steel guitar
Skip it49/100a small market ($75K/yr) — steel guitar doesn't clear our bar today.
Market/yr
$75K
Growth (1y)
+189.8%
Products
27
Brands
16
was 15 a year ago
Sellers
36
Price range
$11.51–$998.40
Returns
1.9%
Rating
4.4★
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Scored 49/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +189.8% year over year.Seasonality
Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
Competition
- Batking30%
- Gretsch16%
- Amuic14%
- TARIO9%
- SX8%
- C. B. Gitty7%
- Other (10 brands)15%
The top 5 products take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them. 16 brands and 36 sellers compete here.
Brands
16 rising
was 15 a year ago
Sellers
36
Top 5 brand share
78%
Product shelf
All 27 tracked products in this niche.
Batking Lap Steel Guitar 6 String Slotted Head Stock Electric Slide Guitars Light Blue Colour
Batking
$154.824.5★142 reviews
Gretsch G5700 Electromatic Lap Steel with White Plastic Fretboard - Tobacco
Gretsch
$372.234.5★37 reviews
Batking Lap Steel Guitar Electric Slide Guitars 6 String Slotted Headstock Guiter With Gig Bag Sunburst
Batking
$160.554.5★142 reviews
Amuic Lap Steel Guitar Slide Steel Guitar Electric 6 Strings Slotted Head Stock Guitars with Gig Bag & Slide Bar (Sunburst Color)
Amuic
$191.554.1★8 reviews
TARIO Lap Steel Guitar 6 String Slotted Head Stock Electric Slide Guitars With Gig bag (Red)
TARIO
$168.604.2★26 reviews
2x4 Lap Steel Guitar Kit - the DIY Slide Guitar - You supply the 2x4!
C. B. Gitty
$63.914.3★74 reviews
Batking Lap Steel Guitar 6 String Slotted Head Stock Electric Slide Guitars Natural Color
Batking
$166.684.5★142 reviews
Gretsch G5700 Electromatic Lap Steel Solid Mahogany Guitar - Vintage White
Gretsch
$361.764.3★9 reviews
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Good buy for the money”
“Works just as is says”
“Great sound”
“I was pleased at the quality of construction”
“effective”
“Easy to use”
“Beautiful Crafted”
“A New Song does a great job”
“solid”
“Fits nicely in the hand as well”
What buyers complain about
“I couldn't press on the strings hardly at all without my fingers hurting so bad I couldn't do anything with the guitar”
“Somewhat shorter”
“It was kind of cheap”
“Also, the metal finger picks were really thin and cheap made”
“The bar has weight to it”
“Theres a bit of gritty line noise that does add some chatacter”
“NO guitar tunes high to the right”
“it can be awkward holding on to it in the heat of the moment”
“When I plugged my fender Strat into the amp or my SHURE mic there is no hum”
“Takes a little getting used to”
Top return reasons
- Size-Overall13%
- Weight Heavy12%
- Quality-Overall11%
- Advertised Vs Actual Product10%
- Functionality-Overall7%
- Audio Quality6%
- Durability6%
- Tune Retention5%
- Strength4%
- Value For Money4%