Tim Henson’s Guitar Just Changed The Game 

Fun Fact: Tim stumbled upon the original models that based this guitar in a pawn shop/music store in Europe. He played it for a while and fell in love with it however when he reached out to Ibanez, they looked through their historical catalogue and found out it was on their failed models in the 80s/90s (essentially they didn’t sell as much), after months of back and forth discussions, Ibanez created a prototype for Tim to try and convince the higher ups who didn’t believe it was a good idea to bring back a failed model even if Tim saw the potential. He ended up creating a little demo for the execs, the demo eventually became “Playing God”. The execs approved and the rest is history.

I definitely agree with you that they created a culture. But the reason I think they were able to do that compared to other shred bands is the fact that they aren't constrained by genre. They aren't afraid to mix things together in new fresh ways. This makes their music extremely refreshing and unique. Also they are much better at writing music than a lot of other shred bands. They have very clear melodic hooks that they actually develop over the course of their music. With other bands there isn't much development and it sounds like lick/riff salad

Totally agree that Polyphia has created a culture. Although I'm not big on their music, I have heard most of their songs and fully appreciate the talent they all hold on their instruments. Truly masters of their craft. Also loved the video man! Would love to see some music created by you on it! Cheers!!

I ordered my TOD10N back in December and just got it yesterday. Craziness. Beautiful guitar. Absolutely worth the wait.

Nice to see how much you've advanced in your playing since the start of your channel. This inspires ME as one picking my ax back up.

I've had one of these since March. I believe mine was one of the first 3 in Australia, and we somehow got these before anyone in the US got theirs. To me, it's got a very niche use, but it fit my needs perfectly. Amazing practice guitar for me, loud enough acoustically that I can practice anywhere, anytime, without annoying others, then plugged in, it sounds amazing

Just so folks are aware, the non-Tim Henson version of this guitar is circa $499 and is freely available to order at your favorite retail outlet. The biggest difference is the lack of preamp controls; that don't confront me, because I have a dedicated preamp for my acoustic guitars. There's also the finish and the fancy inlays missing on the lower-priced model. I'm not sure about wait times; it's not in stock at Sweetwater, last I checked. [EDIT: it's now in stock] Gibson had a Chet Atkins nylon string, Yamaha makes a nylon APC, I have a Washburn Festival of this same thin body, nylon electric-acoustic type, and I may get the Ibanez version, because similar to some Gipsy Kings' signature guitars it doesn't have a perfectly flat classical-style neck; the radius is 15.7". I find the flat neck annoying on my Washburn. Viewers should be aware the camera/microphone is picking up a lot of pick scrape in this video-it doesn't sound like that coming out of the amp/PA. Not a worry, if you just use your fingers instead of going all Willie Nelson on the thing.

I was fortunate enough to pre-order one from Sweetwater as soon as it was on their site. It was a long wait, but well worth it. I love this guitar! So glad to see you enjoying one.

My local music store had six of these guitars in stock early this month. I bought one, of course. Wonderful playing, Mike!

Was nice to hear your thoughts as a guitar newcomer, you have passion and talk very clearly

I love how chill your vids are!

Been a while since ive seen u on here man. Used to watch so much of ur John Mayer and hendrix videos and it really opened my eyes. Thanks for helping out the guitar community the way you do 👑

Looks like the Godin classical that I've had for 10 years... love it!

I was way more impressed with this video than I thought I'd be. The guitar and technology is really cool, but your demeanor and excitement are what make the difference. This is the second video of yours I've watched, and I'm subscribed. I like musicians like him that have an appreciation for their instruments, and treat them as such, no matter the price. I treat every instrument I own like a Stradivarius or a Steinway. If it belongs to someone else, I know it's a part of who they are. It affects how they play. The last thing I want is to damage their instrument. Yes, they should be played, but you can minimize wear, wipe things down or treat them when you're done playing, or even use a wrap like on a car depending on the instrument. I just get the feeling he cares about every facet of being a good musician, no matter what he picks up, and I appreciate that.

