Andy Timmons Guitar Masterclass: Pedal Run Down

Clip taken from the Andy Timmons Guitar Masterclass that was recorded live on the 26th October 2015. Special thanks to the guys at Ibanez and Headstock for making the event happen.
Andy Timmons has brushed shoulders on stage with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani so he knows a thing or two about playing the guitar.
From touring as a support act for Kiss and Alice Cooper (with Danger Danger) through to MD-ing for Olivia Newton-John, Andy Timmons has an illustrious and diverse career. He has sold over a million records worldwide, had two number one videos on MTV and released 7 solo albums including guitar instrumentals, blues, and even a Beatles/Elvis Costello-inspired collection of pop tunes.

[@MrLeoMalmsteen]

What a humble guy!

[@Jonnie8791]

Andy's playing a Toto tune is freakin awesome

[@robby188]

14:45 echo/dual delay i love that

[@sudhirchoudhary4823]

Yeah quarter note delay and a dotted 8th note delay,if mix kept low it works as Andy timmons vibe and if we keep higher mix and feedback it works as the Edge (u2)🙏

[@nevets0910]

"She's Leaving Home" was fucking phenomenal!!

[@nevets0910]

5:14 for those who can't get enough... like me :D

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Thanks for uploading this!

[@p6x2]

I have followed Andy since I first met him at a Paris (France) event in the late 90's. At the time, he was endorsing Laney's amplifiers, and rightfully so, was demonstrating at their booth. His pedal setup was very plain, a volume pedal, a tuner, a Maxon overdrive, and a POD for delay. Of course, his trusted AT100 prototype. I can assure you, he sounded exactly the same using this very crude setup, than today with a much more elaborated enhancing sound equipment. Back in these days, I thought copying his equipment would make me sound like him (lol). Nearly 20 years later, after having mirrored almost everything he possessed. Thus I almost own one of everything is ever endorsed, with a few exceptions. Ok, this is also for financial support too. But the guy never cease to amaze me. I sure enjoy making the trip from Houston to McKinney when he plays at the Guitar Sanctuary each time I can.

[@rayh7046]

Pisk Six A correctly placed coma can work wonders or vice versa.

[@brunofelixmusic]

Thanks! Andy as always schooling us.

[@RaymondBurgos]

Awesome vid! Thanks for the upload!

[@timfender0740]

extremely cool video thanks very much for this upload! subscribed

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

Wonderful stuff...

[@frankcorcoran9619]

Great info thank you

[@redentorcarpio7008]

Thanks Andy..

[@boybitzprod]

Love it!

[@catherinejoulain1579]

Andy timmons my hero forever!!❤️

[@shadowsong1]

Daniel Steinhardt shout out. nice tones from Andy

[@kmlconsolidated]

He really does inspire me... Seems like a cool cat to boot.

[@ElliotSmart]

Andy Timmons playing Toto!!!

[@DonNiouels]

+Elliot Smart What song is @ 3:45? is a Toto tune?

[@ElliotSmart]

+JeanTcable I'll supply the love

[@DonNiouels]

thanks!!!

[@yumadapaka]

He makes me wanna buy everything he uses. But I know that won't make me sound anywhere near his amazing guitar tones. 😢

[@larsfrederiksen3005]

+yumadapaka You have come to a place of enlighenment, that I have not yet :-) I may still buy every piece of crap gear and only too late discover that it hasn't helped me become a better guitarist.... That secret fuzz pedal that will just inspire me to become awesome or something like that :-D

[@sparkyguitar0058]

Ya but a great start is the 2 different Mesa amps. You may never sound like Timmons, I guarantee w/o the amps you will never come close. Like w/o 2 vox amps ,wet and dry, no one will like Brian May.

[@andrewt248]

Dan should have honked the name-drop horn when Andy called him out.

[@mrabihnaboulsi79]

15:51 for delay sound and feel

[@SuperHotrod4]

Does anybody know if Andy uses the reverb

[@landonech]

What happened to the BB preamp? Maybe using the Wampler pedal in its stead

[@Wooodygun]

Andy, if you're gonna push your hair back on both sides all the time like that you have to do it as far back as over the ears or it'll just fall straight back! P.s., amazing playing of course and nice pedals and the board from the man off That Pedal Show :-)

[@Nomadicsage1]

I put mine up in a sexy man bun right before my man slides it up in me.

[@sawdust6968]

im glad im not the only one who has problems with electro harmonix breaking.

[@benjamindriver2585]

Is he playing an actual song around 6:00? Its beautiful!

[@amitgomango]

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[@altonszeto50]

14:48 delay lecture

[@SuperHotrod4]

Does Andy use reverb? He never talks about reverb.

[@saurabhbasu86new]

Does the chord sequence in 14:21 belong to a song? Which song?

[@Giodallguitar]

dire straits brother in arms

[@sawdust6968]

one the best guitarist EVER!

[@michaelbyrd7883]

Not even close, surely you're kidding! Name one song he's written and recorded. He just plays club gigs and talks to much.

[@sadzidsmajkic6181]

​@@michaelbyrd7883He said guitarist not singer. So his music are tracks not songs and he 's written and recorded many of them over the last 3 decades. I suggest you to listen to his discography.

[@davec629]

5:14 My favorite cover song!

