The pedal steel has pedal rods and changing mechanisms attached to it, making a bit more complicated (but also more versatile) than the lap steel. The lap steel is also more modest in both size and weight compared to the pedal steel. The lap steel literally rests on a player’s lap, while most pedal steels nowadays are technically supported by legs, and don’t require resting atop a player’s lap.
This Hawaiian instrument actually dates back all the way to the early 1900s. The lap steel guitar actually preceded the pedal steel. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Supro Presents: Lap Steel for Guitarists Part 1: Basics () So for genres where volume is important and you need to cut through the rest of the band, a pedal steel may be preferable. In terms of tone, the pedal steel is less bright and also sounds good with distortion – something that’s hard to get with an acoustic instrument. This can be helpful depending on the style of music being played.Īnother advantage with the pedal steel, and electric instruments in general, is that the volume is more easily adjustable than with acoustic instruments (like the Dobro). Body: Original Airliner body shape with string-through hardtail bridge Electronics: 50s-style wiring and pots with a Supro Silver Foil. Because the pedal steel is amplified/electrified, it lends more sustain to chords and notes. The Supro 1466BW Jet Airliner Lapsteel resuscitates the companys classic twang and refined looks with a well-priced model made for the working musician. The difference between a dobro and pedal steel, then, is sort of like the difference between an acoustric guitar and an electric guitar. There are similarities and differences between the dobro and the pedal steel, but the most important is that the pedal steel has an electrified sound. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Steve Fishell explains how pedal steel guitar works ()
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