The steel guitar was the first 'foreign' musical instrument to gain a foothold in American pop music. Lap steels may differ markedly from one another in external appearance, depending on whether they are acoustic or electric, but in either case, do not have pedals, distinguishing them from pedal steel guitars. Though the instrument does not have frets, it displays markers that resemble them. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional acoustic guitar, in which the performer's fingertips press the strings against frets, the pitch of a steel guitar is changed by pressing a polished steel bar against plucked strings (from which the name 'steel guitar' derives). The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Hawaiian guitar, lap steel, console steel, kīkākila, Dobro Fender Champion electric lap steel guitar
