Guitar-wise, she’s since moved on from that battered roadside Tele. People should try and move from one to the other and see what happens, because they might be surprised.” “From a physical point of view, there’s not much in it – obviously the angles are different and the cello’s neck is shorter but the rough geography of the whole thing is not a million miles away. “There’s not much you can do on one that you can’t do on the other,” says Williams. Even now, having mastered the six-string, she still predominantly plays in non-standard tunings. She tuned to DADGAD, closer to cello than guitar tuning. Guided by muscle memory, she learnt to navigate the guitar using what she already knew about the cello. Yet despite the differences between the Tele and the cello, she realized that they were more like distant cousins than strangers to each other.

She picked up the guitar out of intrigue, not out of a pressing desire to shred. The cello was her primary instrument and most of her working hours were spent immersed in the world of classical music. Williams brought home her first guitar – an abandoned Tele found on the side of the road, accompanied by a note reading ‘Please take me, just needs work’ – she had no idea what she was doing.

Queen a night at the opera vinyl ebay