Tim, I'm 67 and just started guitar about a year and half ago. I bumped into your channel, and I swear you feel like a brother. You speak like me, and think like me......I think. 😋 I want to play like you. I'm giving myself twenty years, and perhaps another lifetime.😂 And I will get there! Thank you so much!

@urago69

6 жыл бұрын

With you on that sentiment. I started at 69 and figure just to master one simple thing daily is progress indeed. Recording yourself and then listening critically to hear and improve on any mistakes is a great learning tool. Keep on plucking, bro!!

@sparty2761

6 жыл бұрын

David Bailey I started at 55 and now at 58 my jam buddies at the bar cant wait for me to showup. But I have much to learn, the journey of sharing music wherever and with whomever you play with along the way is rewarding.

@theywantuniquebodies

6 жыл бұрын

You guys are awesome. Younger guys like myself sometimes get stuck in cycles of "jeez I'll never put out anything great, these 12 year olds are already playing Bach!" But the reality is the only thing that matters musically is your own journey. There's no really competition or time based goals, only personal growth and enjoyment. Good luck!

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

I started this year at being over 40 so can appreciate your passion.

@bosco5469

5 жыл бұрын

Dave ..same here,.,played when I was younger I am 68 started lessons again a year in a half now ...Tim is so tuned in...so helpful...best to you on your lessons...stay focused my friend 😎

Tim's videos are brilliant. I wish I had discovered them years ago when I was a full time working guitarist who was mediocre at best and suffered with constant self doubt which led to losing sight of why we play music in the first place.

Well said Tim, lots of bands think they have to play really complicated stuff. I was in a band when I was around 20, we quickly learned some easy classic rock songs like Louie Louie etc for a gig for the singers dad and his buddies, these songs went over great and became our bread and butter for years. We abandoned a lot of our complicated set, because people respond overwhelmingly better to easy songs done well, over hard songs done so so. Was a great lesson.....

#3 Borow from the best...... Duhuh thats why we are here !

Your take on practicing a part over and over is spot on. I had to learn both parts of the solo for Hotel California. That took a lot of time to get down. I learned it phrase by phrase, and then put them together. And as it’s so iconic, I wanted to get it as right as I could.

“Holy grail tone doesn’t exist”- immediately plays holy grail tone.

@harrytuttle8161

4 жыл бұрын

You just can't buy enough pedals .......I need them all .

@emptyarms6113

3 жыл бұрын

Eric Johnson would like a word with you

@mqostergaard

3 жыл бұрын

@@emptyarms6113 I totally forgot I left this comment lol. Thanks for bringing me back to a great video.

@emptyarms6113

3 жыл бұрын

@@mqostergaard haha, definitely was a great video!

Love your channel, Tim. I'm 65, and just started playing in '73. Finally beginning to get the hang of it, ;-) I always learn something and enjoy the heck out of your commentary.

I'M ADOPTING YOU AS MY GOD FATHER! Man I LOVE this musical WISDOM!

@WilliamChatmanIV

6 жыл бұрын

harry searia hey.. I guess we're brothers now..

@harrysearia1784

6 жыл бұрын

William Chatman IV What's up brother from another!

Videos like these are inspirational. I love your channel Tim. Thanks!

You ARE one of those guys who blows my mind... not just for your technical prowess and the pure musicality of how you play, but also for your absolute joy in playing which is teleported in your sound.

@nervotica7991

4 ай бұрын

Couldn't say it better.

You are so right. I always tell people better equipment does not make you a better player, but it can motivate to play more...

@gergemall

Ай бұрын

More cow bell😊 lol… repetition is a great gift 🎁 SO TRUE ABOUT LP and the string gauge. Great point about high maintenance tuning distractions.

We love you, Tim Pearce. You are the Gandhi to our playing, the chalkboard to our learning and the anchor in our inspirational moments. What an incredibly humble decent human being you are. You rock - literally! :) Respect!

I love his advice and attitude about making mistakes and not let it bug you down and take away the joy. It shows he really understand what it's all about.

I never feel stuck anymore with all of these wonderful instructional videos on KZread. I keep learning and playing. It's slow progress but steadily upward.

I love these videos where you just sit and talk shop. SO interesting and helpful. Thanks Tim!