Dude, that friend is a keeper. Just experimenting this kind of instruments is just out of my mapped budget because i don't do that much acoustic, but if I i did, i'd probably go classical crazy or something like that, and that's a goodbye to my mainstream product, lol.

Your playing and tone is fantastic. Great video man keep it up!

Didn’t know Tim until I took both of my sons to a concert as a gift as they are both big fans and too young to make the drive into Dallas at the time. Well as Boomer Bender I walked out just as blown away as my sons. We had a great time.

That inlay really tied the guitar together.

I just got mine last week. I'm loving it so far. Been waiting on it all year

Great video thanks for making this! I’ve been wanting to see. Video on this specific guitar!

I love the tim henson signature guitars they are so great

Great work and thank you - that was some proper analysis on this guitar - keep on 🤙

I got mine like a week ago and its been an absolute dream. Its like the perfect guitar for a bedroom guitarist but it also has this "If i wanted to, i could" vibe to it that applies all around. You CAN take this to a gig, you CAN play all sorts of music that you could play on either a nylon or metal string and you CAN shred and so so much more with it.

Nice! It's good to get one that doesn't come apart! Anyone gets one of these, if you want to keep it take it into your guitar fixer guy to have them check it out to make sure the bridge is on there well and to strengthen up any other weak connections they find.

If you go back and listen to a bunch of 90s music, particularly like the different ballads and things they had popular at the time, it was extremely common to track a nylon guitar playing the vocal Melody as part of whatever guitar solo was going on. It would be crazy to see that make a comeback.

Loved your Silver Sky vs SE video and this one is just as great! Thank you for your honest reviews mate.

Beautiful playing, dude!

1:43 your hand gesture reminded me of "Chuck. Chuck. It's Marvin - your cousin, Marvin BERRY. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this!" 🤣

I remember when I was a teenager I used to hate trying to go from playing electric guitars to acoustic. However when I picked up a nylon string I fell in love with how easy and fun they are to play. So a guitar like this is so cool to me! 💯👍😃

Got mine last Wednesday. Absolutely love it.

Excellent video brother!!

Mate great video. Very well spoken and interesting ideas.

Daym ... I asked Ibanez to buy one when i first saw Tim playing it ... and they said "no plans to release at this stage" ... a couple of months later they released it ... i ordered it and got it in a couple of weeks ... it's nice to play

Glad to see its so in demand! Maybe we will see a beginner option one day.

I have one and I absolutely love it, I also have the new silver electric Tim signature on the way

I was on a 6+ month wait for mine. Luckily, I was able to grab a floor model that was immaculate, beating that wait 😆 🤣 absolutely love it. I play classical, and I also shred on my electric. This is a great blend of the two, and I'm very happy to have it in my roster

I recently got a nylon string guitar, last time I played one was in HS, was never a fan, but now, it sounds so much warmer than acoustic steel strings, and great review

I play mine every single day. I absolutely love it

I began attending NAMM in '96 and spoke with a few major guitar companies that year and a few years after trying to convince them of the need for a solid body nylon stringed guitar. I needed it for touring because I was working with artists who had nylon guitar on their recordings. Unfortunately no one thought it would sell so none of them listened. It took someone like Tim to make them pay attention. Thank you Tim, and Ibanez! In my case, I've never found a guitar that made me play in any particular style...tele country...strat funk...335 jazz. I've owned and played many models... I've never attempted to play any other style than my own.

ive been waiting for this video

Beautiful guitar 🖤

I just bought one of these and I LOVE IT……… so sweet.

I got this as a bday gift it is my favorite thing ever

That is really nice. Beautiful

one thing I love about Tim and Polyphia is they have tabs of all their songs. Unlike some bands that go after people covering their music, polyphia gives love to their community. We all know which bands are angry old dudes going after youtube covers. I don't have the skill anymore to play polyphia songs, but I love how distinctive their sound is.

