Williams 600 series

[Larry Beck]

Curley maple apron, tiger maple top. Al. Neck 8 X 8.
(pedal 4 works on both necks)

[George McLellan]

Erv, Bill was working on a Zum when I was at his shop yesterday. Was that yours?

I had him move my pedals over one postition. I've got arthritis in my left ankle and moving them to a more straight line makes it easier for me.

Those of you who have them on order, you'll have a fine guitar.

Geo

[Erv Niehaus]

George,
No, I don't have a guitar at Bill's.
He sure is a nice guy.
You can be proud playing one of his guitars.

[Dick Wood]

Larry ,if you keep on,you're gonna make me do something my wifes not gonna like a whole lot.

That is a beautiful hunk a wood. I would love to have an SD10 just like it.

[Jani Peter Sandvik]

Larry ,if you keep on,you're gonna make me do something my wifes not gonna like a whole lot.

That is a beautiful hunk a wood. I would love to have an SD10 just like it.

LOL!!!

[Olli Haavisto]

Larry,
Is that a keyless on a standard tuner size body ?
I have 2 keyless U-12s and they are shorter.
Great quilt on yours, BTW !

[Jim Bob Sedgwick]

Olli, the scale on a Williams is 24 1/4 inch, just like the Emmons, Zum, and so many others. The guitar is about 2 inches shorter than a standard keyed model. Hope this helps. Also, the body is about 10 inches wide. It is as compact a guitar as could be made and still have both necks. They are very comfortable to play.


b0b: I have played both the wood and metal neck
Williams. Both have a great sound.
The wood neck is a little darker in sound, but not much. The metal neck has a slight edge in brightness. I could definitely be happy with either one. JMO

[Olli Haavisto]

Jim, I have two Williams keyless gtrs (see page 2 of this thread) and what looks strange about Larry`guitar is that the body doesn`t end where the keyless tuners do . The body seem to be more than an inch longer. That`s why I thought it might be keyless tuners on a "keyed body"

[Jeff Bradshaw]

Larry Beck & Ollie Haavisto, you both have a couple of the prettiest guitars that I have ever seen!!!! Best regards. ..jeff bradshaw

[Brad Malone]

Olli, One thing a little different on the Williams is the string spacing it is about 1/32 closer than most steels. On my Mullen the string spacing is 11/32 and on my Williams it is about 10/32...just thought you and others would like to know.

[Jim Bob Sedgwick]

Olli, I see what you mean now. I don't think this body is long enough for keys though. Maybe Bill lengthened the body a small amount?

[Brad Malone]

Hey Jim, That's what I like about the Williams, Bill is always coming up with new ideas to improve his Steels....the 600 Series changer design is great...leaves string breakage problems to the history books.

[Jani Peter Sandvik]

Hey Jim, That's what I like about the Williams, Bill is always coming up with new ideas to improve his Steels....the 600 Series changer design is great...leaves string breakage problems to the history books.

thank god i choosed the 600 series changer

[Jim Bob Sedgwick]

I've played Williams guitars since 1984. Ya think there might be a reason?

[Mack Quinney]

Here's mine. Had it for about two months. Great guitar, smooth and easy to play and sounds as good as it looks.


Mack

[Jani Peter Sandvik]

Here's mine. Had it for about two months. Great guitar, smooth and easy to play and sounds as good as it looks.


Mack

i remember when bill sended me some example pics of guitars, my sister-in-laws husband was very inspired on those bricks wich are behind the guitar, cause they are building their own home now

[Mack Quinney]

Jani,
Yep, saw someone else's willy picture with Bill's bricks behind it on the Forum. I don't have a digital camera so I used the photo I had. I was expecting Bill to send me some bricks too, but he didn't.

The guitar is very much worth the wait.

Are you getting a wood or mtl neck?

Mack

[Larry Scott]

Here's mine. Had it for about two months. Great guitar, smooth and easy to play and sounds as good as it looks.


Mack

Man that is nice!

PUT IT AWAY JANI

[George McLellan]

I was at Bill's shop last week and those bricks are now under about a foot and a half of snow.

Geo

[Mack Quinney]

Thanks Larry,
I am really proud of it. Bill does great work. I played several different brands at the St. Louis show and Dallas show last year and picked Williams out of all of them. I like the old Sho Bud sound and warm tone a big hunk of wood gives and this Willy does the trick. It's also beautiful craftsmanship (the guitar, not the bricks! )

Can't go wrong with one of these.

Mack

[Jani Peter Sandvik]

Mack.

i took the aluminum necks with splits in the changer

[Bill Hatcher]

Nice looking guitars.

The colored do dads on the fret boards are so out of place when you look at the rest of the fabulous work on the the guitar that it makes them work! Looks like a board game of musical sorts!!!

[Erv Niehaus]

Bill,
I agree about the fretboards.
This is what I did:
BTW: Bill put them on for me. He liked them!

[Bill Hatcher]

Nice. Look like Fessenden.

Tell me the basic difference between the 400 and 600 williams guitars.

[Erv Niehaus]

Bill,
As far as I know the only difference is the way the string ends fasten to the changer fingers and the type of material the changer fingers are made of.