The Steel Guitar Forum

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

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

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.

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.

Dick Wood wrote: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!!!

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 !

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

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"

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

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.

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?

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.

Brad Malone wrote: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

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

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


Mack

Mack Quinney wrote: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

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

Mack Quinney wrote: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

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

Geo

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

Mack.

i took the aluminum necks with splits in the changer

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!!!

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

Nice. Look like Fessenden.

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

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.