[@MrWolf5150]

Does anyone know the control layout of Andy's Ibanez ? The original copies had 2 volumes and 1 tone but the reissues have 1 volume and 2 tones. I've searched and searched and can't find the answer. Andy talked about having a '' treble bleed mod on his Master Volume '' of his guitar. Does anyone know ?????

[@yjmsrv]

Directly from Andy's guitar tech himself: "Andy had me put caps on the volumes of many of his guitars, and all the AT's he uses. I use a 150k resistor in series with a .001 capacitor. This keeps the tone from brightening up too much as you turn down the volume, and evens out the taper as well." :Sam Swank You can buy these already set up all over the Internet- I got a bunch with Orange Drop caps from Stewart MacDonald (Stewmac) - Just search Golden Age Treble Bleed Circuit- they're less then $8 each. The control layout is a Volume (top)- Tone-Tone set up just like a Strat. I own an original AT100 so I just checked in person. Also, I have the table bleed on that guitar- makes a HUGE difference in its tone.

[@MrWolf5150]

@@yjmsrv thank you for the treble bleed info. Andy's AT100 is 2 Volumes and 1 tone. The original release of these were identical. Later versions had Vol and 2 tones but Andy still has the original set up and noone ever asks him about it in interviews.

[@MrWolf5150]

@@yjmsrv it can't be a resistor and cap "in series". He must mean in parallel.

[@yjmsrv]

It's soldered on one leg of the cap- so I do believe that makes it in series. If the 150k resistor was soldered across both legs of the cap it would be in parallel- his is not.

[@MrWolf5150]

@@yjmsrv The Stew Mac Golden Age treble bleed is wired in parallel so now I'm even more confused. The many interviews with Andy miss these 2 critical questions.

[@jimamsden]

Why use the compressor as a boost instead of just turning the amp gain up? So its controlled from the pedal board?

[@thesphericalguy9018]

Jim Amsden hitting the front end with a hotter signal is different from turning the gain up on the amp

[@BenFletcherGuitar]

He's only using the clean channel on the amp. His drive pedal has a very dramatic boost in volume, so to make his clean volume similar to his lead volume, he needs to boost it in some way.

[@vannibracher-l6r]

what song is it on 3:31 ?

[@brunofonseca4044]

+blackhawk1788 free ride edgar winter group

[@MarchPancake]

15:35

[@kimdemegillo9631]

The idea of the halo pedal

[@rufusdtonebug4049]

Anyone know what the tune at 5:27 is?

[@xLIV3LIF3x]

+Rufus D Tonebug she's leaving home... Beatles tune

[@rufusdtonebug4049]

Thanks mate :)

[@jordandangelo180]

Amazing song. So surprised and delighted to hear it

[@cbappa2]

Was he using a pedal for the mid gain sound? I missed it

[@Alexander-iq5yq]

+cbappa2 I believe its a blues driver.

[@JamesRussoMillas]

+cbappa2 Keeley Modded BD-2

[@rufusdtonebug4049]

+cbappa2 A Keeley modded Blues Driver, about £100 in good nick on eBay. They're a great pedal for just adding a bit of grit to a clean sound.

[@ARDOAndrew]

what FUZZ is he talking about? do you guys know?

[@mdbaile]

+ARDO Andrew I've seen other videos where he's had a Velvet Fuzz on his board. I would guess that's what he's using here.

[@emidiojorge]

He uses GNI multifuzz and vintage distortion or the GNI Octafuzz.

[@ewoh24]

Is that a Skyrim tshirt? Asking the important questions here...

[@BenCaffrey]

Better Call Saul's Chucks actual little brother..............fact!!!!

[@LeftHandRight]

Guy who was in a band with the husband of the hooker from Trading Places and the billionaire in The Simpsons? McKean & Timmons occasionally look similar but def not siblings.

[@vhollund]

Al makt til Tengil

[@davidenoch818]

I always thought he looks like a cross between Ron White and Meatloaf

[@SteveNewbrough-Guitar]

I bet this poor guy is so tired of talking about his pedal board and gear in general...

[@rayh7046]

He's getting paid so I really doubt it.

[@MRitterH]

I bet he's not, guitar nerds and perfectionists can talk about their gear and setup, for like years 😇

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Probably less "tired" than any of us get when doing our normal, humdrum jobs. Talking about gear and playing a little bit seems a heck of a lot better than accounting or bank tellering or waste management or cashiering or.... This was 15 minutes out of one of his days. Seems pretty okay to me.

[@joeys24]

@@CentaurusRelax314 Well said my friend!!

[@YesuAiNimen]

@@CentaurusRelax314 Amen and more power to Andy.

[@martyisabeliever]

Such a supple wrist...Andy hows your pin ball game?

[@patrickkish6662]

How's yours? 😁

[@michaelbyrd7883]

All the hoopla I hear about this dude, he talks way to much, he plays in between all his chattering. I'm not impressed with him, I've heard nothing that puts him in a top tier level, he's stuck lamely in the middle. He's no Eric Johnson or Gary Moore or Jeff Healey, etc. Don't even think SRV, he's an older dude thinking he's younger. He also didn't make it like Ian Moore didn't or any other number of Texas 40-60 year old blues players didn't. Let's be honest. I could get great pedal info from any number of other guys.