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Re:Eddie Van Halen has died by hanklazard on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @08:19PM (#24704014)
From the image, it looks like it’s intended to be used specifically for two-handed tapping, which was made famous by Van Halen and not commonly used (or at all) in pedal steel playing. Not sure if that would be unique enough to qualify for patent or not.

https://youtu.be/z_lwocmL9dQ

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Re:Eddie Van Halen has died by Exmoor on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:46PM (#24704852)
To my knowledge, steel guitars typically don't even have frets, so it would be essentially impossible.
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