My new WBS D10 Ultimate

Tom Voessing · Post by **Tom Voessing** » 18 Oct 2015 6:31 am

Hello Forumites,
I want to introduce the guitar that Wolfgang Bednarz built for me recently.

Edward Rhea · Post by **Edward Rhea** » 18 Oct 2015 6:42 am

That's just incredibly gorgeous!!

Jeff Metz Jr. · Post by **Jeff Metz Jr.** » 18 Oct 2015 7:49 am

You said it Edward! Where Are these steels made? Where can I find more info on wbs steels?

Andy Eder · Post by **Andy Eder** » 18 Oct 2015 7:53 am

Made in Germany.

Tom Voessing · Post by **Tom Voessing** » 18 Oct 2015 8:10 am

Wolfgang's website is here:
http://www.wbssteelguitars.com/

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 18 Oct 2015 8:17 am

I love that half-burst fade.

John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 18 Oct 2015 10:26 am

Congratulations !!!

Tucker Jackson · Post by **Tucker Jackson** » 18 Oct 2015 6:32 pm

Oh, that's nice. Wood necks with inlay... lacquer finish... I love it. Enjoy!

Jeff Heard · Post by **Jeff Heard** » 18 Oct 2015 7:18 pm

Beautiful guitar!
Looks like they are well-engineered also.

Rich Upright · Post by **Rich Upright** » 19 Oct 2015 8:02 am

Lane Gray wrote:I love that half-burst fade.

Yes; kinda looks like a 60's sunburst Strat!

Jim Pitman · Post by **Jim Pitman** » 19 Oct 2015 9:23 am

Wow! Judging by that sound bite and the Sarah Jory endorsement, I'd say it's a contender.
Interesting in that it appears to use brass fingers and mentions the use of bearings in the changer.

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 19 Oct 2015 9:23 am

Lane Gray wrote:I love that half-burst fade.

+1

The mirrored bursts look great but the assymetry of the half burst corresponds better to the asymmetry of the keyhead and changer ends of the guitar. Overall... providing more visual balance...IMO of course.

Jeffrey Smith · Post by **Jeffrey Smith** » 19 Oct 2015 9:52 pm

That is really a nice looking guitar.

I've looked at his web site, and the guitars are very impressive. I think getting one sent to the US would be expensive, however.

I hope you enjoy it!

Ned McIntosh · Post by **Ned McIntosh** » 25 Oct 2015 2:47 am

Tom, that's just beautiful. Any chance of some photographs of the undercarriage? Purely for my collection of steel-guitar "porn", you understand!

(Seriously...I save many, many photographs from the forum simply because it forms a very useful archive of information which comes in handy at the most unexpected times and situations.)

Tom Voessing · Post by **Tom Voessing** » 31 Oct 2015 9:21 am

Hello Ned, you asked for fotos of the undercarriage. Here they are..

and here is one more

Kind regards
Tom

Jeff Metz Jr. · Post by **Jeff Metz Jr.** » 31 Oct 2015 11:05 am

Notice the Nylon or plastic caps on the knee lever stops. I would like to put something like that on my mullen stops. The screw stops on the mullen are leaving a gouge in the knee lever where they make contact. Would I run into any trouble putting one on and then moving the screw to compensate for the added length?

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 31 Oct 2015 11:24 am

To replicate the plastic stops, you could get nylon acorn nuts at Lowes.

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 31 Oct 2015 12:10 pm

Wow... very cool lacquer scheme!!

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 31 Oct 2015 12:22 pm

Comparing the 2011 and 2006 Marc Horn videos... his tone was ok in 2006 and spectacular in 2011... wonder what changed in his signal chain or what was going on. ... any ideas?

Jeff Spencer · Post by **Jeff Spencer** » 1 Nov 2015 9:28 am

Beautifully made steels. One was the raffle prize at the recent Irish Steel Guitar Festival. I was fortunate enough to covert it from all sides!!

Ned McIntosh · Post by **Ned McIntosh** » 3 Nov 2015 1:11 am

Photos added to my library of pedal-steel guitars, many thanks!

Paul E. Brennan · Post by **Paul E. Brennan** » 6 Nov 2015 12:43 am

Tom Gorr, which videos of Mark Horn are you talking about?

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 6 Nov 2015 8:03 am

There are videos on the sound samples section of the wbs website.

A few videos below the Sarah Jory videos are

Irish Steel Guitar Convention 2011
Irish Steel Guitar Convention 2006

Patrick Laffrat · Post by **Patrick Laffrat** » 7 Nov 2015 5:00 am

and the "basic" is probably, as the "stage one", the best student model on the market.

Johan Jansen · Post by **Johan Jansen** » 9 Nov 2015 10:52 am

The older sister:

http://www.facebook.com/cash.ondelivery ... nref=story

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My new WBS D10 Ultimate

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