How to Use steel guitar in a Sentence

steel guitar

noun
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  • But Strait is a throwback to the days of steel guitar and twang.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 28 May 2018
  • And there is something in the steel guitar where there's no edges.
    — Steve Marinucci, Billboard, 31 May 2018
  • Rex Wiseman, who plays steel guitar and fiddle for the band, walked up from the stage door.
    — Colin Warren-Hicks The Virginian-Pilot (tns), al, 5 Feb. 2023
  • But at the end of the day, what makes country music isn't a fiddle or a steel guitar.
    — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2022
  • When Frampton said yes, Drake pulled out a small box and set it on top of his steel guitar.
    — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • With a steel guitar, the string spacing is very, very narrow.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Aug. 2023
  • There's nothing like the sound of a steel guitar on a country ballad.
    — Alana Springsteen, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The sound of steel guitar strings is replaced with the chatter of a cable news channel.
    — Timothy Ivy, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2021
  • But Michael Nesmith was onstage with the Byrds in 1968, playing steel guitar.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Singer Brenda Lee called him a genius on the steel guitar and a true gentlemen.
    — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • The evening was capped with a mainline shot of Strait-up country, as steel guitar and fiddle took charge to honor King George.
    — Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • What Elm called the mechanics of steel guitars had fascinated him for a while.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
  • In other studio recording awards, Paul Franklin won steel guitar player of the year for the 16th time, while Justin Niebank won audio engineer of the year for the eighth time.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2020
  • His father was a longshoreman who liked to play Hawaiian steel guitar.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Sticky melodies and lovelorn lyrics, however, are what really bind all the steel guitars and rave synths together.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 June 2023
  • The Hawaiian guitar had already swapped a wooden body for a metal one, giving it the alternate name of a steel guitar.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Bobby Black is a pedal-steel guitar master whos played an essential role on the Bay Area music scene since the early 1950s.
    — Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2018
  • His steel guitar and Fender Telecaster will be on display.
    — Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News, 2 May 2018
  • Brown is known for his guit-steel, a double-necked hybrid that combines a traditional guitar with a lap steel guitar.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The movie turned the Pasadena club into an overnight tourist draw and popularized pearl snap shirts, longneck beers, the steel guitar and mechanical bulls across the country.
    — Washington Post, 8 May 2022
  • Often straddling the fence between newgrass and country rock, Mr. Crowe added steel guitar and drums to his lineup during Whitley’s tenure in the band.
    — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2022
  • The band included the legendary steel guitar player Jimmy Day and a rising singer-songwriter named Clay Blaker.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Like in the previous version, a cool and fading steel guitar compliments the rhythmic melody and calming percussion.
    — Fox News, 16 July 2018
  • Much of the 17 hours on the retreat was devoted to the demo, which included enough steel guitar and Dobro to insert a little Western flare into the mysterious sound.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Rucker, who has achieved solo fame as a country artist, turned the tune into a big country ballad with weeping steel guitar and a new orchestral arrangement.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2021
  • In the band, Schmidt handles a wide selection of instruments, from steel guitar to banjo, mandolin and mandocello.
    — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Accompanied with a steel guitar, Tongi’s talents were all on full display – control, tone, warmth.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 2 May 2023
  • Ultimately the steel guitar player teaches the alien how to recycle beer bottles.
    — Andy Horowitz, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Throughout the history of country music, the fiddle, like the steel guitar, ebbs and flows in popularity in country music.
    — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Gill cut a new album during the pandemic — a second collaborative album with the great steel guitar player Paul Franklin.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2022

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