally these were called hawaiian guitars as hawaiian artists.

Lap steel guitars lap steel guitars are played in a different manner to the regular guitar. 3 global ratings 3 global reviews there was a problem filtering reviews right now. 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. There are three main styles of lap steel guitars.

About lap steel guitars pedal steel guitars. The airline lap steel pro is the upgraded no compromise version of our ever popular airline lap steel model what makes it pro. Add to wish list. Eastwood guitars airline lap steel black eastwood s tribute to the national lap steels.

National supro and airline guitars were made in the usa from 1958 68 by valco and sold through montgomery ward. We hear you ask apart from upgraded components throughout and the use of a rosewood board over the plastic board found on the standard model the pièce de résistance of the pro is the inclusion of the valco lap steel string thru pickup a.