STU-SBL Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Hi, Thought you guys might be interested in taking a look at Haydn Williams new site. Haydn is a good friend of mine as well as the head builder at Overwater Basses. He also build electric and acoustic guitars and basses under his own name 'H J Williams' and although he's rather modest I do not know a man with more knowledge of instrument building, wood, and problem solving!... he also knows a hell of a lot about CNC and built one himself. Some of you will know Haydn and his considerable skill and talent. Take a look at his work at [b][url="http://www.williamsguitars.co.uk"]Williams Guitars[/url][/b] Feel free to leave him a comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Yep I know Haydn from Overwater and he's a top guy as are all the guys at Overwater. Saw his guitars at Moffat Bass Bash and some really nice kit. My guitarist mate is big 50 this year and will be recommending Haydn to him. He's looking for something special for his birthday and this could be exactly what he is looking for. Thanks for the reminder. Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Haydn is a seriously skilled builder and certainly merits the title luthier. He is also a very nice guy. So if you are in the market for a top quality guitar he should be top of your list. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Is the finish by Dave 'Banger' Wilson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Blimey, they're lovely! I can really see the influence that Overwater's builds and Haydn's builds clearly have on each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STU-SBL Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='1185627' date='Apr 2 2011, 10:30 AM']Is the finish by Dave 'Banger' Wilson?[/quote] As far as I am aware Haydn Does all of his own colour and spraying work, including the rather fetching tiger eye finished guitar on his site. ... that's not to say Dave has never finished a 'Williams' as I know they are friends and former colleagues. Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 [quote name='bleedproof' post='1186150' date='Apr 2 2011, 08:15 PM']As far as I am aware Haydn Does all of his own colour and spraying work, including the rather fetching tiger eye finished guitar on his site. ... that's not to say Dave has never finished a 'Williams' as I know they are friends and former colleagues. Stu [/quote] Never seen a 6 string bass so small, and with a whammy bar too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STU-SBL Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 [quote name='yorks5stringer' post='1186192' date='Apr 2 2011, 08:55 PM']Never seen a 6 string bass so small, and with a whammy bar too![/quote] hmmm... Here's a 6 Sting 'Bass' to even things up. Note the Holly Pickups covers done on Haydn's CNC (he built my bass at Overwater) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayn Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Didn't Tony Revell work for Overwater, at some time? He makes a top acoustic too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooks79 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Opened this thread expecting it to be about Rob Williams Guitars (who has made a custom guitar for my mate that is the nicest guitar I have touched, and also the heaviest, as he requested... Weightiest piece of bubinga he could find!) Will have a look round this Williams site... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin lee Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Here is my H J Willams lil' 58, haydn made this for me a year ago and its the best sounding bit of kit i could ever ask for, its solid with build quaility second to none. [attachment=76654:Lil58_full_585x220.jpg] more pics and spec here [url="http://williamsguitars.co.uk/electrics/lil-58/"]http://williamsguitars.co.uk/electrics/lil-58/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 [quote name='martin lee' post='1187946' date='Apr 4 2011, 04:33 PM']Here is my H J Willams lil' 58, haydn made this for me a year ago and its the best sounding bit of kit i could ever ask for, its solid with build quaility second to none. [attachment=76654:Lil58_full_585x220.jpg] more pics and spec here [url="http://williamsguitars.co.uk/electrics/lil-58/"]http://williamsguitars.co.uk/electrics/lil-58/[/url][/quote] I'm not a guitarist hence reason for being on Basschat but if i was i'd buy one of these. That is seriously nice guitar mate. Like it - a lot I will pass onto my guitarist who is looking for that something special for his 50th birthday later this year. Thanks Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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