steel guitar

noun

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Definition of steel guitar

1 : hawaiian guitar

2 : pedal steel

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steel guitarist

noun

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Recent Examples of steel guitar from the Web

The Caribbean sound of steel drums may have seemed exotic amid the steel guitars at this year’s San Jacinto Day Festival in La Porte, and that was part of the fun.

— yvette orozco, Houston Chronicle, "Parkview Intermediate music director had a few steel drums and an idea," 6 June 2018
And there is something in the steel guitar where there's no edges.

— steve marinucci, Billboard, "Mike Nesmith Reflects on His Weed-Fueled, Post-Monkees Project First National Band & New Memoir," 31 May 2018
But Strait is a throwback to the days of steel guitar and twang.

— doug maccash, NOLA.com, "George Strait closes out Bayou County Superfest with class," 28 May 2018
His steel guitar and Fender Telecaster will be on display.

— hector saldana, San Antonio Express-News, "Shawn Sahm gets by with a little help from his friends," 2 May 2018
Equipped with a textbook baritone voice and supported by plenty of pedal-steel guitar, Williams makes music suited for Sirius XM Outlaw Country and Americana radio stations.

— david lindquist, Indianapolis Star, "Meet Alex Williams, throwback country singer who’s a label mate of Taylor Swift," 27 Jan. 2018
In the band, Schmidt handles a wide selection of instruments, from steel guitar to banjo, mandolin and mandocello.

— trevor fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Flogging Molly keep the party going in Orlando," 1 Mar. 2018
And the storied a cappella quartet the Fairfield Four and sacred steel guitar gospel group the Campbell Brothers will play World Cafe Live on June 9.

— dan deluca, Philly.com, "WXPN to mount year-spanning 'Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul' project," 14 Feb. 2018
Bobby Black is a pedal-steel guitar master whos played an essential role on the Bay Area music scene since the early 1950s.

— andrew gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle, "Bobby Black — for decades, at the pinnacle of pedal steel," 6 Feb. 2018

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