Morrell Beginner Lap Steel - Natural Finish

by Morrell

Product Features

• Solid poplar body
• 2-octave fretboard
• Kent Armstrong single-coil pickup
• Geared machine heads

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• ASIN: B0002GHT2O
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,533 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #19 in Musical Instruments > Folk & World Instruments > Stringed Instruments > Lap & Pedal Steel Guitars

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent choice for the money, March 29, 2008

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Edward J. Joy "louietrips" (Mohawk, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Morrell Beginner Lap Steel - Natural Finish

A very inexpensive way to start learning slide "lap" guitar. It is not very pretty but it works and sound flawless. Stays in tune , it seems forever. You will not go wrong with this product.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty fine for the money, July 15, 2010

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maelje - See all my reviews

This review is from: Morrell Beginner Lap Steel - Natural Finish

This isn't a fancy instrument, but it doesn't need to be. The finish isn't outrageous, either; no one's going to "ooh" and "ahh" over this as if it's some nitrocellulose masterpiece. Again, doesn't matter. This is a working musician's lap steel guitar, and it doesn what it's supposed to do: wail when you put a tone bar to it.

Electronics: I had a small problem with mine; a fitting came loose inside the volume control just a few days after I received it. To my great surprise, I was able to fix it in about two minutes! Yet another advantage of keeping things simple.

Tone with this guitar largely is a function of amplification and effects. I play it through an old TubeDriver hundred-watt amp I've had forever, usually modifying the signal only with a Boss Bluesdriver pedal.

An additional note: I play left-handed. I changed the strings around and had no problems. The only modification I had to make was to buy a cord with a flat-fitted jack so it wouldn't get in the way of my left hand.

One of these days I'll move up to a Fender lap steel, if I ever decide to spend the money. For now, this is proving to be a durable and enjoyable instrument. I knocked off one star mostly for its appearance, which is very plain, and the aforementioned electronic problem.