Are you looking to buy a new steel guitar? If you are, it may be a good idea to understand them a little more before making that purchase.

A steel guitar is like an electric guitar, but you do not use your fingers or a pick to strum the strings, you use a metal bar to run along the strings and a thumbpick or your fingers to pluck the strings.

Another difference of the steel guitar from an ordinary guitar is that you have pedals (used with your feet) or knee levers (used with your knees) that will change the pitch of the sound coming from it.

The steel guitar is not held in your hands, as an ordinary guitar is, it is mounted on a stand, more like a keyboard. It also has the rectangular shape that is similar to a keyboard.

Depending on the type of steel guitar you purchase, there is also a difference in the number of strings. You can get a steel guitar with eight, ten, twelve, and even fourteen strings.

The steel guitar is usually played with the person sitting on a stool. This makes it easier for them to easily work the foot pedals and knee levers.