It’s design suggested by Peter Grant, the extra mass (for tone) and double cutaway (for control) make the Shubb-Pearse SP2 a versatile bar for various styles of resophonic and lap steel guitar. Shubb guitar steels are designed by musicians with the special demands of today’s playing styles in mind. Shubb-Pearse steels are machined, not extruded, so the playing surface has a true radius. Heavily chrome plated (not nickel) for abrasion resistance.