Ernie Ball String Theory ft. Tim Henson of Polyphia 

Tim is a legend 🔥🤘🏾

I love that he “practiced with the intention of becoming the best guitar player on Earth” and it shows.

Well done Ernie Ball marketing department!!! Loved hearing Tim talk about his story and his music. Great visuals too. Tim spends just a short time talking about Ernie Ball in the middle of the video, but does not bombard us with attempts to sell. He gets the point across, but doesn't turn the video into an in-your-face sales pitch. THIS is GREAT marketing. I don't know what those clowns at Liberty Mutual and other dinosaur companies are thinking, wasting our time with their trashcan boring ass commercials, but if all marketing departments put their efforts into giving us GOOD content of substance, stuff we care about, their message would be far more effective and would stick with us. Thanks Ernie Ball!

I’m so glad Tim Henson and Polyphia in general are getting more recognition in the guitar community, they deserve it!!💯

I love seeing Tim just growing as person in general. not even as in music, he has always been a fucking pioneer in what he and Polyphia does, but seeing him engaged, having the best band in the world of guitar, and just working on himself is just really inspiring. so proud of him and the gang. I will be here for all of it.

2:20 Damn! I have a feeling Jack Black would blush! He definitely was influential. His level of music appreciation probably impacted many musical geniuses.

never heard polyphia and didn't know who Tim was prior to watching this, but you can definitely sense his passion, skill, and the effort he's put in. well deserved string theory

My favorite thing about the Polyphia guys is that they proved to me and others that guitar still has plenty of life, creativity and surprise left in it. I've played for over 20 years and I know other guys who have played for as long or longer. We all were pretty bored with guitar at one point and it's always guys like Tim who come along and show you that you just need to put your own unique stamp on your playing when you get to that point. On top of all that, I think guitar really needed Tim and his band. Guitar needed someone closer to the younger generation to update the guitar and make it cool to modern music fans. I don't think anyone has done a better job of birthing the newest batch of shredders. You have to appreciate and respect that if nothing else.

Probably one of the best string theory interviews

I'm not much of a fan of Polyphia, their music doesn't do it for me, but I respect how incredibly talented they all are and enjoy hearing them talk about guitar and music. I don't understand all the hate they get. They're inspiring a whole new generation to pick up guitars.

sometimes, when you play “spanish style/flamenco” it reminds so much about the great paco de lucia and that’s so beautiful

Tim is one of the best guitarists today, and certainly one of the most influential.

This is probably the best interview with Tim of all time; and I think I've seen them all. I don't think anyone has been able to get him to open up and reflect on himself as much as you guys have. Great job Ernie Ball. Going buy some of your strings right now.

No wonder Steve loved their band. New era of musicians

I just learned that Tim is like 30 years old. Blew my mind. Amazing guitar player, cool band, but dang he just seems like a teenager still, not a couple years younger than me.

Perfecto. Thank you for invite him, Ernie Ball!!

11:05 that hit me hard. As an artist, doesn't matter what you do, being proud of the work you've just made is truly ecstatic feeling.

Tim is one of the guitarists in the world

This video has really made me realize how relatable Tim is on a musical level. From contrasting music tastes and having a drive for music, it hits home.

Tim Henson continually surprises and inspires me with how honest he is about his music, he really is putting his whole soul into it

I really wish I could jam with people this passionate. He summarizes the creative process exactly how I feel. Just excutes on another level lol

I bought this string set and OMG, I can play TEN seconds of their songs now instead of 5.

Thank You for this interview. Hearing him talk about his music was fascinating.

Tim is truly such an inspiration to young guitarists like myself, what an incredible, well rounded musician.💚

Tim has been my biggest influence for playing guitar and watching videos of him talking about how he started and shit has really helped me want to put more time into this and I originally got into guitar because of Pierce The Veil but finding Polyphia was opening a new door for me and I can't wait to see how far I can take this. Thank you Tim

I love how he always uses "we" and never "I". Just shows that he doesn't want to be bigger than the band.

A very nice informative presentation. I think the one thing about Tim Hensen is his straight forward honesty about his attitude of looking forward and not getting stuck into one idea..moving forward. Bravo for him and Polyphia...keep going and don't look back....

This man recently proposed/ got engaged to his girlfriend. So hearing and seeing him discuss his life origin of his dreams, just makes me so proud of where he is now

I bought Tim's custom Music Man off him shortly after their collaboration with Ibanez started. It is dope to see him reference that guitar here lol.

Nice being able to know a lil history about Tim and Polyphia, aswell as Ernie ball strings! Thanks ernie!

