9 DREAM Guitars You NEED to HEAR | 1958 to 2020

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Thanks so much for having me on the channel Tim. Totally an honor my man.

[@stookiebhoy]

That Esquire just about blew my mind...sounds incredible

[@timpierceguitar]

You are a Great Guitarist. Thank YOU

[@richard53100]

Traded for my dream guitar. Tele Thinline. Humbuckers, maple neck. I've had people take pics of it and friends try to borrow it. The oddest thing about it is the bridge pick up has been tilted forward . Sounds great will be buried with.

[@ritupabankotoky]

Sir, are you referring to Squire Fender in the last part of the video ? I mean is your telecaster a Fender Squire with a fender neck ?

[@ritupabankotoky]

@@stookiebhoy what is esquire? Is it same as Fender Squire sir ?

[@432b86ed]

Your joy shines through when you play. It makes me happy too.

[@seanemmettfullerton]

"My wife found it..." LOL... dude, how many people here have spouses that actually shop guitars for them?! :)

[@abelincoln95]

The blessing of a supportive wife. Unicorns as they are, it's nice to know some still exist.

[@getenlightened]

The holy grail of wives?

[@leftchicago]

My wife surprised me with a Firebird for my birthday a few years back.

[@hammeron3972]

My wife has bought me 3 guitars in 10 years...... ( a Les Paul junior, Tele, Les Paul custom) Can you say a keeper, plus the boys and I jam every week , not one complaint from her... A Dream girl and my Queen.

[@scotts.3636]

My wife actually encouraged me to buy an Epiphone Dot in Cherry and then a Squier Telecaster too.

[@rikfroschauer1743]

Hi Tim, I have to remark that you look so much like my uncle that it's scary, the eyes the nose the way you smile, he's been gone now for 10 years and I saw on Rick Beato's channel and had to check your channel out. You made me smile, thanks

[@joshuahek4564]

That look on Tim's face when dude said he bought the strat from a guy that needed a roof after not buying a strat because he needed a roof was priceless!

[@vvblues]

First time hearing a guitarist complain that he's too polished. Must be nice.

[@minisurfbanana]

That White strat is my dream guitar now...the tone is sick!!!😍😍😍😍 that tone is to die for!!,

[@TheFeelButton]

I have a 64 Strat sized hole in my collection! Cheers Tim and Robert!!

[@ijobrien3]

I love how much this clearly loves his job. He can't play guitar without a big ol smile on his face. It's inspiring.

[@AlienSexGod]

Tim started doing this much more after he interviewed and met Lari Basilio The Smiling Brazilian! :-)

[@sebastianfibes2126]

I can lister to Tim's fluid notes and golden tone all day. Cheers mate.

[@danielbell4007]

I love a great book-matched flame top; but I really really love mismatched tops. So much more character and individuality.

[@felirick]

I love your show!!! The enthusiasm is tangible.

[@TyDie85]

As a kid, the only guitar I had to learn on was an acoustic my step dad had. Imagine learning Punk rock and Metal on an acoustic as a beginner. My mom and step dad separated shortly and my step dad got an electric Gibson Les Paul during the break and I went to visit him. It was the first time I got to play an electric guitar and my first impression was "wow, I have to mute the strings a lot more than ever before" lol But to this day, I still haven't heard a sound like that. But I am primarily an Ibanez guitarist. But maybe that's because I'm primarily a drummer :p

[@joerobinson2538]

The fact that Robert Baker’s wife brought that Les Paul to his attention makes it even sweeter. Having your significant other totally support your musical endeavors is a true gift in itself!

[@RoloTomasie]

You two are probably the nicest YT guitarists I follow. I'm so glad to see you together!

[@timpierceguitar]

Wow, thank you!

[@RoloTomasie]

@@timpierceguitar A reply from the man himself! Thanks, Tim!

