This instrument in the middle of this photo--any idea what it is? I don't necessarily need make/model/whatever...just what is the name for this type of instrument? This instrument in the middle of this photo--any idea what it is? I don't necessarily need make/model/whatever...just what is the name for this type of instrument? 
Right - come on you lot, get the historical brain cells working. I've got to get stuff ready for a student lesson.
And anybody answering "It's a guitar" is gonna get slapped upside the head.
"Be good at what you can do" - Fingerbanger"
I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
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I dont know the brand, or age/history on that one, but that there is a lap steel guitar. Here is mine I built a few years ago..
Paul B