I never beat myself up about mistakes when playing with our band. I am past that stage. I am the best player I can be at any given moment. Funny you should say that your Gibson's G string goes our of tune. My 95 Gibson SG's G strings is forever going out of tune. You have confirmed everything that I think about in regards to my playing. I don't compare myself to anyone except myself. There are of course excellent days and then crappy days. I have my new Boss Katana amp set up so I can just plug in and go. I love this amp. I will never be a virtuoso or anywhere close. Maybe I really suck but I don't care because my passion for playing runs deeper then that. I am the best I can be!

@tshouse2782

5 жыл бұрын

licks n kicks fortunately for people like us the song matters, not virtuoso guitar playing

@jamesholmberg3158

5 жыл бұрын

I just learned about that Gibson G-string curse yesterday!

@barneycarparts

4 жыл бұрын

Chasing gear for tone can become an obsession while play craft dwindles. I bought 3 swiss army knifes The new Katanna 50 watt, a PRS CE 24 with split coils, and an Epi 335 pro with split coils. So with those 3 things I can get as close as possible to any sound I like. I also dialed back my OCD for perfection in tone. 95% is good enough. polishing my craft in playing is more important. I try to record and play back a lot. Playing back is a great teacher. Throw a drum track on your DAW and create something fun.

@williamhively3295

4 жыл бұрын

barneycarparts Perfect is the enemy of good. What do drummers throw on their DAWs to jam with? 🤔

@kingtrombone72

3 жыл бұрын

Now I needed to read/hear This ! Thanks friend...e

Great points!

@garnetgun

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for introducing me to Tim Pierce my first ever rock guitar teacher papastache

This is a superb channel. Tim's intelligence and humanity compliment his musicianship perfectly.

I realize this posting was three years ago but I have an interesting anecdote on the Les Paul G string "out of tune issue". In 1974 I bought a 1971 reissue of a 1958 Gold Top Standard with mini humbuckers (Shovel headstock). For 3 years keeping the G string in tune was the bane of my existence. Then one evening at our rehearsal studio the guitar mysteriously and on its own accord fell face down off of a cradle guitar stand. The headstock broke in a "V" shape to the top of the neck. I was devastated. Fortunately for me and my guitar, the Old Town School of Music in Chicago (my hometown) had one of the greatest luthiers in America and he repaired the neck and headstock. From the day I got it back until today 44 years later...never a problem with the G string...or any others going out of tune. 😉

Tim.....your a motivational speaker and a phenomenal guitar player/teacher!....your way up on the "awesome factor!" In my opinion brother...!

Tim, your videos have been a Godsend! Your insight into all the little details is what really sets you apart from the hundreds of excellent guitar instructors on KZread. That, and you just seem like an incredibly humble, practical, down-to-earth guy.

Man, scary how relevant this advice is in my situation right now. You absolutely nailed it on every point and to see a guy with your ability talking about their insecurities with mistakes and watching virtuosos, etc. it's nice to know you can be human and be an incredible player. Thanks!

#5 is huuuuge for keeping up my hands on guitar time. Just leaving my strat out of its case and easily accessible means I pick up and play more often. This whole video is a brilliant inspiration for me right now, I was lost in the search now I feel I'm back on track, thanks Tim!

I always love how encouraging you are Tim. I appreciate your humility. V this is good counsel.

Tim! Oh! Tim! You're the Master! Thank you for this video and for all you wonderful content! I live for it! LOL! Love your style, playing and the ease in which you breakdown your video lessons.. Cheers!!

I'm a writer--and your advice about taking what you need and being the best version of yourself is spot on! Famous writer TC Boyle gave me similar advice: nobody else can write your story like you. Author and story are unique, so be the best version of the two. Thanks!!

Thanks so much, Tim! I resonated so strongly with your story about playing the G&R thing at the Grammies. I had to play a note-for-note show recently and every little miss-fret was agony. Hearing that you practiced it 80 times and still didn't get it perfect, lightens my harsh self judgement. I hope I can bring your attitude to future gigs like that.

