A Budget-friendly Lap Steel with Premium Tone
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Recording King RG-31-NA Lap Steel with P-90 Pickup - Natural
Lap Steel Guitar with Mahogany Body, Mahogany Neck, Pearloid Fingerboard, and 1 Single-coil Pickup - Natural
A Budget-friendly Lap Steel with Premium Tone
The recording King RG-31-NA Lap steel’s simple, reliable design and flexible tone make it the perfect entryway into the open-tuned world of lap steel guitars! A warm-sounding mahogany body is the core of this instrument, loaded with a single alnico P-90 pickup to tackle everything from country swells to bluesy bite to spacey atmospheric rock tones. While most of this instrument’s no-nonsense aesthetics come straight out of the Depression era, it’s topped off with a beautiful pearloid fingerboard for a touch of class. Finally, the metal button tuning machines and fixed non-adjustable string-through bridge deliver excellent tuning stability — a must if you’re looking to switch between multiple open tunings.
Flexible P-90 pickup
Here at Sweetwater, we have countless 6-string players of all sorts who champion the P-90’s versatility. If you want it clean, the P-90 delivers a warm, full tone that’s ideal for country-style playing, in addition to atmospheric ambient swells. If you want it dirty, the P-90 is famed for its ability to growl and bite with the best of them, boasting an unmatched level of dynamic control that’s incredibly sensitive to volume and tone controls. It’s a natural choice for a lap steel like the RG-31-NA, especially for musicians still honing their own signature style and tone.
Recording King: bringing the sound of the past into the future
Recording King’s legacy stretches all the way back to the 1930s, an era that many musicians consider to be the golden age of acoustic instruments. Originally an in-house brand for the Montgomery Ward retail company, RK closed up shop at the tail-end of the great depression. More than a half-century later, Recording King was resurrected in 2007 and has been providing musicians with world-class vintage-inspired instruments ever since! Guitars, banjos, resonators, and more: Recording King offers the incredible tone and stylings of Great Depression-era instruments, but with an updated construction for modern reliability and high performance.
Recording King RG-31-NA Lap Steel Features: String-through mahogany body for long sustain and a warm tone Pearloid fingerboard for charming vintage style Reliable metal button tuning machines P-90 pickup produces everything from clean country tones to a bluesy overdrive bite Smooth satin finish Authentic square neck design Specification Detail Number of Strings 6 Left-/Right-handed Right-handed Body Type Solidbody Body Shape Lap Steel Body Material Solid Mahogany Body Finish Satin Color Natural Neck Material Solid Mahogany Neck Shape Square Fingerboard Material Pearloid Fingerboard Inlay Black Dots Number of Frets 26 Scale Length 23.5" Nut Width 2.25" Nut Material Bone Bridge/Tailpiece String-through Body Tuners Metal Buttons Bridge Pickup P-90 Single-coil Controls 1 x volume, 1 x tone Strings Nickel Heavy, Roundwound Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
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