The Tim Lerch Interview - Ask Zac 220

[@hearpalhere]

Bummer about losing the higher quality audio but really glad you posted it anyway Zac! This was still thoroughly enjoyable - Tim is an absolute pleasure to listen to. Not only is a monster player but he just seems like the nicest person too.

[@gumdocga]

He really is the great Tim Lerch.

[@colbyjack7074]

I've been fortunate enough to take several one on one lessons from Tim on Skye. He is a top quality guy. Super nice, patient and an excellent teacher!

[@johnrodgers2424]

Tim’s explanation of how to get into playing chord melody/solo guitar was the best I have heard in all the hours I’ve spent scouring KZbin lessons. It resonated with me so clearly. Thank you Zac for this interview, and to Tim for his soulful playing. Beautiful.

[@klangfarben6]

Very similar approach to Barney Kessel's instructional video, which are also great

[@DavidPritchard-w4v]

fantastic interview

[@robertbarnes9745]

What a GREAT player as well as a thoughtful, well spoken man. You can feel his quiet enthusiasm love for music in every sentence. A real treat, gents. Thank you.

[@jeremyversusjazz]

u should find the story from one of his interviews where he talks about dropping guitar for 10 years and being a buddhist monk. explains s lot about the man and the musician. 😊

[@jltrem]

Very nice Christmas present. Thanks, Zac and Tim.

[@barrysebastian9584]

Long time admirer of Tim. Such a great hang! Thanks so much, Zac, for what you do. Two wonderful gentlemen right here👏😁‼️

[@oscardelatorre]

Tele=Road Worthy.. I take the bus and subway to gigs..w/ small amp on a cart or subway to airport and fly ..can get into the overhead usually..dont want to break a gibson..and my partscaster with 1.25",13/4 super U neck gets all the tone i need..Tim Lerch is a Top Level great musician!!!

[@guitarmagic]

This is a great interview. Thanks for sharing it. Tim is a wonderful player, on his own path. Glad to hear this chat.

[@Bond-dy6cb]

Fabulous guest and content!

[@ZacCostilla]

So you notice a new Ask Zac video… Step 1: open video and click like Step 2: watch the video and enjoy Step 3: sit back in satisfaction because you knew it was going to be good as soon as you saw the title, and you were right Thanks for a great interview! Tim is a great guitarist, and a great musician. I love watching anything I see with him on KZbin.

[@picksalot1]

Thanks Zac. Love this type of interview. I hope you interview Scotty Anderson. His insights on playing fingerstyle Jazz on a Tele would be very interesting.

[@alexandergriggs9934]

Thanks. Tim is fantastic.

[@alisterrae5822]

Best Christmas present ! Thanks so much to both of you! Love to both and have a great Christmas. Jazz guitar pals getting Tim's chord mugs!

[@toreilly100]

Thank you for having Tim on!!

[@Scaredycat-dad]

Great video Zac, Tim is such an amazing player and so enjoyable to listen to. If I could go back in time to 1980 when I first started playing, I took lessons from jazz guitarist, he taught me what I wanted to play, which was folk and rock but I wish I would have asked him moreabout jazz, I know it’s never too late but time is at such a premium for me these days.

[@jeffpashley]

Great! Thanks, Zac. My heart dropped when Tim mentioned Mike Lull had died. He was THE guy to go to in the Seattle area for years. He did some transformative work on my Tele in the 90s, including adding a Van Zandt neck pickup. A true craftsman who always helped us get the most out our guitars. Rest in peace.

[@TimLerchGuitar]

Yes, Mike was a dear friend and he did all the work on my guitars for over 30 years. I still miss him so very much.

[@DaveBroTube]

Great interview, Zac. I've followed Tim for some time, and still learned some things.

[@tspicks4360]

Wonderful interview. Tim Lerch is a treasure ... turn him loose, as here, and there it is!

[@georgechristiansen6785]

Tim is such a great player and seems like such a cool guy too.

[@JackTheSkunk]

First off, what a fun interview!! Tim is one of my newer favorites because of his tone and musical sensibilities. Second, my dream Tele will have a humbucker at the neck and a Barden Danny Gatton pickup at the bridge. I basically use only two sounds....never use both at the same time. And it would have a Gibson or PRS scale neck. Lastly....the most unusual Tele video I ever saw was when Chet Atkins used one to play a Reed tune together with Jerry....also playing a Tele.

[@RBruceStewart]

Thanks!

[@AskZac]

THANK YOU!!

[@gobigrey9352]

Fantastic! Love Tim!

[@JimFrankJr-tl4yf]

Great informative interview!

[@l.j.mattingly4992]

I stopped the video when George Barnes was mentioned and listened to several Barnes recordings. Phenomenal playing. I had not heard his playing before. Thanks, Tim!

[@AskZac]

Tim is a wealth of knowledge.

[@danmckay5325]

Merry Christmas Zac 🎄

[@nicholashaystack2174]

And Tim!

