He’s not only a brilliant player, but maybe the most authentically nice guy on the web!

I really like the idea of finding the optimal sweet spot on each overdrive pedal - what it does best - and then stacking them together “in collaboration” with each other, to craft a composite effect that’s potentially uniquely more than the sum of its individual parts.

Agreed...always has a smile that could light up downtown Seattle. And his talent level, off the charts

I love this guy. He's so talented, and passionate, yet so humble.

Tim I just saw you on Rick Beato's channel giving the amazing psy-ops of how to do session work. I'd never really seen or heard that particular kind of insight before, and obviously it delighted Rick as well. "IF YOU'VE WON REALLY BIG ON YOUR MONO TRACK".... "CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE" taking a minute too long to change guitars.... "BEING GRANDFATHERED IN" for the role you were to play for the whole record. ... It's cool seeing you relay the adaptation tricks you went through-- and eventually being able to breeze through those complex latin chords. Subscribed just based on that interview!

Man you've change a lot since starting on You Tube...you were sooo shy at the beginning of your on line presence... Now you're a beast of a presenter ! KUDOS To you sir ! Awesome guitar player!

Tim, I love your playing... I've been a fan since seeing you live at the USF Sundome in Tampa, Florida with Rick Springfield in the 80's... Instant fan! Being a player myself and on the road at that time with an "A Circuit" cover band (we all have to eat), I was really young at the time... a minor not old enough to play in clubs (alchohol, etc.), so the guys had to lie to get me into clubs legally as a guitarist for that band. I had not seen you live prior to that, and I said, "Oh my God... where did this guy come from, and where did Rick find him?" Between you and RIck, live, I had chills up and down my arms and spine throughout the entire show. I immediately went out and bought everything Rick did that you played on! I still love your playing, but I miss everything about those days... the entire music scene and your playing. Everything was easy-going, fun, not uptight, fresh, and very exciting. Now? Well... not a huge fan of "Alt Rock", etc... not at all as a matter of fact. Rock no longer DRIVES as it did then... kinda' boring in comparison, for me. Sorry to those who disagree... my opinion only! Not trying to offend in any way. You were big, edgy but VERY melodic... your tone was wonderful. When you started Jesse's Girl I flipped over the tone... again big, very chunky and tight, and of course very 80's with your own special twist. My favorite solo -- and they all were, seriously -- but my absolute favorite, believe it or not, was your soloing on "Souls". We used to play that song in the cover band after hearing you live, and I got chills every time I played it. I think I got it note for note... and imagined it being played by you and Rick every time I played it. Chills man, chills! :-P My other absolute favorite was your work on "State of the Heart." Chords, tone, choice of notes made that song what it was. Seriously deep, soulful, heady and an "atmospheric" track... takes me away to this day whenever I hear it. The production on Tao was incredible. Anyway, your tracks on SOTH were phenomenal... all the way around. Tao was a very deep, kinda' dark album... but in a good way. Not depressing... just really deep and thought provoking... musically and lyrically. It would be nice to see/hear you do all of the soloing from "Souls" on your channel sometime... just for old time sake. It would be a thrill all over again. Plus, I could finally see whether I actually played it properly or not, once and for all. :-P So VERY melodic and emotive... perfect for that song... ripping at the same time! Wonderful tone! As I said, I still love your playing, and I miss the 80's Tim Pierce greatly sometimes. I know, things move on and life would get stale if not. But mainly just wanted you to know you were one of my guitar heroes/guitar idols, and you inspired me to go beyond what I even imagined being as a player. The playing you did with Rick was some of the best stuff you've ever done... some of the best stuff ANYONE has ever done! Don't ever be ashamed of your 80's "Rick stuff"... you absolutely rocked, helped make Rick's music what it was at that time, and had a HUGE fan base with all of the players I was exposed to around the nation when I was out gigging for a living. The players who slam the 80's are possibly a bit lazy, and may not have the fortitude to become as good as the greats -- you being one -- from that era. At least that's been my experience with 80's-bashing players today. Nevertheless, so glad you're still around and playing, friend. Thanks much for the massive inspiration, Tim Pierce! BTW... sorry for the "novel"! %-\

Tones are what get the player motivated in my humble opinion! Fascinating to see you get such strong and rather defined tones with just a few tricks up the sleeve. Cheers.

