some of the greatest guitar tones I've seen in my life so far. Wish him and Eric Johnson could make an album together. Andy would do Solo guitar and Eric the chords. That'd be Empyrean.
This is my all-time favourite song by a living guitarist. Absolutely fantastic playing with so much emotion and passion, and a real sense of melody mixed in with incredible technique and serious tone. This is Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Lenny" mixed in with some Jimi Hendrix for good measure! Love this song!
I'm amazed, as a 56yr old music lover and guitarist that I've only just heard of Andy Timmons. His talent is beyond words. I now have to re-calibrate my ideas of a great guitarist, Andy Timmons , to me....is Hendrix, SRV, Joe Satriani, Nuno Bettencourt, Tommy Emanuelle , Eric Clapton, Randy Rhoads, Mark Knopfler and every 'guitar great' I can can name rolled into one, but wrapped in his own unique style and interpretation - I find it simply unbelievable what my ears and eyes have just witnessed. This man simply pours his soul through that instrument, I never knew that the guitar could be as expressive. Mindblowing!
Some guitarists like Yngwie Malmsteen are very good at technique and speed with the guitar, but when listening to Andy Timmons we realize that to be a good guitarist is needed not only speed if not the feeling that he put the song! / .. /
most people confuse music genres, technical styles and make these honest comments. just because you don't get the emotions doesn't mean the emotions are not there. just because I don't like rap doesn't make rap a less valuable genre. just because YM plays too fast doesn't mean he plays without emotion. Juan is comparing apples to cabbage :) it's just a different taste, different feel, different genre.
This guy looks like, act likes, performs as energetically as Lou Christie, the singer from the 1960s. It's like watching him all over again, renewed, remade and updated. It is unreal how much they resemble each other and have the exact same kind of stage presence and similar emotional effect.
Hey! dude just wanna let you know that your playing is great. your one of my greatest guitar inspiration and I hope you'll give us more in the future and I wish i have those gears . i'm struggling musician i work 9 hours a day and save money just to hope that someday i can buy some guitars and gears like that . cheers! - Philippines - JP
Hendrix to the bone. Appart from that it sounds like the early 90's when bands like Pearl Jam or Soundgarden were both digging in the soul of 60's rock but trying to get as far as they could from the 80s hair rock/metal attitude.
+blastdude89 This is what Hendrix would sound like if he could shred. Andy Timmons is the perfect amalgam of shedding capability and melodic sensibilities.
I was fortunate to see him at a guitar clinic in 1993 he played us his Ear Ecstasy material and we were amazed at his playing .I met him afterwards and got an autographed 8 x 10 picture of him we shook hands he wished me luck and he's a great guy great guitar player.
@ProjectBerklee good amount of gain, 12 frets up from the fretted note. takes a little practice to get them to pop, but he's not using any special gear to get them.
One of the greatest guitar instrumentals ever. I just seem to prefer it this way, a half-step tune down (ie. Eb Standard). Has a more calming and Hendrixy feel.
hoş geldin abi.. marmaris çok güzel umarım çok rahat edeceksin. 10-11-12 aralıkta u.k. de olmam gerekiyor.. konsere uğrayabilirsem yolculuk öncesi harika olur. görüşürüz abi, özlendin
Andy Timmons is also very listenable. You can have all the feeling, technique and speed in the world, but if you can't listen to it then what's the point in playing? I can't listen to Steve Vai for more than about 30 seconds usually, but I could listen to Andy all day :)
***** As much as I love Satch, I agree with you. Timmons is a way better guitarist than Satch when it comes to composition and melody. Perhaps one of the best ever.
you havent heard ~always with me always with you ~ then. sorry, there is something wrong with you then :) if you cant hear the emotion that satch plays. just 2 different styles of guitarists
I don't even understand why Malmsteen is so appreciated and famous, to me he's just a soulless robot. Andy, on the other side, damn...every song is pure emotion.
Lots of people think the same, and I think it's Yngwie's fault. I mean, so many of his latest efforts are repetitive -same patterns, same scales, even the same melodies- and poorly composed. Anyway, when you listen to some of his beautiful compositions -Brothers, Sorrow, Baroque n' Roll-, you realise that he's only become a lazy man, but the genius is still there. From a true Yngwie fan.
this is an older video so yea it's probably his Laney's. I like his current tone though, more fatness. However, good tone is an opinion. Love his playing though.
I am wondering if you could compare Andy Timmons to Travis Larson, or are their styles so different, it would be like comparing apples to oranges? Both are phenomenal guitarists.