Tim. Words of wisdom. I'm late beginning my guitar journey (44 after a 20 year hiatus due to work, kids, house etc etc) and I find myself constantly overwhelmed by players like Tosin Abasi, Andy Timmons, Mark Holcomb, Matt Schofield, Tom Quayle, Yngwie, Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, Jon Gom, Ariel Posen, Pete Thorn etc. Their precision, feel and technique used to leave me hollowed and feeling utterly defeated. But finding my way through that and the writing process starts again, I find little bits of what I've watched and heard filter through in a very much diluted way, but I sense progress as a consequence of that exposure. The mountain of knowledge I have yet to attempt to absorb is crazy and its hearing genuine insights like this video that makes me think, one chord at a time, one scale at a time, one phrase at a time, one technique at a time... I might not ever learn it all, but I will always be a better player than when I started...

@LosoIAm

6 жыл бұрын

neuk01642 great stuff n best of luck!

@stevensass3933

4 жыл бұрын

Similar journey for me for the exact same reasons. And not surprisingly I’ve had similar thoughts, not so much about technique, but the “mountain of knowledge” conundrum can really mess with a person’s head. You make a great point regarding one scale, chord, etc. at a time. I think the other half of that equation is consistency. It’s surprising how techniques and knowledge can add up so long as you keep at it and move to the next challenge. Best of luck to you on your journey!

@l8tapex

4 жыл бұрын

Me 3..... same . Forgot the scales, circle of 5ths, blah blah. I used to know and play and good bit . learned things like bach bouree in the 80's. Now.... Im trying to just get patterns fluid over typical progressions. Back to the pentatonic and learn Bonamassa, Phillip Sayce, Markus King ( makes me cry I stopped when I was younger) and my favorite Josh Smith. I do not want to go back through all that memorization. Too bad some one cant explain an... AHA moment. Like paying for ski lesson for days when you finished and they show you the hocky side stop..... like really? WTF? You couldn't show me that at the start? No money is in that.....

Love your videos Tim!! I stopped “looking” for my tone two years ago when I “found“ my Dr. Z Zlux amp, OCD pedal, MXR carbon copy, and Maxon compressor. With my Nash ‘57 Strat on the neck or bridge position, this set up can do everything from David Gilmour souring leads to guns and roses crunch, and Paul Piggat rockabilly slap-back...the tones and styles I play. Thanks for the encouragement Tim.

Ever time I watch one of your videos, hear you play, listen to you talk; I'm always impressed. What a gentlemen you are, I love the way you express things. Love the way you play and I thank you for sharing the things you do on KZread. You deserve all the success, money and happiness you want.

Thanks for a great video, Tim! Great words of wisdom! It articulates (and validates) what I've learned through the years.

Thanks so much for this! Great stuff!

Hey Tim, great stuff as usual. I was so fortunate enough to take several months of private lessons with you back in 86. It was so cool that we recorded them all and I still pull them out and listen. There's one sequence where you were showing me how to string certain phrases together up the neck and you self proclaimed a "clam" at the end. Of course you went on to finish it with razor precision, as usual. This lesson brings that back when you teach it's OK to fumble once in a while. You never know that it could show you something you weren't expecting. Thanks for the series.

This is so great, and so true! Thanks for sharing your wisdom and keeping us all reminded of what is most important in playing guitar, which is playing music.

Great video Tim! I sent it Mark as I'm sure he'll be stoked to hear your words. Cheers

Phenomenal advice at 5:09 et seq re: simplicity; taking selectively from virtuosity and not feeling defeated by it.... awesome stuff Tim.

Love this Tim, really appreciate you sharing your years of wisdom with us all.

Hey Tim, I really dig what you've got going on....Whenever I'm down I watch your vids and how you smile doing what you do and it picks me up and inspires me every time. Sometimes I say to myself, " This guy's having way too much fun". Then reality kicks in and the thought comes to me that, there's no such thing as too much fun when playing guitar is involved. Thank you so very much for your brand of inspiration.

Mr Pierce, Your Love to Music & Guitar Playing is CONTAGIOUS!! Thanks For Sharing Wisdom.

Re-watching this after being in a Julian Lage trio concert, I hadn’t seen anything close to them in my life. I was thinking about selling all my gear and burning the guitar... so this video is helping me a lot now ^_^ it is wise and very encouraging!! Thanks !!

I LOVE Tim's videos, the content is superb and in between each point is a close-up shot of a spectacular guitar riff that makes it really easy to learn. I've been learning the riffs riddled in his FREE content and my playing has gotten serious. Thanks Tim!!

Tim is such an amazing player and kind person. Really comes through in all of these videos. I only wish I had discovered him sooner. I've been listening to his playing for 30+ years and didn't even know it.....

