Lap Steel Guitar

- By Andy Volk -

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A comprehensive look at lap-style and console steel guitar. The book includes interviews with, and profiles of, more than 35 of the greatest electric & acoustic steel guitarists of the past and present in the Hawaiian, Country, Western Swing, American Roots, Cajun, Sacred, Rock & Roll, and World Music idioms. Included are many previously unpublished photos of the artists as well as 40 color pages containing photographs of some of the most desired vintage steel guitars and new instruments from many of the best contemporary builders, as well as comprehensive information about steel guitar tunings. 296 pages.

“If you're captivated by the fat whine of a Supro steel, the cutting cry of a tripleneck Fender Stringmaster, or the mellow twang of a Weissenborn hollowneck acoustic, you'll flip over Lap Steel Guitar..... Just the tuning charts - which Volk has codified for every player - are worth the price of admission, but we also learn how these masters approach their music and what gear they use to get their sound.”

- Andy Ellis

Guitar Player Magazine

“Lap Steel Guitar by Andy Volk is a superbly written, well researched guide to non pedal steel guitar. It covers all styles played on the instrument. (western swing, Hawaiian, rock, etc.) There is also an enormous amount of material in the book on equipment (instruments, amps, bars, etc.) and playing technique. Anyone with even a casual interest in lap steel will find this book both informative and entertaining. ....”

- Anthony Lombardo

Amazon.com