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My new Williams S10

Posted: 28 Aug 2020 12:45 pm
by Zena Kay
I just wanted to show off my new Williams S10. I got this in preparation for when gigs start up again. My other guitar is a 70lb Mullen Pre RP D10 which I love, but it’s a lot to take around and impossible to fly with! This one is approx. 23lbs.

Not only does it look incredible but the improvements they made since I had a 400 series are understated. 4 raise 3 lower, as much as you can ask for. The string mounting on the changer has changed a bit, it now is inserted through the post, I always liked this design a lot, and makes a lot of sense to me. Bill did an excellent job with this one. Tuning compensators, F# lower compensators and raise helper springs all feel really nice. Just can’t say enough how much I appreciate Williams and how much attention to detail they put into everything.

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Posted: 28 Aug 2020 12:59 pm
by Mike Selecky
Beautiful - Did Bill recently update his changer design?
Are the fingers anodized?

Posted: 28 Aug 2020 1:19 pm
by James Sission
Wow. Nice. I have one on order the same color. Looks great. Mine should be ready soon. :D. I got this to go with mine.


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Posted: 28 Aug 2020 1:25 pm
by Zena Kay
Mike Selecky wrote:Beautiful - Did Bill recently update his changer design?
Are the fingers anodized?
Looks like it. Not sure if the 700 series had 4 raise but mine didn’t back when I had a 400

Posted: 28 Aug 2020 1:27 pm
by Mark Eaton
Love it! 8)

Posted: 28 Aug 2020 1:32 pm
by Anthony Campbell
That is a sharp guitar.

Posted: 28 Aug 2020 2:36 pm
by Chris Willingham
Beautiful Zena!! Congrats, Love that color.

Posted: 28 Aug 2020 5:20 pm
by Johnie King
Gorgeous steel Zina an Williams steels are top notch steels!!!

Posted: 28 Aug 2020 5:30 pm
by Larry Jamieson
Sweet! Great color and well built guitar. I assume you have ABC and Franklin... What change is on pedal 5?

Looks Great

Posted: 28 Aug 2020 5:31 pm
by Larry Ball
That’s a great looking colour. I am super happy with my Williams SD12 Extended E9

Posted: 29 Aug 2020 2:45 am
by Brian Fox
Beautiful guitar! I am another satisfied customer of Williams guitar and he is only 30 minutes from me!

Posted: 29 Aug 2020 5:49 am
by Mike Selecky
Zena, my U12 that I got 2 years ago, which is a 700 series, only had 3 raise - 3 lower.

Either way, these are great guitars!

Posted: 29 Aug 2020 7:17 am
by Scott Swartz
The changer fingers on 600 and 700 have been chrome plated heat treated steel alloy, which will never get grooves like aluminum fingers do. My 600 from 2006 that has been played a lot has no marks whatsoever. Those could be black chrome maybe?

Posted: 29 Aug 2020 8:57 am
by Ron Hogan
Great guitars!

Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:09 am
by Dennis Montgomery
Beautiful finish...and I like the improvements of 4 raises and new string mounting ;-)

Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:39 am
by Dale Rottacker
WHOA Zena!!!... So happy for you... its Gorgeous... Can't wait to hear you playing it... Love that color!!!

Posted: 29 Aug 2020 2:15 pm
by Johnie King
4 over 3 changer that’s cool!!

Congrats!

Posted: 29 Aug 2020 4:29 pm
by Adam Lisowsky
Congrats Zena! You are gonna make that thing famous!

Posted: 29 Aug 2020 4:56 pm
by Ron Shalita
Very Pretty and I had one and can vouch that it is really a great guitar! Never had a problem with mine..

Posted: 30 Aug 2020 1:45 pm
by Mack Quinney
WOW Beautiful!

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 4:49 am
by Jerry Erickson
Beautiful guitar, Zena! Looks like you might have Travis Toy's pedal setup there. Pedal 3 has compensators on strings 1 & 7?

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 10:19 am
by Zena Kay
Yes Jerry, it’s Travis’ setup exactly. Just giving it a try :) I’ve been eager to get into the 9 and 6 lower he uses on pedal 1. Ive been using the Bb lower as pedal 0 for a while now and I would never go back. A and C have F# lower compensators. I’m still tweaking the setup a lot! One thing that the raise helper springs have been good for is getting the pedal travel down a lot without loading down the changer. For anyone that might be suffering from not enough feel because of them, I’ve found that it makes short travel feel great! No ankle fatigue after hours of playing.

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 12:30 pm
by Nikolai Shveitser

Posted: 9 Sep 2020 12:04 pm
by Keith Marlowe
Looks like a nice guitar, Zena. Hopefully will be able to hear you play in person sometime soon.

Posted: 9 Sep 2020 6:28 pm
by Rick Schmidt
Congrats Zena!