[@JackMasonLive]

At this very exact moment I am struggling with guitars that fight me. Wide fat necks with a 1.685 width and meaty shape with 25.5 length with frets that are a bit short seam to challenge me. I like Tim's insight on the "makes me a better player". So for that, thank you, Tim!!!

[@daleyoung87]

Despite that some of the Norlin-era LPs had some problems, they are still my favorite. I have LPs of all yrs.

[@MrZerohour1967]

I need to invest less money in guitars and more time into getting some talent. You guys would make my Ibanez GIO sound like a million dollars!

[@Mcfly0856]

That 63 sounds absolutely killer!

[@paulypoobrain2929]

I’ve lived in the DC MD VA area my entire life. Even lived less than an hour from Annapolis at one point and have never been to a PRS event. Even had a friend that worked for PRS in the mid 90s when I was playing with friends for friends in a basement bedroom that had a red light in it (I dearly miss those Red Room jams and learned a lot during that time). Clearly not gonna happen this year either with the virus but at least I can do this online thing and learn from some of my favorite YouTubing musicians.

[@vandyman9957]

So cool Tim and Robert, thank you!

[@stevejohnson2284]

Could Tim's grin and smile be more habit forming. I mean how can you watch Tim and not feel happy... Shout out to Robert Baker fellow Ohio guy lol.

[@vminator]

I love all your videos Tim! They all make me a better player. I only own an Eastman SB57 now and I feel like I’ve worked my way up to this guitar since I started playing 12 years ago. I don’t really have the means to have more than 1 guitar at a time. You really make me want a tele though! Saving up for a classic vibe tele!!

[@IDVDalot]

What was he playing between 6:15 and 6:30? Also when I heard you say that you couldnt buy a guitar because you had to put a "roof on your house" I couldnt stop laughing. The artist in me said silently " How could a leaky roof be more important than owning another guitar? You really need to get your priorities straight.' LOL

[@Riverdeepnwide]

The whole video is great, dudes here's some delicious fun: 0:01 Tim's Takane T type 1:56 & 4:57 Rob's LP 3:36 Tim's LP 6:11 Rob's Strat 8:02 Tim's Floyd Rose 11:20 Tim's SG 12:36. Tim's Anderson Raven 13:51 Rob's Esquire ✨ 16:20 Tim's PRS

[@RC32Smiths01]

Playing guitars that span decades of history and gear is such a valuable and amazing thing to learn I believe. Awesome work here man, Cheers! Awesome to see Robert here too!

[@timpierceguitar]

Thank you kindly!

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@timpierceguitar My pleasure indeed!

[@Lgavenger]

Tim Pierce is one of the Best Guitarist out there, Great Tallent Thanks for the cool vids any way to get a signed 8X10 my Friend, Thanks Guy

[@GuitarSongsMasters]

Great to see you too collab, REALLY tasty guitars here! Love your channel Tim - you are a big inspiration for me in my channel.

[@timpierceguitar]

Thanks!!

[@AudreyDurden]

I just want to be able to grab that vox amp head right out of the video. Definitely makes me want a room full of amp heads. Both Tim and Robert have nice collection but this video overloads in a good way

[@Ryedor]

Wrap the G string on the high side ..... Genius ! Love this stuff !

[@christopherburnett1745]

Dan and Mick on That Pedal Show often talk about how they sound better on a guitar that they have to fight a bit. I've never experienced that. I maintain my ability to play sloppily by not getting very good in the first place.

[@kodykindhart8230]

Love this 🤙🤙🤙

[@f.duranleau4416]

I bought a used 2006 Ruokangas Duke guitar (equipped with regular frets, not stainless steel frets which I don't like at all) and it killed my 5 top of the line PRS guitars which I have now sold.

[@saintrhoads3375]

I see Robert, I click the video. I'm a simple man.

[@adsvx]

I've never once watched one of Tim's vids and not be blown away by his skills. He's just so damn excellent.

[@sim0n17]

That Esquire sounds incredible -- BOOM!!

