Simmons Pedal Steel Guitars - Maker of pedal steels; also offers a repair/rebuilding service. Offers details of instruments and a biography. [Alabama, US] Rex Blattenberger - Offers custom-built lap-steels; information about instruments and contact details. Asher Guitars - One of the most famous and well known lap steel guitar makers in the world. Ben Harper plays one. Gosden Guitars - One of only a few luthiers in the UK making lap steel guitars. Peter Gosden has built a reputation on fine instruments. David Porthouse Lap Steels - Hand-built lap steels crafted from the selected materials. Tony Francis Instruments - New Zealand based builder of exact replicas and repairs of original Weissenborn lap steel guitars Anderwood Guitars - Weissenborn, Hawaiian, and acoustic slide lap steel guitars. Celtic Cross Instruments - This a Canadian luthier that specialises in making a style of lap steel called a Weissenborn. A number of top lap steel players use a Celtic cross guitar.