🙌great stuff as always Tim. Thank you 🤗

@timpierceguitar

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, back at you!

Same here Tim, I started about 40 years ago, Now I 'm 66 " I Think ? " your lessons are the Greatest !!

Perfect. Exactly what I needed to hear...thanks Tim!

Thank you Tim- that’s probably the best guitar lesson I’ve ever had! Many times I’ve been my own worst enemy- this info coming from you Sir is pure gold and so liberating! Thank you and Lord bless you

As great a player as you are, you're as down to earth as can be. It's very refreshing. Thank you for sharing as freely as you do.

Tim, this is truly a great lesson. A big wave in the ocean of genius you are so generous to share. Thank you !

Tim, I love your channel. I just wanted to mention (as a Les Paul fan) that the String Butler really solved that tuning problem for me. Thanks again for all your great videos.

Thanks Tim for being honest, real, inspiring .. its guitarist like you that makes me want to play my Guitar! 🙂

I absolutely love your insights and thoughts..... and I very much appreciate that you share them with us. Thank you Tim

Well spoken Tim!

Your a great guitar player, and teacher M; Tim Pierce thanks a lot , for all your videos. From the bottom of my heart.

THANK YOU, Tim - for making these videos and making them available for free. Dig your personality and teaching!

I truly appreciate you for taking the time to do this, wonderful.

Tim, your videos are consistently fantastic but this one in particular is a gem. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom!

Maybe the best advice I've gotten from a KZread guitar video. Thanks!

Dude, this was the most helpful and inspiring thing I've seen. You're the best and God bless you

Of all the guitar cats on KZread, for me, Tim is the best teacher for my style/level and tone learning. I love the others, and use their teachings all the time. But I get Tim and I feel he speaks my language, without even knowing me. He is a great player, teacher and most importantly, a really nice personality that is so humble...

Just some of the most practical, honest and truly useful advice to all of us 'mortal' guitar players Tim thanks so much.

Whenever I go into a performance in front of people with my guitar, I make sure that I have prepared myself enough to play well in front of an audience so that if I do make a mistake, I can recover without locking up. I always go into each performance with the mindset that I will never be absolutely 100% perfect, so I make sure to be able to avoid metaphorically face planting when adversity hits. It’s ok to be nervous... just to let it hold you back from playing at your best.

Great vid man. Just found you on KZread recently. Love your stuff. Lots of wisdom and incite. I am a similar vintage player born in 63, started playing at age 13. Keep up the great work bro.

your awesome tim..words of wisdom! Your're an amazing guitarist and I've learnt a lot from you, so thanks...from NZ

Fellow Albuquerquean here. Steve Maase used to tell me, "it's amazing how much better your tone is when you start liking what you play" Thanks for the video!

8:22 - 9:45 Thank you, thank you, thank you for that! Hearing that from a pro like you is such a relief!!!

"Gear doesn't matter...." While surrounded by a squillion bucks in gear.

@harrytuttle8161

4 жыл бұрын

I know right !!!! Just to have any one of those heads would be great . I'll take that Diezel head .........

@lelov1392

4 жыл бұрын

ROOKTABULA he does a lot of session works for artists of different genres/style. To accommodate for those different styles, he needs the right gears. Anyway, I’ll take that diezel head as well... and that strat... and that blue Tele with p90s...

@ruckeebryebautista6259

4 жыл бұрын

How much is a squillion?

@bryanmannoia8410

4 жыл бұрын

he's right though. however, once you can afford the gear, you get the gear. it's just that playing is more important.

@kojam1

4 жыл бұрын

WTH?! Those aren't just props?!?!?!

Really great, Tim. Sage advice, presented with a smile. Top bloke.

Thanks for the Wisdom Tim! As a beginner at electric in my 50's, Your videos are very inspiring!

Thank you for the encouragement, Tim. I have experienced a number of the sticking points that you mention especially the obsession over getting the right tone. I appreciate your honesty and insights. I'll likely watch this one multiple times.

Thank you!

Tim , great words of wisdom. I could gush for a time but to what end . You are a fella doing the thing you love incredibly well.and passing some of your self and knowledge on to us. Thank you.