[@joetorrez6333]

There's a dedicated video on Robert's page. 🤘

[@misterknightowlandco]

Im with Tim. Modern guitars just play better, are built better and so on. Guitarists are the only people I know who want old technology. 😆

[@shredhed572]

Tim has got to be the nicest guy in the music world

[@Pharesm]

I'm done watching KZbin videos! almost.

[@djbny2la]

Did anybody else set a reminder in every room, as well as an email reminder for the course registration date? I did! (Just wish the info page at marylandhall.org had a bit more info like what exactly to work on to make sure we are ready to take full advantage of the 4 days...) And great guitars, but I have to think its because of the hands that they are in. If I could have any of these, it would have to be Tim's PRS... Although that Les Paul was pretty great as well....

[@carlriz18]

Great video. Tim is that mismatched lp an R5? Sounds great!!!

[@spacejamgoliath]

Great tip on winding the g string up. Haven't heard that one

[@johnnytruck2009]

Good stuff!

[@TheMaxKids]

What the heck was that strat being played through?

[@timothycharlesellis5940]

Pssshhh, your playing would make any guitar seem like a dream guitar...

[@kevinlarson4762]

A roof before your dream guitar? Where are your priorities man!

[@derekfairley]

Hey Tim! Love the look of that SG. I've been wondering if Gibson has ever made an SG model with a Maestro Trem, but with a fatter neck? The slim taper necks always hurt my hands and so I have learned to avoid them.

[@Shaffc71]

Why is Tim always in such a horrible mood? 😂 such great talent and a seemingly awesome guy! Remember being blown away when I learned he wrote and performed runaway Solo on Bon Jovi’s album prior to sambora being there I guess.

[@telecasterbear]

Glassy is good. My 70s telecasters were a bit of a fight compared to my 70s les paul deluxe, but I like it so much that the les paul stays in the closet.

[@dickdastardly2560]

Love that PRS Tim's playing at the end of the video!!

[@stephanleo]

Fun fact: I heard people play a Les Paul with a clean sound! Crazy, huh?!

[@vhollund]

Larry Carlton?

[@godfreydaniel6278]

@@vhollund Um - Les Paul...

[@l3ertuz362]

Les Paul himself plays his Les Paul clean so it's not that crazy

[@vhollund]

Les paul sounds great slightly dirty Huge mids and that swampy sound

[@vhollund]

Yes of course Les Paul himself haha

[@mightyV444]

And there's no such thing as a 'coincidence'; When things fall into place like they did for Robert with acquiring his Strat, it's called 'Divine Timing', and it's ultimately the Universe doing its magic and in his case manifesting his dream :-) And lovely how he can thank his wife for his favourite guitar, too! :-)

[@licksnkicks1166]

I love your channel. I just started watching. Your wife is one lucky lady. I need to find someone like you. My husband hates my guitars. I don’t care though. Will be rocking till the day I die.

[@bluematrix5001]

OMG Tim Pierce is the most musical and exciting GTR Player ever..... I wish I can play a bit like him!... and what a cool dude!

[@sn95_mustang_garage]

Tim, your mismatch Les Paul does not sound like a Les Paul. Sounded like a Tele with humbuckers. I actually sold all my guitars to buy a race car, yup. I’m like you, I gravitate to newer guitars. We live in a great time where most of the guitars are homeruns but most importantly we have so much variety to choose from.

[@mikehomner4724]

Tim, thank you for your guitars sounds in my ear from all those records, but better yet revealing all these secrets of playing different styles to get that tone.... :):)

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

At my age, and in my condition, a 13lb guitar is a complete no-go area

[@judsonchristudas]

Swapping pickups from a Les Paul to make it sound like a Tele.... Nah! Spoiled the guitar mate. I am sorry! It is not an improvement! Loved the Intro song and playing btw!

