About Us

Electro Hawaiian® is a Los Angeles-based family company under Asher Guitars & Lap Steels that is dedicated to the proliferation of the lap steel guitar, its artists and their incredible music. It supports the slide community by offering high-quality lap steel guitars and accessories, and is the proud sponsor of the Lap Steel Guitar Forum hosted on the GearPage.net. The Lap Steel Guitar Forum provides a platform for thousands of players across the world to communicate, connect and share information and ideas about all things lap steel!

Master Luthier Bill Asher, who designed his first lap steel with Ben Harper in 1998,  along with his wife Jessica, started Electro Hawaiian® Brand in the early 2000's. Its flagship design is the Electro Hawaiian ® Junior lap steel 6-string guitar played by novices and professionals worldwide and praised for its solid construction and versatility. It’s currently being used on major world tours, movie soundtracks, and session work - and we can’t forget local living room rock stars.

Asher’s decades of experience working on thousands of guitars has made him one of the most sought-after luthiers in the country. He is known as a master guitar craftsman by legendary musicians such as Jackson Browne, Ben Harper, and Neil Young.  

 

Artists

AJ Ghent
Andrea De Luca
Cindy Cashdollar
Debashish Bhattacharya
Doug Pettibone
Ed Williams (The Revivalists)
Emily Strayer (The Chicks)
Greg Leisz
Kevin Berry
Malie Lyman
Micah Nelson (Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts)
Prakash Sontakke
Read Connolly (Zach Bryan)
Robert Randolph
Roosevelt Collier (Jelly Roll)
Thomas Oliver