SX Lap 3 Lap Steel Advanced Order (8-8)

$199.95

Advanced Order: This item is currently in high demand. The target ship date for orders placed today is Aug 8, 2025. The actual ship date may vary. Rondo Music recommends ordering prior to the target ship date as this item often sells out well in advance.

A full size, 36 fret, lap steel guitar

Basswood body and neck

One piece neck-through design

Single coil pickup

One volume control and one tone control

Includes carry bag and glass slide

More Details

This full size basswood body lap steel features 36 frets and offers a single coil pickup for clear and bright sound. It is perfect for Blues, Rock, Hawaiian, Country, Bluegrass, and Western Swing. This lap steel includes a convenient carry bag and glass side to it's ready to start playing as soon as you receive it . The strings are spaced widely, with 3/8" between each one. This makes it very easy and enjoyable to play. The single coil pickup has 8K ohm resistance.

Specifications

Measurements

Overall length: 33 1/8"

Body length: 12 7/8""

Scale length: 22 3/4"

Width at lower bout: 8 1/4"

Width at upper bout: 5 7/8"

Width at the nut: 2" at the 12th fret: 2 1/4"

String spacing at the nut 5/16" (1 3/4" overall)

String spacing at the bridge 3/8" (2" overall)

String height: 5/8"

Body thickness: 1 1/16"

Body width at lower bout: 7 1/8" upper: 5 3/4"

Space from bridge to bottom of body: 1 1/4"

String sizes: .011, .015,.022w,.028,.036,.052

Weight: 5 lbs

Wiring Info

Video

FAQ

Q: Are hard cases available for this instrument?
A: Yes! To see the suggested hard case for any item listed at rondomusic.com, simply put that item into the shopping cart. The suggested hard case will then appear if one is available.

Q: How do you tune it?
A: The lap steel comes from the factory setup to tune to Open G (D-G-D-G-B-D). Blues and Rock players tend to favor Open G and Open A. Open A raises each of the notes a whole-step (2 frets) to E-A-E-A-C#-E. Open D and Open E are also commonly used. Open D is tuned D-A-D-F#-A-D, and open E is a whole-step higher: E-B-E-G#-B-E. Joe Perry of Aerosmith uses Open E on his electric lap steel. David Lindley is another player who uses transposed variations of these tunings. Bluegrass and Country Dobro players tend to favor an altered G tuning, often called "High-G", where the 6th string is tuned up to "G" instead of down to "D", and the 5th string is also tuned up, to B: G-B-D-G-B-D. They also sometimes raise it up to "High-A": A-C#-E-A-C#-E.