[@buildingmanager4443]

Tim, would you ever want to talk about your incredible guitar work with Toy Matinee? Making the record? The musician you worked with? Kevin Gilbert.

[@aliensporebomb]

@@heisthee And player (he played a ridiculous number of instruments, even ones he wasn't known for playing, and was a great producer/mixer too. He was sort of like Steven Wilson in some ways years before WIlson appeared on the scene).

[@CBRSupafly]

J Ward what album is this? Would like to check it out

[@TheZeke1970]

Tim: I could listen to you play random riffs all day long. It is even better, if that is possible, to watch you play them because you always seem so happy in those moments, it somehow makes me happy to see someone doing something they so clearly love to be doing! Thanks for posting those moments to share with us.

[@jasonwilliamshuck]

That 58 Esquire is. the. schit!

[@oldsalt6951]

2 of my favourite players great vid Tim thanks

[@ozprimo]

“I actually become a more interesting guitar player.” I’d be happy to be a fraction as interesting on a Tim bad day!

[@ziggylayneable]

I do not like Floyd Rose tremolo systems.Therefore I probably wouldn't like this guitar. I don't have anything against somebody using a whammy bar it's just not my I don't think Floyd Rose guitars are going to make one with a set bridge..lol

[@swede7160]

What model is your PRS?Is it a Mccarty?Sounds great!

[@GrouchoMarx54]

Tim although you state your SG has been devalued by previous owner mods and technical improvements, its value must be multiplied by ten times as a result of being owned and played by you...

[@stepitupandgo67]

I'm gonna have to try the g string wind trick...makes sense....

[@stepitupandgo67]

someday I'll have the Tim cockpit....I mean,...I do...it just has a bunch less gear...like 95% less....at this time...

[@shawnmcvey7789]

Man, that mismatched LP Tim has sounds like it would be amazing for jazz fusion.

[@Razzlyn]

Dang, that SG sounds sweet, great playing! 11:20

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

I've had many, many Gibsons. The best player, gigging Gibson was a 90'$ $300.00 SGX. It played like lightning all across the fingerboard and everyone that played it wanted it. I installed a S. Duncan JB and a Gibson TP-6 tailpiece and applied the Gibson Mandolin string post wrapping method and once the strings were properly, slowly and evenly stretched out it never ever went out of tune even with 4 step bends. Lost it in pawn.😭😢😰

[@diezelvh4133]

I'm a 1 guitar guy. I played a 1970 s Hohner hg430 custom cherryburst jimmy page (fast, super thin neck) forever, then a regular Hohner hg430 custom alpine white, now a standard GREEN comfort series Silverburst made in Sweden. I still have all 3, but when I do bust out the 430hg and play, I don't get what's not to like. They play like butter and better than anything I've ever played. They have the low, flat railroad frets with fret nibs. I love, love, love guitars from the 70 s. I do like the pickups and perfect TOOL sound I get running through the Diezel vh4 with the Silverburst more. Not having the extra perloid inlay at the top of the neck still throws me off till this day..lol

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

"I'm done buying guitars." --- Tim Pierce Yeah, I said that too about 5 guitar purchases ago. 🤣 By the way, has anyone else noticed that Tim's smile looks a lot like EVH's smile? If I could play as well as these guys, I'd be smiling too.

[@userer4579]

As Uncle Larry so prophetically stated in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/havUinmeaL6Wbs0 at 16:53, "You sound like you no matter what [guitars/amps] you play." To that end, Tim, you always sound like you whether you are playing a vintage SG or a brand new PRS.

[@luisrbonilla]

Great Video. I follow Robert Baker for quite some tome, now you. Thinking seriously to join your Master Class and take my Epiphone LP out of the case. What's the name of the tune you're playing at the beginning/end of the video? Awesome!

[@goncaloveiga]

Hey Tim, I’m kind of hoping you’ll read my comment here but I was wondering if you could do a video on your Wildwood Les Paul. Did this one come with the 59 tribute Humbuckers? I see you replaces them. Thank you! I love your channel!