I love that while you do use a lot of boutique and vintage gear, you also tell us about lower cost alternatives to those pieces

Yikes! I feel like I just got off the 'Tilt-a-whirl' I'm still processing the amazing tones you revealed with the pedals you featured. Amazing tones, sounds, but also an investment. For me, a dinosaur rocker at 61 years old, I realize I'm behind the technology curve when it comes to pedal effects. Trust me. For an old dog you taught me a new trick. Thank you tim. Always enlightened with your videos. Kurtiss

It's criminal that Tim doesn't have more subscribers & views. Not only is he a phenomenal guitar talent but he comes across as a genuinely nice guy who clearly knows & loves his craft. I wish I could play my PRS as good as he does.

Dang this has to be one of the most instructive and intuitive tone lesson videos.. high praise to Mr. Tim Pierce!!

I like to watch him play, he looks so happy.

The intonation on that PRS is amazing.

Tim - Thanks for the shout-out buddy! Much appreciated!

Cool! Now all I need is a Park amp head and an isolated cabinet with vintage speakers - easy!

Was checking this out for the Super Sweet, which I have & wanted to see how you used it…and was just amazed by the awesome tone of the 3 combined pedals. Nice job on this…

Awesome playing as usual. AND many thanks for the solution to adding some ‘fatness’ to the bridge pickup on my PRS!

Gorgeous tones there Tim. And that PRS is mesmerisingly beautiful.

I couldn’t agree more. Tim is a fantastically skilled player who plays with passion and confidence. And... he’s a terrific teacher. I always learn something from watching his clips.

Great lesson, Tim! And then there's Carlos Santana's trick of a delay (slight) in between two distortions. Adds a thickness but with clarity.

Man, the look on his face when he hits “that note” is pure joy. Love this channel learning tons!

The JHS Morning Glory on low gain with bright cut off is *amazing* in front of a lot of other drive pedals, fuzz pedals, and even a Bit Commander! It cuts just the right bass frequencies if you turn the tone up and keep the gain low.

God bless you Tim everything you play sounds amazing

What I love in YT: Useful informations, shared by the experienced, demonstrated in a great, entertaining way! Big thanks!

I have been stacking pedals for years. great way to tweak your sound.

I still can't stop using my 1983 Ibanez SD-9 with the gain rolled all the way down or at 9 o'clock depending on the guitar, Volume maxed of course. Infront I boost that with a Wampler Ego Comp to slightly round the sound and the J. Rockett Holdsworth OD (amazing pedal). The Fat, clean and treble boosts on the Holdsworth gives you different flavors. That's all I need really and it all runs into a Victory V30.

I recently picked up an XTS Imperial. It's now one of my absolute favourites. Sweet spots right through the gain range and the little DYN switch makes it really versatile and easy to match to different amps.

Such great tone. I’m using a vintage Les Paul and vintage 335 into a Tone King, but Tim’s tone still kills mine. What a sound.

You always make me tense up when you make sudden movements. You don't seem to have a whole lot of room at your workdesk. Guess im afraid you will damage that beauty PRS. Love your videos. I learn alot from you. Thanks a bunch!

Love your presence, Tim!! Thanks for sharing 😊

Thanks Tim. Your amp tones are pure magic! Inspiring!

Tim, I'd bet you'd love the Lovepedal Eternity Burst, my quest for distorted tones ended when I found it, just amazing!

Tim, I love ya man, you're one of the all time greats!!

Tim you really are my favorite KZfaq personality. You smile and warmth are crazy contagious, and you put out so much useful, free information. I notice you are using your older PRS, hows the new one treating you? It’s literally the most beautiful guitar I’ve ever seen, looking forward to hearing it more.

Excellent demonstration Tim, love your playing and your teaching. Thanks.

You could make a strung 2x4 sound good! Thanks for the video.

I first saw this idea when Buck Dharma demonstrated his rig on KZfaq and I started using multiple distortion pedals chained together and set at different distortion amounts rather than adjusting just one up and down. Way better having many choices at your feet! You're awesome! Wish there were gigs!

Thanks so much Tim. I've been following your great channel and I am learning wonderful things from you. I appreciate you taking the time, effort, and expense to create these gems. A+

Thank you Tim, this was a great visit that did a terrific job illustrating the nuance of this type of tone. Because the instrument is granted a more narrow sonic window when played in a band setting versus when heard as a singular voice, it would be great the hear this style of comparison when the guitar steps forward as the featured voice in a full band mix. All the best bud, thanks again!

