Gretsch Guitars Electromatic Lap Steel Guitar Review
Recently I purchased the Electromatic Lap Steel Guitar by Gretsch Guitars. This is a mid range priced lap steel with a single-coil pickup.
I opened the box and quickly looked over the instrument. It looked and felt well put together. It did not feel cheap.
After examining the body of the instrument, I tuned the strings and plugged it in to see how it sounded.
I was pleasantly surprised how good this guitar sounds. I used a variety of settings and effects and it sounded great with a clean sound and also with distortion.
Another positive point is that you do not have to apply a lot of pressure to the slide. Sometimes with a lap steel not all the strings are perfectly even and you have to push down on the slide more, but this one was not like that. It worked very well and sound was easy to get from each string.
In addition, it did not go out of tune. I used this guitar for a couple of hours and it stayed perfectly in tune.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this guitar if you want to learn how to play lap steel. It is a great lap steel guitar for a beginner or advanced user.
The only real downside is that a case was not included. I had to buy that separately.
Here are the features of the guitar:
- Chrome single coil pickup
- Volume and tone controls
- Chrome hardware
- Art deco control plate
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Learning Lap Steel Guitar
If you are an absolute beginner to lap steel, a great product to help you get started is Learn To Play C6 Lap Steel Guitar – For Absolute Beginners by Joe Dochtermann.
The instructor Joe Dochtermann does a really good job going over the basics and tuning. Here is his site if you want to check it out: joedocmusic
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