I really love the section on making mistakes. I made (what I thought) was a major stuff up during a big gig earlier this year and I was down about it for nearly 2 weeks. I guess we see so much perfection on the internet that we expect ourselves to be perfect all the time too. Thanks for speaking with such honesty Tim. Excellent video!

These tips, especially the last one about having things immediate and ready to go is so very much on point!

Great advice. I love your channel Tim...your videos are always interesting, and full of wisdom!

That was incredibly helpful, especially the part about making mistakes. I have song that I play at church that I practice over and over again, and even master it but when I play it live, I mess it up every time. Drives me crazy. Your 3 mode thing is helpful.

I agree Tim with 100% of all areas you are talking about, love your playing man!

Thank you Tim...i got out JET AIRLINER...and learned it today using your inspiration...thank you thank you says the 66 year old strummer

Tim, what gifted insight to being at piece with making music on the guitar no matter what your skill set or gear! Certainly made me reconsider a lot of things for the better! Thanks!

"Take what you need from virtuosity, don't let it bring you down".... That's already the BEST QUOTE of my 2019. I follow you since few years and you gave me / us sooooo much thru your advices and especially by beeing such a great human beiing. Thanks Tim!

This is the best video I’ve ever seen on youtube. It answered many questions that I needed answers to. Thanks Tim

That is some of the best musical advice I've ever heard. You are a wise man sir. Cheers

Yup, my Fender Highway One is always in tune even after drastic bending !! 😀 I use a boss od3, sd1 DD3, Ce5, a Hall of Fame,a crybaby and a POD 2.0🙃 for extra effects. That pretty much gives me all the tones I need for recording rock. Thanks so much for your channel! You have helped my guitar playing and overall musicianship enormously!! 😀

Hearing you describe messing up the sweet child o mine intro despite practicing it 80 times really makes me feel better haha! Sometimes I don't think the youtube guitarists do enough to explain the struggles and challenges that they face even now, they make it seem like they can just do the things they show in their videos with ease. I think it's much more valuable to get a glimpse of a reminder that even the people who do the things you don't think you could ever do, have to struggle with growing/learning pains as well and despite the perfect take that makes the cut, it wasn't as easy as they made it look and that take was NOT their first time playing that piece!

You had me at the title!! Tim, your content is insane and you crack me up. I need to get into the masterclass like, yesterday. Thanks for all the AMAZING content!

Priceless information and motivation. Thank you!

Although I think you're being modest, Tim, what you describe feeling watching Mark is what I feel watching you! I'll try and grab what I can take from your playing. Thanks for this video. It's really helpful.

The last tip about different modes is gold. Thanks Tim !

Pearls of wisdom! I keep my guitar right next to my amp, I want no excuses, grab-play.

Thanks to Tim, I went from being stuck to feeling overwhelmed 😄. I have so much to work on now. His masterclass is great.

Tim, thank you so much for the video. I really love what you had to say about making mistakes. Thanks for the sound advice and all of your great videos! You are an awesome teacher.

can always count on Tim for great inspiration - thanks!!

Pearls of wisdom from the master.

This is an incredible video. Genuinely enlightening and humble. Thanks so much for sharing your experience.

Best Advice I have ever heard on Guitar playing and achievement . Keeping your eyes and ears on one thing delivery of music at any cost no matter your skill level . Be the best "YOU" can be !!!

I recently had a skull cramp experience playing a song that I have played many times ....in front of a full house! I just blanked on it and ,of course, the singer passes me a solo spot. I was trying to lay down some slide but the voice just would not come and I played some of the worst crap I have ever played. It ruined my night and about 5 days after that. I was crushed. I even apologized to the band leader who said, "it sounded fine to me'. She was being nice I'm sure. Those kinds of things still devastate me but hearing your words on the subject helps me remember that these things are just a very brief moment in time and mostly no one remembers them except yourself. Thank you! Also, keeping a guitar handy and ready to go is great advice. I play way more if I have an acoustic sitting nearby or an amp and guitar ready to go at anytime. Cheers Tim. I admire your talent.

You are fantastic Tim - true knowledge transfer and honesty. Thank you sir.

Always terrific insights and advice Tim. Thanks man!

This advice is essential no matter what instrument you play. Thanks Tim!

This is absolutely the best, most useful guitar instruction video on the whole internet!

Thank you Tim. I often struggle w/my playing & it's good to know...that's ok.