A regular electric guitar, on the other hand, is a phallic symbol.
Think of the normal group. There's the singer, who may or may not be playing an instrument, but he's beating his feet to the rhythm, dancing around, makiing gestures, looking direct at the audience. The rest of the band are also tapping their feet and swinging in time with the music.
Then there's the pedal steel player, who sits motionless, usually at the back, most of the time looking down at his instrument as though he was sulking and miserable. He can't beat his feet because he's using them on the pedals. To the audience, he might as well be the recording engineer. Even the keyboard player can put on some sort of show, but not the steel guitarist. He's lumbered.
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