It sounds really good for R'n'B stuff, jazz, polyphia stuff

Amazing content and presentation. Really enjoyed the excitement in this for my first time viewing your channel. Keep it up man 🙌🏽

Ordered mine a few days ago. I cannot wait :)

I have one of these, and absolutely love it.

That EQ is super powerful. It seems like that would be a massive help for recording.

As you say I think that nylon guitars are way more than « classical » and can be experimented and played as variously as electrics or acoustics, I mean there’s a whole new range of sounds to explore

Ibanez is typically pretty good about their supply and demand as they have many different factories in many different countries but I think that they got caught off guard by the demand of this particular guitar as it was based on a previously-failed guitar. Of course, Tim comes around and puts a little modern updated twist on it as well as showing off just how cool it is in several of their new songs and now tons of people want it. I personally kind of want one as my old acoustic broke a while ago and I've been dying to get a new one that's electro-acoustic. I think I've only ever played a nylon guitar like once in my life and I feel like this would be a great way to get me into playing a guitar like this but that's seemingly way more comfortable because of the body shape.

That second lick u played I wanna learn now

I remember falling in love with this type of guitar when the late Ben Woods debuted his Nylocaster

I would love one of those Tim hensons

We need that link for your buddy's video! Fun video.

Godin Multiac also is one that I think does the job for the price I paid years ago) it's still one of my most used.

Ibanez is doing really cool stuff with the Polyphia gear. Congrats on the wedding Grant, thanks for sharing the guitar with us.

I got my TOD10N in May and have played it every day since. It’s the most comfortable guitar I’ve ever picked up.

Cheers to Grant! And gratz on the wedding dude

lol, this guy just loves whatever next thing he gets that he can sponsor through sweetwater.

Watched this again, well done 😀

I'm working on customizing/upgrading a 1995 Fender Squire Strat someone gave me 15 years ago. It is in terrible condition and has a missing saddle and a broken nut, however, Saturday I pulled it out of the cheap gig bag it's been in to try to decide what to do with it, flicked the (at least) 15 year old strings, and the sustain and volume were shockingly good and it was still close to being in tune. It rivals my mid 2000s PRS Santana SE which has the loudest unplugged volume of any of my electric guitars, yet the Fender has beyond dead strings. So I found your video on Squires, and decided it's worth trying to restore/upgrade if for nothing more than the fun of it. I was going to paint it satin or flat back but curiosity got the best of me, so I completely disassembled it and I started sanding down the body. I was surprised to find a nice solid piece across the entire top so I though well, I'll stain this top and do a classic "burst" of some variety. I started sanding it down to remove some of the dings the original red paint had been pressed down into. I noticed the color of the wood was changing where I had to sand a bit deeper so I kept sanding to get an even color and texture and revealed a second layer of wood wherein the grain was perpendicular to the neck and very unique, with dark black, hairline "veins" in it. I repeated the process on the back and found the same. I'm going to stain the top, back, and neck gray, paint the sides and head stock satin or flat black, and use all updated black hardware, pickups, and a black pickguard. It's going to look unlike any other "Strat" ever. Anyway, thanks for one of the videos that made me decide to go for it! Because I watched that video, this one showed up in my feed and I enjoyed it as well. Keep up the good work!

I haven't really even listened to Tim Henson, but this guitar has me intrigued.

dude its crazy you only have 237k subscribers. Keep it up and you will get over a million i'm sure.

Thank you, Grant!

How has a RU-vid guitarist with this kind of content never seen a nylon with an EQ? I ve had a Yamaha since forever, and had seen others before 😅 I love this guitar, polyphia, tim's playing and your content btw

Thanks for this review, I just bought one to play jazz in weddings.

As an acoustic player who pretends to play electric, its refreshing to see a guitar bring us back to the basics. I mean how many more quad DSP modelers and IR samples do we really need? Cheers to playing without tons of effects and getting back to raw guitar playing.

I ordered from Sweetwater within 36 hours after the guitar was announced, guitar still took 6 months to get here, I've loved playing it though. No thoughts of re-selling it.