40oz was my first "introduction to Polyphia". I knew right then that I'd be a fan for life. Like Primus, I just knew "yup, this has zero suck in it".

I love that little bit at the end telling us what gauges Tim uses for strings (imo Skinny tops/ Heavy bottoms are peak)

His vision of music so interesting love this guy

Closest thing to a studio tour well get for now 🥳

Can we appreciate how cool the light production on this video? I'm so amazed!

These videos are fantastic. Whomever lights/films them is amazing.

Tim makes very difficult techniques look easy ... the amount of work and time it takes to achieve what him and other progressive players are doing is often understated.

tim inspired me to buy my first guitar and i wanna say it’s sometime i don’t regret from the first 8 months i’ve played i found out i rlly had potential and it’s something i truly love.

Thank you for this video. Tim Henson shares so much about his philosophy, his creative process, and his willingness to be vulnerable in his pursuit of his art. This interview is meaningful for all creators, anyone who is trying to express themselves through an artistic instrument, including painting, singing, acting. I just discovered Polyphia. (I know, I've been under a rock.) What amazing artists.

love to see this. this interview with Tim is super interesting and is also shot beautifully.

Originality is the name of the game. You don't forget it when you hear this dude play, because it sounds like no one else you ever heard.

How can ya not love Tim? The guy seems super cool and comes up with really amazing music.

You gotta give it to this dude, we all love playing and we got our style, very inspiring way to express you and your bands creativity. Thank You

Great video. Now please release that playthroughs! 🙏

Imagine seeing Tim on stage at youth playing Hillsong and Elevation riffs 😂😅😂

It’s the precision of his finger movements that sets Tim apart from players that cover his songs.

Great decision on featuring Tim! He’s a legend already in the making and one of the visionaries of guitar for the future.

It just crazy how easy he makes some of those compositions look. Definitely inspiring.

I love this guy. It's funny how his story on how he aspired to become who is he is today could of come across in a totally different way if someone else had said it. His words are genuine. He dreams big, and he scores big. But everyone here needs to understand one fundamental thing that each of us can do on our own: he probably practices in his sleep. Consistency is the most important fundamental of conditioning. Regardless of your discipline. If you stick at it with the intention of improving and with proper effort, you will succeed. The first time I heard GOAT... I was like... I will never be able to play this.... come 1 year later, I can play the whole thing.. I took a solid approach (sectioned, slowed) and fit in practicing whenever I could. There was no magic trick. Anyways, enough about me. Congrats Tim.. you are making it big and I am excited to be able and watch the journey alongside. 🤘

I bought a ticket two times and never went to the show. I do not like big crowds and all that stuff. Like he said, music is such an intimate thing. I play guitar since i’m a little kid and I could watch over and over again the process of their products. All by myself watching pure genius. That’s what they are all about for me. Great content like always.

This is the most amazing thing I have seen. THANK GOD there is another guitarist like this. Son.... make sure to move around the genres. Do not focus on what you can do, but focus on what you can offer to others; how you can be of service!!!!

that awkward part where Tim is like 'remember when we used to play your guitars?' hahahahahah savage

I bet his dad is so proud of how far he's come

I'll follow these bros anywhere FR. I love the classic EP just as much as the next guy and I wish some of those days could come back but I'm still EXTREMELY impressed and more importantly inspired every release

Im around Tim’s age. Been playing off/on for about 10 years. Tim attained his 10k hours plus over time 💯 I get inspired to master what my guitar playing means to me. Im going back to scales, techniques and metronome to unlock the “zone” of playing he access. I need to control my hands so they now where to go and train my sense of feel for music to enter the “zone” Polyhia has flawless demonstrated

I love polyphia, i had only started listening to them this year but im so in llove with their music, im so glad my friend showed them to me.

As a similar age we had a lot of the same influences. It's cool to see that he's now an influence for the next generation. So much stuff is down to tech production now a days, I bet kids minds are blown when first discovering polyphia.

Tim is who I aspire to be on guitar! A true visionary! 🙌🔥

I been waiting on this so long

This is a very well edited video

What Tim and Polyphia is doing is incredible. It has not only been amazing seeing the band evolve, but Tim in particular, being the frontman. The collabs and sponsors and following they have done and built is just awesome to see.

I was disinterested playing guitar for a while, been playing 19 years going in and out of different genres. Their latest release really inspired me to try new things

I love how calm he is

We need these covers released as seperate videos on their own!

Great String Theory interview! One with Scott LePage would be just as awesome.

He is very well-spoken... This is a fantastic interview.

He's amazing and I'm so glad I got to see Polyphia last month! I admire him so much.