[@mralgebro]

Robert on the esquire is probably my favorite sound. Killer!

[@stevestephens8925]

9 dream guitars. should have been called 9 virtually identical overpriced boutique guitars.

[@johnherbold5451]

Don't vintage Esquire guitars have a routing for a neck pickup (as with Telecasters)? I don't believe there's any difference between each body type.

[@richsackett3423]

I like your playing a lot better on the SG. Slows you down quite a bit. You work the guitar harder and it's nice to listen to. All the Ferrari-speed stuff gives me motion sickness after a while. You like good in the bitchin' Camaro.

[@Chrisbell804]

Shawn Lane Vigier with floyd rose, super dist, bridge, fat 50s neck, out of phase switch!

[@geraldhills41]

Single pickup guitars probably sound better because of the lack of magnetic pull from the missing neck pickup ?

[@thenut1212]

What pickups did Robert say are in his #1 Les Paul? They sound perfect!

[@ebiddy4276]

T tops

[@blankpallet2435]

had same Les Paul by accident i bought it right outside Army base in guitar store ,used, it was $250 , i believe in 1980 lol, sold it ,was so heavy

[@thestrictlynoparking]

Super video = been a while since I listened to Rick Springfield, which song did you play and extract from?

[@jimsmith4611]

I saw the stringing tip on one of Roberts other videos and thought how is that going to make any difference. I had marot issues with my G string on my Yamaha SA 1000 I tried it and it defo works.. Brilliant..

[@minstrelofMir]

i started in 1975 age11 in the 70"s i tried les pauls,strats ect,,i dreamed..but in 1981 when i got my birthday money and traded my 2 rather nice copies,what did i buy that i still use today as no other neck ever touched it,the vastly under rated shergold masquerader my hands having not opened properly since birth meant i need a narrow neck,but anyone who ever4 played one will tell you,the action on them (even after 40+ years) is really low and the best they ever tried stu

[@cafestudiosinc.1702]

Two different playing styles completely. Nice guitars.

[@louisaccardi2268]

I thought this was a way cool video because I have had a number of guitars since the 1960s when I started playing. Every guitar has their own character and causes you to have a different sound to some degree. Thanks.

[@kadourimdou43]

Next guitar is going to be a bespoke custom. Thinking Novo at the moment. A bespoke Strat would be as much as a car.

[@brianh.santos9295]

Rust in peace - I recommend you consider Joe Riggio, he can do pretty much anything you might want. He made me a Strat styled axe and it plays beautifully.

[@kadourimdou43]

Brian H. SANTOS Will take a look. Thanks

[@leemichaels406]

I have a Strat, a Les Paul and a Firebird. I have been looking at a ES335. That might be the last one I need.... Not the last one I want mind ya!

[@mrroye]

SAy what you want, But I stepped out to get some coffee and ran back to the music room when I heard the Strat. The bell like chime apparently Is IT for me.

[@pharmerdavid1432]

Too much polish? Drink a few beers, it takes the polish off, but might make you slip...

[@gringopig]

Robert Baker doesn't understand gravity lol

[@johnmac8084]

Wow Robert, your wife likes you buying guitars, she even finds them for you?!

[@roychan2160]

Hi Tim. I notice you don't have any Musicman. What's your thoughts on them?

[@snoolee7950]

in this one instance the video title does not match the content. "interview with robert baker?" ps wow you guys sure have the chops. most of the time Tim hides this and keeps a governor on. even then it is new-chop-city

[@frankscutari9516]

Robert if you see this message. From this point on that Strat will now be called Roofie!

[@Thrash155]

Nope not yet, Still need a 7string/Baratone then I might be done.. LOL

[@grandudetonesnob7107]

Scale length differences don't affect me at all. I play poorly no matter what.🤧

[@4dogsannacat]

Nice to see you guys, talk guitar. Long time subscriber to your channels