[@monkofwar]

I’ve been bitten by the guitar bug for awhile now, especially the Fender guitar bug, and it all got started when I acquired my ‘67 Telecaster. I call it Frank the tank because it still plays and sounds like a dream after nearly 60 years of abuse. You can’t kill a Telecaster. That’s why they’re my favorite guitar. Thanks Zac!

[@apoxygraph]

Superb advice in this video! Thank you Zac and Tim

[@AskZac]

You are very welcome!

[@mjvicc1952]

The Telecaster bridge and neck pickup used either alone or combined offers a duality of tones. As stated Roy Buchanan best exemplified the versatility of the Telecaster. Leo had it right the first time and everything was an attempt to improve upon perfection. Thank you 😊

[@francescodefendi3201]

Very good Tim and Zac. Loved this interview. Thank you guys. Have yourself a merry little Christmas! 😉

[@AskZac]

Thanks, you too!

[@mhbostic]

Spectacular!

[@tspicks4360]

As I'm listening, I'm realizing how much Tim is a man after my own heart. I could play that Tele of his very comfortably indeed (though I'd usually go with the .011 string set he mentions). Love the thick, thick neck (opening up the hand, as he says), brass saddles, those pickups! Oh yes. And a Quilter amp through a 12 inch speaker (in an EH-185 cab, I want that). Almost like it's made for me! :)

[@Plekteret04]

Lyle Brewer has done nice stuff on the Telecaster. Very talented guitarplayer with different styles.

[@TimLerchGuitar]

Yes! Lyle is fantastic.

[@GreenpointRemembers]

This is the most convincing reason to learn triads that’s I’ve heard.

[@Blackjawreen]

Tim Lerch you not only a Virtuoso Jazz guitarist or a performer educator teacher etc...but a Messiah of Jazz guitar period.....thepioneers of Jazz guitar you mentioned Charlie Christian Wes ....had that great sounding thats right so Where iit came from not thé pickups amps strings Gears not for me it was straight from There hearts .Wes had that smile evzrytime he was playing why because he knew he was playing right and accurate cherry on top with feeling that the audience loved it ......The love and passion the pioneershad totally different from the modern day jazz guitarists.God bless you Tim

[@THEItchybruddah]

“I don’t like crowds.” LITERAL spit take! (Luckily I don’t have to change shirts THIS time!)

[@acemcateerguitar]

great video man! you should really make a video on Luther Perkins!

[@deaconddd]

Dawned on me when Tim mentioned him, have you ever had Jim Campolongo on True Tone? Would love to see an interview?! I will definitely enjoy this one though with the master Tim Lerch!

[@tonyshoe3131]

I love the B-hillbillys sound track...always did. when doodling around on the guitar I would play sump'n and think hillbillys. Now I know who that g-player is/was.

[@jeremyversusjazz]

awesome! great xmas gift zac and tim! I just posted a video where I referenced Tim Lerch today is a matter fact ! every time I see him play his favorite telly with the curly maple neck. I lament selling my 90s custom shop that was basically the same guitar with just a regular pick up configuration and maybe some more grain, in the ash-but it had an ash body and a curly maple neck that was super straight and nice narrow vintage style frets and it sounded great and I only sold it because it wasn’t “nitro” Finished but guess what it wasn’t sticky either! and it played great. I’ve tried reaching out to the guy i sold it too, and he doesn’t respond darn it all. lol

[@tomk1tl39]

Many thanks for posting this video . . . I learned more about using 'triads' . . . amazing . . . 👍👍hope y'all had a very Merry Christmas with the family . . .

[@davidkellner8465]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@4double07]

those Lollar CC are not my cup of T and neither are those strings...but I noticed this is the camera feed and not the proper audio recording so that might play against the Lollars in this case...

[@worthmoremusic]

Three of the best Telecaster Jazz guitarists in my opinion...Tim Lerch, Bill Frisell and Julian Lage ! Happy Holidays Zak and family !

[@marcpost4034]

And my all time favourite, Ed Bickert.

[@matta.4816]

I love this list! I’ll add Ted Greene to that for me.

[@ledaswan5990]

Kind of a must add since Ted came before and influenced all those guys and was a giant innovator.

[@worthmoremusic]

@@ledaswan5990 as was Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Jim Hall, Joe Pass, Edie Lang...to name a few. All great players the influenced the generations after theirs !

[@ledaswan5990]

@@worthmoremusic Absolutely

[@martinnoerman]

Guitar in Velvet by George Barnes & His Octet is an amazing album

[@danielrose3172]

There is a difference between playing guitar to be “good” and playing guitar because you love it…

[@reijerlincoln]

A wise man.

[@DjTroublemaker]

wow!!!

[@szabolcsnagy3595]

I think Oscar Moore, too, had a telecaster

[@TimLerchGuitar]

That’s who I was thinking of when I mistakenly said John Collins. Thank you

[@danielrose3172]

It’s the 2…

[@Tonetwisters]

Sorry. But who is Tim Lerch?

[@los_rubos]

He is Tim Lerch

[@arjenland4374]

'He who claims to know himself, conveys thereby his superficiality' Oscar Wilde (?)

[@klangfarben6]

Someone who is worth your time in attention if you have curiosity about playing the guitar at a high level.