What I've done since 1988...finding the sweet spot on my Peaveys or Marshalls, and then using an OD (TS or SD) as a push, and then boosting that with GE7 or even a Crybaby :) Thanks Tim!

This is why there’s a lot of use for pedals like the King of Tone or the Friedman BE-OD. Not quite the same, since one “side” of the pedal isn’t pushing the other, but I like the sound of one pedal pushing another into a clean amp than just one pedal going into a clean amp. An OD going into a clean amp instead of a crunchy amp sounds like a weird layer of dirt just sitting on top of your wound, if that makes sense at all.

So fun to watch and listen to you Tim. Thank You for sharing Sir.

Arghhh,,,just realized I have that mostortion in my box o pedals up on the fourth ledge on the shop...time to pull it out and give it another try. now that I know the sound police will not throw me off the stage for having two pedals between me and the amp...days of old thinking...Thank you Tim Pierce all over again.

It's always a bit of a battle getting the clarity the grind the push and the eveness to all work together. I have been pondering on the super sweet or the super clean for a while now. Keeping it simple here for a home rig. Guitar into a Keeley 4 knob comp, into a Wampler Equator EQ then into an EHX Soul Food ... to the amp. Time effects in the loop. Great video!

Hi Tim. I agree with the drive stacking approach. I use a TS9 into an MXR IL DIAVOLO into an MXR FET DRIVER. I have an EP Boost at the front of the chain. I can turn that on to address the need of a slight boost and fattening when switching to the bridge pickup. Very effective chain with plenty of variability of the tone and drive characteristic Cheers!

Thank you for all your tips and tricks, man. I seriously appreciate it. You've really expanded my tonal palette and understanding of the instrument I love so dearly.

Very much looking forward to the masterclasses in August :)

Thanks Professor Tim..you really help us novice guitar players to get ideas and create new sounds and effects..Thanks for your passion as well and your clarity in speaking in terms we can all understand.

the first riff sounds like something off Recovering the Satellites by Counting Crows

The better the lick the better the "tone" sounds. The better the player, even better does the tone sound. A lot of legendary licks have been recorded with very modest tone over the years, yet they become so familiar to our ears that we try and match the outdated tone. Perfect "tone" is what guitar players lust for, but what the average listener hardly distinguishes. With that said, I'm always on the lookout for a way to upgrade my pedal board.

You can also get nice thick sounds on the bridge PU when rolling down the tone knob to taste. Great Videos Tim!!!

Sir, your guitar playing is really great and lovely . and thank you for the lesson on tones. very useful

Tim could play a fence post strung with shoe strings and make it sound great!

great video. the part about complementing a thin guitar sound with a thick-sounding pedal was super interesting. thanks for sharing!

Came over from Mr. Beato's channel, beautiful tasteful playing, really inspiring.

This is like the pinnacle of how to from an absolute master. Fascinating and brilliant, but also kind of irrelevant to us mere mortals. But still great stuff Tim.

One day I’ll have a room of amps just like Tim!!!! 😁

Great demo and explanation of using ODs together smartly. I love the XTS stuff…

Wow! Such a beautiful touch. Tone reminds me of Dickey Betts😊

Thanks very much for a top video and passing on your wee tricks.. you're thoughts on the Humbolt Magellan ( Pete Thorn) demoed one a wee while back. respect to you Tim.

Thanks Tim. I learn some cool, new tricks every time I watch your videos. Great stuff! 👍

Personal guitar studio with EVERYTHING you need or want. I so wanna play with all those toys. Total guitar goals 🎸

I like your clean tones just something magical about it,sounds like chocolate tastes.

I use in this order the Keeley Compressor + into the Keeley Katana Clean Boost into a Keeley Super Phat Mod... if I want heavier I use the first two into an Xotic SL Drive at 18volts for more headroom and it's absolutely brilliant, thanks Tim you should try it 🤘🏻

I really love your channel so much! I'm not even a guitarist but you make such great content and your videos are so fun and informative - great job and thanks!

Another way, very hot pickups, id bet you have every guitar for every sound & mood, but if you gave me that PRS I’d put a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge THEN it would really wake up, and if you switch it to parallel coils, you can still get that ultra bright tone, but keep the sustain. Coil switching, not coil tap, Using an on-on-on switch with gives you 3 sounds: coils in series/split/parallel split being the single coil. SD makes a pick up mount that will give 4 sounds, the added sound is the opposite coil by itself. The super sweet is the icing, and perfect with a flange sound that’s thin, brings it all back and more, and anything above the 12 fret sounds incredible. Not to mention all the voicing dip switch’s it has. More than worth the expense, I have their wah too!