I appreciate you.

After listening I think the Yamaha SLG-NYLON sounds better and there’s no waiting for one. I owned the Yamaha for a couple years and sold it because I grew weary of changing the strings. I hated that part of owning it. Otherwise the Yamaha is a great guitar.

I have also ordered the Tod10n. I have a modified silent guitar from Yamaha, also nylon, since years. I wonder if I can also modify the nylon Tim Henson in a way it can be played easy and with a good sound.

Dude I just found this channel and damn dude this video was great. I legit added that guitar to my shopping cart so I can get it soon hopefully. Question for you, what kind of camera setup do you use ? Im looking to purchase a camera soon and would love any tips. Your video and lighting quality are off the charts.

I waited nearly a Year for the THBB10 Electric. It was in a DIRE need of a setup when I got it. Everything shipped loose. Even the neck bolts were loose.

thats a sick looking guitar

Thanks!

When this guitar came out, I avoided looking it up because I knew I'd want to buy one. Knowing that they take 7 months to get if you don't pay 3x value on Reverb has softened that blow. Fuck I want one.

Cool Review 👍 Keep it up

always wanted to try this guitar or the TOD10 i love polyphia's style

that guitar has been around before tim henson. Goes to show how artist can boost the value of it

This guitar is such a beautiful thing. Unfortunately... I'm not in the market for another one. But when that moment arrives. I wil, not have to search. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

Maybe also try Yamaha Silent Guitar and Godin Multiac Series which also have stunning sound and even better EQ.

Instant sub man. Great video, i was looking at classical guitars to plink around on and i think i may look at getting this one. How is the sound with out an amp? or do you need an amp to make it worth playing? Keep the videos coming.

Took me almost a year to get mine i ordered it as soon as it was announced.

They are beautiful to play

I got one of these, it slays

I got one. It may not sound the absolute best, but man it is fun to play and that's what matterd man!

In Latin America in the early 90’s everybody that wanted to learn guitar started classical with nylon strings. Sort of a rite of passage, which is good. I actually learned finger style picking before holding a pic. Later when moving to electric guitars goes more into learning techniques but playing felt a lot easier. Anyway Nylon strings are amazing I have a couple A/E that beautiful warm soulful sound is something you want in your box

Wow. Great friend right there.

It's crazy that you guys are getting to know this type of guitar just now. In Brazil, we use this A LOT. We even have 7 strings ones. Edit: Who's wondering how brazilians deal with this instrument, look for "Ana Carolina, Seu Jorge - Garganta (Ao Vivo)". It's insane!

I was looking for a guitar like this and then ~ it appeared! I'd never heard of the original version that Ibanez produced. As such, I bought one pre-order and received it a few months ago. It looks great, sounds great, and plays great. You can buy the cheaper version but that doesn't have the electronics, and it doesn't look nearly as cool. On that note, you can do some wild things with it!!! Another thing to note is that the lower three strings are not nylon strings. I'm curious if anyone has an idea on how to match these strings exactly, or if they've tried it with all electric strings. Also, does anyone have an idea on what hard shell case might fit it?

Yamahas Slg200N fits that category.. I have never played it but I have the Slg200s and really enjoy it's unique features

"until i got to meet tim" the hardest fkin subtle flex in the world

Have you ever played the Godin nylon string guitar and if so how do they compare? Aesthetically they look similar and the intended use I think is more or less the same.

Which one do you guys think is better: this TOD Ibanez or the Cort Sunset Nylectric DLX?

One day I got an Ibanez electro classic slim body. Its not as slim as Tim Henson's guitar but it does bring up Ibanez's history with this type of instrument. Its my main guitar now btw. I would like to try out Yamaha's bodyless nylon

WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? subbed!

Hi what the song you were playing at 5:18 and at 6:12?!? Please respond🙏🏼😭🙇‍♂️ pretty please

The guitar kinda reminds me of my old Bently have, it’s got a slim body and feels good.