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 1931, the very first electrically amplified stringed instrument sold commercially was a simple, all-metal, cast aluminum lap steel guitar nicknamed the "Frying Pan"—and a certain Adolph ...

His 1939 Vega lap steel didn't just influence the title of their new album Madame Vega, it's a landmark guitar in its own right; the stock humbucker predates Gibson's by 15 years. It's fascinating to ...