Well dude! You are well on your way to becoming the best! Love your stuff man

He played like my 2 favorite songs from them. Thank you. 🙏

lol Jack Black & Tenacious D being major influences on him following his rock star dream makes me love this dude even more

I wished for a long time that Tosin would do a personal interview like this.

Super cool video! Thanks for sharing this.

I met this whole band at a meet and greet after their set. Tim was 24 at the time. Absolutely mind blowing that a bunch of kids in their 20s play at that level. They are so cool and thankful for their fans. They'll talk about whatever. Super chill and nerd out on gear.

Been listening to Polyphia since Renaissance dropped. I'm glad in the last 4 years they've been getting bigger and bigger

5:05 and 6:20 my favorite parts, the way the chords are strummed, adjusted with the additional hammer ons

the ending was sick. That tone is magical

Always enjoy hearing what they come up with. I’m an old guy now. Will be 42 this year. Nu metal was the biggest thing going back in my teens. And they’d probably think it’s an odd comparison. But to me they have that groove that some Nu metal bands had that so many bands have lacked over the last two decades.

Glad to see the next gen of rockers coming up!

so glad to see that they finally got Tim on

Bro Tim is a huge inspiration in my guitar playing

Tim and Scotty have created a genre IMO, that's truly genius level intellect

That’s what you gotta love about Tim and the band, they’ve never gotten stuck into any category of music. In this way they’re free to reach down into themselves and bring out whatever they’re feeling without being looked at by the so called fans and critics who love to take a ground breaking group like them and destroy them for selling out or the normal typical crap that so many others have to deal with theses days. May they forever continue just as they are free to touch any spiritual body that their music hits and it hits hard🫵😘👍

Nailed the marketing on this video. It's not on the nose "buy this product", it has an excellent interview and music aspect to it. Enjoyed it a lot

That studio is FIRE

Tim made me revisit the classical guitar after years of nonstop death metal.

wow he played GOAT even better than the album version 🤯

I found out about Polyphia by chance in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Been a fan ever since. To date I have been telling everyone about why I like Polyphia and one major reason is that I like their fresh new sounds. It's hard to compare Polyphia to any bands that came before because it's got its own unique style but it has also familiar elements here and there in all the songs. But those familiar elements are fused with a lot of techniques and other weird things that eventually you can't pinpoint exactly what genre Polyphia belongs to. I didn't realize that that's by design until Tim explained how the band just picked up inspirations from trends but never ended up belonging to any groups of any trends. The other day I watched another of his 1-hr long interview and he talked about the band making sure that the sounds come out right on both left and right ear of stereo headsets and about how the home studio must look good on videos and the reason why his new home studio looks so good is because it's got only the essentials (black, white, things that are supposed to be there because they have their purposes in the studio), etc. It makes me realize that everything Polyphia has done has been by design. Everything is intentional. I fell in love with everything the band has done because the band has made it so! It's kinda freaky to think about it but it's also very cool! Tim is such a mastermind!!!! A true inspiration to us all including those outside of the music world.

Really great video and ideas

I grew up listening to Joe Satriani and wanting to become the greatest guitarist in the world. That goal eventually shifted to ‘greatest guitarist at my college’, which then had to shift to ‘greatest guitarist in my household’ which I am proud to say I have accomplished. Respect to Tim for accomplishing his goal too tho

tim is such a god man. p.s. - congrats to him and his fiancé.

What a great little interview/marketing vid One collaboration I'd like to see is Tim with Rabea Massaad!!

That whammy bar flick towards the end of Neurotica is just *chef's kiss*

Tim's awesome. Brilliant guitarist, kind person. Can't ask for more than that.

You may ask yourself who this young punk kid covered in tattoo's... Is he even old enough to play...??? Yes & he's pushing boundaries & a generational talent. His practice regiment is paying off he's becoming one of the best guitar players to ever pick one up. Tim Henson is something special now to see if he can translate all that talent into amazing songs because most prodigy and geniuses can't write a damn good song you'd hear on the radio. Polyphia is one band that may be able to do it though they are alreadry close but it's not yet complete IMO needs a Maynard James Keenan type figure on vocals who can let the music speak and not try and steal the spotlight. This kid is a once in a generation type player

I gotta say you damn sure one of the GOATS man

This man is inspiring my self care arc

Love the metalwork on Tim's guitar. I can tell it's super heavy, but shit it looks good

Tim is such a geek and I love it . Just into what he is and does it to the best capacity

I havnt been aware of Polyphia b4...but after listening to #Timhenson ...very innovative and talented !

Do more of Tim or Scott!