Woods, who was an early blues pioneer in lap steel, slide guitar playing, recorded thirty-five tracks between 1930 and 1940.

His instruments of choice are resophonic guitar and lap steel.

The lap steel is an electric adaptation of the resophonic, commonly heard in Hawaiian and traditional country music.

This jam by BH on the lap steel is unbelievable.

A very small run of lap steels, banjos and mandolins were also built but are rare to come across.

The lap steel typically has 6 strings and is tuned to either standard guitar tuning, or an open chord.

In one song, the lap steel wolf-whistled at a desirable women; in another, it clearly said "Thank you."

However, eight strings is the standard for lap steel and pedal steel guitars.

In addition to guitar, Van Leeuwen was also required to play lap steel and keyboards.

He has also occasionally played lap steel during the Desert Sessions.