It's nice to see the Boss Slicer SL-20 in the background....at least I think it's a Slicer....I bought one myself last year and I really enjoy using it, you don't see many of them around 😎👍

My three OD pedal stack is Klon into BD2 into OCD. I set the Klon kinda flat, the BD2 bright, and the OCD warmish. All just on the edge of breakup. BD2 into OCD sounds like a full bore plexi, my high gain sound. Klon into either, or both, gives that mids push for solo squawking.

Huge fan Tim!! I started doing that with the HX Stomp using 2 distortions and adding the dimension pedal in the mix just a little bit to round it out gets a nice fat sound. Great tones Tim!!

Absolutely awesome Tim! This is the highlight of the week and none of us want to miss you. Thank you very much Tim *you kick my ass*

This was so helpful. I reminder hearing SRV used a few tube screamers for different tones as well.

Btw, pedals that are totally overlooked are guitarsystems pedals,like the drive tool jr,treble tool,fuzz tool(jr.),vibe tool ect. Michael Thompson and Sam Vito reviewed them a few years ago, ....pedals that will never leave my board again.

Great playing brother. I saw you on Rick Beato's channel and had to take a peek. Probably watched about 20 of your uploads by now..and then....I SAY "AND THEN!!!! you mentioned TOY MATINEE and KEVIN GILBERT! ! Dude. ...dude. .. you must tell us more of those sessions and those songs and the people involved. . I mean here I am watching a guy who's obviously a monster totally digging it. And then he mentions offhandedly that he played on one of the greatest "Song Writer" albums I've ever heard. . I played that disc to death from the year came out all the way up to to today. Which of course turned me on to Kevin Gilberts amazing library of unbelievably well-written songs. Just be aware that you having played on that toy matinee album has boosted you right up to the front of one of my favorite guitar players. And did you play on the third matinee album at all?...

I’m getting a bit of a 90s vibe with these tones. That’s not a complaint 😁!

Tim put out some guitar music for us ! love to listen to nothing but your jams riding down the road ! Serious.. love this track .. awesome..

So much great information and amazing, inspiring playing! Thank you very much for these wonderful videos.

When you were playing the Epiphone I kept hearing Stone in Love by Journey.

Funny you should drop this. I just put an EP Booster in front of my 1987x reissue and it brought out so much more. I’ve got classic SRV sear on the neck pickup and a nice AC/DC crunch on the bridge humbucker. I feel like a Super Sweet or a TS808 would really make it pop and push me into VH territory.

That solo tone sorta reminded me of the melody and tone of She Said (Beatles). I like. I dont know much about pedals, but recently bought a couple budget guitars, a Boss Katana, and a Zoom G1X Four and I'm having so much fun

Another great pedal in the same Ibanez line is the CP10. A compressor and sustainer combined. I have had mine for 33 years.

First time in 2 years , I found a KZfaq video that got me drooling . What’s your site for blues lessons ?

I just saw you on Rick's channel and I'm so glad to be here now.

Great lesson on tone , technique & guitar personalities.

I've glossed over some of your videos (simply because there are so many guys out there doing these) but i just caught you on Rick Beato's channel. I realized right away you weren't just some hobby guy...LOL...you're the real deal! Can't wait to dig in to your channel!

An Ibanez tube king or the maxon ROD are good for the thick up high tone. Holds together nicely.

Love Tim’s legato. Very smooth. Always great tone and feel. I’m also a proud owner of “Guitarland”.

Killer tone. The fingers help too of course. Sweet licks.

Great tip, I do this a lot when you need just that little bit of extra boost on a solo.

I've been playing guitar for 37 years (self-taught), and didn't realise those are the 2 scales I've been using most of my life... thanks!

Love Pierce, Beato, and Jens Larson.

I have a 70's Wilshire I just love it and it's my secret weapon on studio sessions a really killer axe for biting solos🤘

I love watching his videos, he’s so knowledgeable and I always take something away after watching his videos.

Oh the bridge lo mid boosty thing was awesome!

I love the Super Sweet. Had mine for a few months love it!

Great teaching and sharing! Thank you

Love Tim, checked out that pedal too. It is a dead ringer for the Mostration. Win Win!

Great info much appreciated

Man, I love your playing so much!

I have it and yes it’s rare. Great to see you using it!