A lap steel guitar is a compact guitar played in a horizontal position, either in the player’s lap — hence the name — or on a stand or table. Players use a slide known as a tone bar to fret the ...

The lap steel guitars in Ryan Rukavina's Missoula luthier shop don't look like anyone else's. They have balanced but asymmetrical curves on either side of the wide necks, and the custom-built models ...

Freddie Roulette, a musician who helped bring the lap steel guitar — an instrument long associated with Hawaiian music — into blues, rock and funk to dazzling effect, died Dec. 24 at his home in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert The track sees Williams lay the double-neck guitar on ...

MISSOULA — The lap steel guitars in Ryan Rukavina's Missoula luthiershop don't look like anyone else's. They have balanced but asymmetrical curves on either side of the wide necks, and the ...