1. Melobar’sPowerslide
2. Peavey’sSuperslide
3. Megan Lovell’s Beard ElectroLiege lapsteel
4. Caladesi’s MobileSteel Guitar

Melobar’s Power Slide:

The history of the mobile lapsteel/slide guitar goes back to the origin of the modern acoustic/electric guitar. There have been 4 attempts to date to build an acceptable mobile steel guitar:

“The editors of Guitar Player magazine have honored the Peavey Power Slide, a next-generation slide guitar instrument ergonomically designed for maximum playability, with its prestigious Editors Pick Award.The eye-catching Peavey Power Slide is a reimagining of the lap steel and slide guitar concepts, combining elements of both in a patent-pending design exclusively from Peavey. Unconventional and revolutionary, the Power Slide can be played from a seated position like a lap steel, while standing like a traditional guitar, or even horizontally while standing with its unique three-point suspension and special Y strap. This radical design provides unprecedented neck access in the horizontal playing position”.https://peavey.com/c/Article-ID-548

Megan Lovell’s Beard ElectroLiege lapsteel:

“he Beard Electro-Liege: created by Megan Lovell, built by Paul Beard, and featuring a custom horseshoe pickup by Lollar Pickups. ‘Necessity is the mother of invention.’ The Electro-Liege is a Lap Steel with a purpose—built for the live stage—a Lap Steel guitar designed and structured to be played standing up; light enough to be carried with ease, and with a rich sound, powerful enough to fill an arena.

As one of the forefront Lap Steel players on the music scene today, Megan Lovell has channeled her passion for slide guitar exclusively into raising public awareness for the Lap Steel guitar. After over a decade of touring with her band Larkin Poe, from rock clubs to stadiums, Megan decided to take her road-hardened insights and pour them into a brand-new design for the perfect standing Lap Steel.”https://electroliege.com/pages/about

Caladesi’s Mobile Steel Guitar

One year after the ElectroLiege was introduced, Caladesi Guitars has released its version of the Slide/Lapsteel Hybrid guitar that it is called a “Mobile Steel Guitar.” It has a number of innovations never before seen on any mobile stand-up steel including a sliding ergonomic “belly body” so the player can get access to the upper frets with the bar. Also, a concave curved stabilizer bar attached to the belly body that increases the width of the guitar at that critical point from 1.75 to 2.5 inches. This provide extra stability and slants the guitar forward 120 degrees from horizontal . Caladesi’s Mobile Steel comes in three basic models: Blue Note 1 (BN1), Blue Note 2 (BN2), and Blue Note 2B (BN2B). BN1 has one pickup, BN2 has two pickups, and BN2B has two pickups and benders. The addition of the benders technically turns this instrument into a “mobile pedal steel” since the benders perform the same function as pedals or knee levers. https://caladesiguitars.com/stand-up-steel/