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steel guitar

NOUN
guitar with twanging strings
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In its rules, the academy states that traditional country recordings, among other things, employ “traditional country instrumentation such as acoustic guitar, steel guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, piano, electric guitar and live drums.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Akaka, who has been playing Hawaiian steel guitar for more than 50 years, was not initially drawn to the instrument, despite hearing it at parties and luaus while growing up.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Cortez’s parents came up with the idea of steel guitar lessons, thinking they might improve his performance in his Hawaiian music ensemble, where he plays the ukulele.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

It wasn’t until he was 14, hearing his older brother play Hawaiian music on his steel guitar at home, that Akaka’s interest in the gliding style was piqued.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Line is twanging like the high string on a steel guitar as the fish rises up to the surface, pulling the skiff behind it.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick