Tim nails it when he says we are living in the golden age of guitar, as there are so many brilliant products out there for both the professional and aspiring musician. Long May that continue!
The intonation on this guitar sounds really nice. You can hear how in-tune the individual chord tones ring out. Of course, having Tim’s touch on the fretboard doesn’t hurt either 🙂
I have found most solid body guitars having to be "happy mediumed" when it comes to being in tune in one chord and out in another, or as you ascend the neck or change keys. Throw a tremolo in and the aggravation multiplies, so i've avoided tremolos all of my guitar playing life because any I ever picked up DON"T come back to tune. Never had an issue with acoustic guitars though, which makes no sense to me since the intonations are factory set on acoustic, and the adjustable bridge on electrics SHOULD render them easy to intone it would seem. My electrics of choice are 335 style guitars and I have very few problems with them. I played a Les Paul professionally for a few years and never really liked it. Sounded great but tuning issues were constant. My fav elec is an Epiphone Sheraton. Most of the elec players I know are Tele casters. Too bright for my taste. I know you can change components and fatten them up, but I'm OK with what I've settled on at this point. Like I say 335ish styles.
@@partner348all the guitars with trem systems you've tried seem to be set up improperly or are cheap, because they should be pretty stable if they're good and has a nice setup.
The pickups really are impressive. The Neodymium magnets and the Faraday Shields provide a clarity that's like being in the sound channel itself. Incredible. The nod to automotive metal for the backside access panel is fun to match the pickup covers. My grandmother had a 1950 Ford Tudor Sedan that was painted Caribbean Turquoise No. 211 that is a match to your aqua/turquois color choice. She was a tiny woman, 4'11" and am sure her eyes would have just peeked over the steering wheel at most. Beautiful guitar design and performance. We are in awe of your beautious work.
I am damn impressed with this guitar. Everything seems very well thought out. That camshaft roller design for the tremolo is impressive. Rain Song sounded amazing on it as well.
Andy Powers is the next Paul Reed Smith. He's a true innovator, an artists and clearly very passionate. His work with Taylor has tweaked their sometimes sterile guitars into masterpieces.
I have the 1st model of the Taylor 614ce that Andy designed in 2011. A maple guitar with violin style bracing to "charm the chime". Wonderful sound and a pleasure to play. Now I want that Powers Electric Guitar. Andy can make maple guitars that are warm and clear, not harsh or chimy. Real skill of a real artist.
I didn't like the aesthetics of that guitar, except for the knobs made of the leftover fiberglass, those are rad, and so I ignored the announcements about this guitar's creation. This video has totally changed my mind. Not that I will every buy a $3800 guitar, even if they weren't sold out! I love the engineering approach that Andy Powers took. There is so much vintage worship these days; it's great to see someone still trying to break new ground. Especially since most of those attempts die a fast death. It helps that his ideas genuinely seem to have created an improved product. Maybe things like the camshaft "device" bar and the neodymium pickups with faraday cage covers will make their way into wider guitar production and thus at a much more affordable price point.
This is a lot of innovation in one place without feeling forced or gimmicky! To the contrary, it all seems really natural to guitar in a way that makes me wonder why this stuff is so unheard of.
I like the symbiosis between vintage and modern design. It does the Chris Isaak tunes well. Alway a pleasure to listen to your pristine demo's mr Pierce!
That's a really cool instrument. One of the things I liked the most, which Tim showed off in the middle of the video, is the very, VERY distinct sound and character of each of the three pickup selection positions. They were more their own thing, rather than different shadings of the same basic thing, than most guitars out there. We all pay lip service to the idea of "wow, those are all useable tones with their own purpose", when in fact, I think many guitar players gravitate to 1-2 options and mostly ignore the others. Well with this one, those 3 options really are very useable. I could see myself playing all of them quite a bit. I also like the volume and tone knobs. Those layered stripes in effect give you a volume-tone indicator without needing numbers, or "Volume" written on it, or what have you. That's the problem with blank knobs like on a Tele. You have to tell by feel where you are on the control. You can totally do that, but I like a visual indicator. This has that.
Pretty much lower inductance P90s. The Faraday cage may reduce some AC hum harmonics, but also reduces the highs from the strings, as do the Steel pole screws. They may be low enough inductance to accommodate 250k pots, and they may have thinner wire which increases efficiency and S/N ratio. I'd be curious what the Gauss is at the screw heads with immensely powerful Nd magnets. Might be a lot of string pull. P90's also sound great in parallel.
That guitar is breathtaking, the guy has a great mind! Beautiful and inspiring it's everything a guitar should be. Are they even available in Canada? I'm guessing not but would be nice to know.
Very cool. He approaches the guitar from a UX perspective, as I do with my own guitars. He's making subtle breaks with tradition that have real impact. I'm impressed.
If you want to demonstrate that balance you can cut a pvc pipe to fit over the strap button and show it without taking the button off. Beautiful thoughtful work.
That is one fine guitar, Tim plays it and the sound is like seeing a master racer get into a newly developed car and shows the designer things they never thought a car could do.
Andy has done a great job with this. As a guitar designer I have very strong opinions on how things should be done, what matters, what's new and what's just a re-hash of old ideas. Most "next big thing" claims fall disappointingly short of the mark.... but this looks tantalizingly fresh and promising and actually great. Top job!
That guitar is great and I totally appreciate the time and thought that guy put in to creating it but dude can we please address what a freaking monster of a player Tim is! He might have the best tone I've ever heard and I'm not talking about the effects or amp it's the way he plays, no bad notes, no lazy passages, it's all great all of the time!
NICE for a change....your playing is proof that our secret to enviable guitar sound is rooted in the particular players understanding of how this thing we love so dearly called music works and the dynamic respect of the individual human hand playing the note. on the other hand ; "you"can buy a new foot pedal. . or "super slinkies"!! Thanks for the high quality content and distracting me from getting to work on time! I feel like i just skipped a high school social studies class. your the man.
Kind of surprised that Andy has started his own brand of guitars while still being the CEO/owner-partner of Taylor. Seems like a potential conflict of interest (at least in terms of his time/effort dedication to Taylor) but these look like really cool guitars.
I disagree brother. Much Respect! Bob and Andy have surrounded themselves with wonderful staff and a team that carries the same passion throughout the entire building process. I do not know how they did it, but my Taylor is never leaving my side. I have toured El Cajon and been to artist night promotions with a young Jim Kirlin. Taylor has its rudder deeply and firmly in the water and their acoustic guitars have very few peers. Maybe Andy's venture out might bring some better electric builds in El Cajon! Their electric line is all about quality that hasnt panned out in the market. Maybe Powers has a better grip on cost price point and these will be more affordable to collectors and players alike. I wonder if Taylor is done done done with electrics????
Tim Pierce has a brilliant suite of amps/cabs, years of experience of recording the BEST tones and he has exceptional tone production that simply comes from his physical interaction with the guitar - all of that said this is an outstanding guitar with HUGE potential. I didn't hear a single sound coming from this instrument that wasn't musical and inspiring - it has a wonderful musicality to the complex overtones it organically produces. Andy Powers is going to face a potentially huge demand for this instrument - if only a company like PRS could team up to mass produce high quality versions of these instruments (under Andy's brand name ?) so that they could be available for us regular grunts in the musical trenches for around £ 3K :-)
I'm going to use a thesaurus for the best words to complement this guitar. They are all "a one off." The tonal response is truly unprecedented. Glorious. When you two were talking about the 50' and 60's Hot Roders I laughed. Thinking yea we/I did implore many technics never done before. From chicken heads to mouse faces and a pair of eyeballs. Good times to be alive. Thanks Tim, you made this old man's day...
Hi Tim, what a sensational sounding guitar. Great review showcasing one person’s dream & how he married his loves into a beautiful, multi-tonal instrument. Cheers ✌️🎸
@3:44 Back in the day we hot rodders would achieve this look by chucking up a pencil, (or some other mild abrasive) eraser side down in a milling machine like a Bridgeport and applying light pressure in the Z axis to a soft metal while moving the table in precise increments in the X and then Y axes. It was borrowed from a firearm manufacturing process called jeweling for no other reason than that it looked cool.
As a maker it's great to small builders are getting the recognition we crave. We often make things from scratch and we make them by hand and aren't limited by off the shelf products.
I love Andy Powers' energy. The guitar exudes his passion for surf, vintage cars and guitars. It's good to see a rival to Paul Reed-Smith coming through.
The cool thing about watching Tims videos is how much joy he puts in to playing and showing us stuff... besides being a monster player, his vids are fun! Thank you sir!
Fully agree, I love the cheshire cat grins as he waltzes through difficult passages, and nails the hardest parts with apparent ease, attained with hours of practice upon practice and more practice. Thanks Tim, for inspiring!
Way back in the 70s my father knew the owner of a local surfboard shop. He was given (or purchased?) a hardboard/masonite sheet they laid under the surfboards while they were glassing them. He had hung it up in the two story entrance to the house as a piece of art work. A real Jackson Pollock feel to it. Long gone/lost I wonder what happened to it.
Wow! Seeing Andy Powers was a big surprise. Lost touch with Taylor once the mag digitized. Really Cool that he is creating & pushing Electrics & not just Acoustics. Bravo Andy !
Great video, Tim. As the player of several Taylor guitars, I can vouch for Andy’s innovations and his attention to detail. Looks like another “Powerful” instrument! 🎸🐶
Nice to see someone doing things a little differently and more creatively than most. Looks and sounds like a very well made instrument with innovative design concepts rather than just being a slightly different shape than or completely shameless clone of a Tele, Strat or Paul. Would have been awesome to get a look inside the thing from a how it’s made perspective but maybe those are currently intentionally, closely guarded secrets.
I did my first bar gig heading a blues band, at age 16 in Madrid Spain, 1968. I had an Strat at the time. I've been gigging since, but have lessened interest in solid body elect guitars - largely because of the weight on the shoulder. Good to hear some router work can take away some of that unnecessary weight. If you mail me one of those featured guitars, I won't turn it away. Any color. Thanks in advance.
There has got be a reasonable way to run the grooved roller tremolo as a multi piece over a shaft so you can selectively toggle which strings gets whammied, like the Duesenberg Multibender, but reconfigurable in a few minutes with some tools.
Awesome sound and clarity in all range. A unique guitar that sounds amazing, especially through the master Tim and his awesome setup. I would like to hear Micheal Lemo play it as well as Angela Petrelli at Norms.
Thank you, Tim! This is timely, so I just texted Alamo Music (San Antonio, TX) since Chris McKee and Cooper Greenberg will be traveling to Taylor Guitars to visit Andy Powers and possibly bring back some souvenirs after picking out wood for new guitars with the invitation on YT for custom orders. As usual, Andy Powers wows the crowd! The Rain Song solo was presented by Robert Baker in a lesson on the solo that's better than Stairway. (Playing that would likely not be banned in a music store... )
That diamond pattern is on the chrome looking back plate across the dashboard of a 1986 Buick regal grand national. A very rare and expensive car if original today. Awesome look.😮
Always great to listen to someone who's passionate about their design. It doesn't matter if it's a coffee cup or a Formula One Ferrari.....the passion always comes through in the build and these things look and sound AMAZING! 👍👍
I think this is the best new guitar to come along in years. The thing I like most about it is that it's very articulate. You can hear that when it's unplugged. Andy is a genius.
If you want the rough equivalent to this guitar for $600, buy the Danelectro 59XT which also has the hollow body with no holes in it just like this guitar and a great Wilkinson tremolo and comes in the same color. It has the same jangly sound and a 25 inch scale and plays and sounds marvelous. I should know I have had one for about three years now.
@@81realtimeThe Powers sounds great here. So does the XT. They have a lot in common though one uses much fancier woods if you feel that makes a difference.
Andy Powers confirmed; or at least shares; one of my theories about construction, and it’s impact on tone: The “passive” or “non-speaking” length of the string affects the tone of the vibrating length of string. I prefer reverse-headstock guitars (on my guitars that have six-in-line headstocks) for this reason. Instead of having the shortest length under tension, my lower strings have the longest length under tension. That has to help in keeping the low end from muddying out, right? The vibrating length of each string is still ~25-1/4,” but the total length of the string; from the ball end to the tuning peg; is stretched further and tighter the lower the string in a reverse-headstock.
Neodymium magnets are really powerful. I wonder if they have a negative effect on the sustain of this guitar relative to a guitar with Alnico magnets. On balance I’d guess they do.
Every guitar sounds amazing when you play it Tim!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
True! Tim is a wizard!!!!
No joke. Such smooth, tasteful tones.
Truly Rick. Respect.
Tim could play a broomstick with a string tied to it and it would sound good.
@The_TimPierce. waiting
Tim nails it when he says we are living in the golden age of guitar, as there are so many brilliant products out there for both the professional and aspiring musician. Long May that continue!
I had no idea that it was Tim Pierce playing on Crowded House's Dont Dream Its Over, so beautiful and ethereal, it makes sense now.
The intonation on this guitar sounds really nice. You can hear how in-tune the individual chord tones ring out. Of course, having Tim’s touch on the fretboard doesn’t hurt either 🙂
I was thinking the same thing. It seems to be on another level with intonation.
I have found most solid body guitars having to be "happy mediumed" when it comes to being in tune in one chord and out in another, or as you ascend the neck or change keys. Throw a tremolo in and the aggravation multiplies, so i've avoided tremolos all of my guitar playing life because any I ever picked up DON"T come back to tune. Never had an issue with acoustic guitars though, which makes no sense to me since the intonations are factory set on acoustic, and the adjustable bridge on electrics SHOULD render them easy to intone it would seem. My electrics of choice are 335 style guitars and I have very few problems with them. I played a Les Paul professionally for a few years and never really liked it. Sounded great but tuning issues were constant. My fav elec is an Epiphone Sheraton. Most of the elec players I know are Tele casters. Too bright for my taste. I know you can change components and fatten them up, but I'm OK with what I've settled on at this point. Like I say 335ish styles.
so howz intonation achieved
/ adjusted...
@@partner348all the guitars with trem systems you've tried seem to be set up improperly or are cheap, because they should be pretty stable if they're good and has a nice setup.
I really dig everything about this guitar...those pickups, the shape and the construction are so cool, but Tim's playing is everything in this video!
Rhett, Thanks man! looking forward to the next time you and I can knock around on some guitars together:)
Absolute beast of a guitar. SO pristine, as well as packing a punch with tone. Cheers guys for the showcase.
You bet!
@@timpierceguitar Yeah!
Just when I thought there was nothing left to innovate on the instrument, Andy seems to have found a way. Lovely tones and playing, Tim!
The pickups really are impressive. The Neodymium magnets and the Faraday Shields provide a clarity that's like being in the sound channel itself. Incredible.
The nod to automotive metal for the backside access panel is fun to match the pickup covers.
My grandmother had a 1950 Ford Tudor Sedan that was painted Caribbean Turquoise No. 211 that is a match to your aqua/turquois color choice. She was a tiny woman, 4'11" and am sure her eyes would have just peeked over the steering wheel at most.
Beautiful guitar design and performance. We are in awe of your beautious work.
I am damn impressed with this guitar. Everything seems very well thought out. That camshaft roller design for the tremolo is impressive.
Rain Song sounded amazing on it as well.
I saw this video and bought this guitar.
It is absolutely fantastic. The playability
and diverse sound are awesome.
My new go to guitar.I love it!
5000 grand 😂😂😂are you outta your rabbit as mind😂😂😂thats definitely NOT a 5000k dollar guitar bra 🤷
Andy Powers is the next Paul Reed Smith. He's a true innovator, an artists and clearly very passionate. His work with Taylor has tweaked their sometimes sterile guitars into masterpieces.
yes, I used to DESPISE Taylor guitars but he has improved them a lot.
I have the 1st model of the Taylor 614ce that Andy designed in 2011. A maple guitar with violin style bracing to "charm the chime". Wonderful sound and a pleasure to play. Now I want that Powers Electric Guitar. Andy can make maple guitars that are warm and clear, not harsh or chimy. Real skill of a real artist.
Agreed.
I didn't like the aesthetics of that guitar, except for the knobs made of the leftover fiberglass, those are rad, and so I ignored the announcements about this guitar's creation. This video has totally changed my mind. Not that I will every buy a $3800 guitar, even if they weren't sold out! I love the engineering approach that Andy Powers took. There is so much vintage worship these days; it's great to see someone still trying to break new ground. Especially since most of those attempts die a fast death. It helps that his ideas genuinely seem to have created an improved product. Maybe things like the camshaft "device" bar and the neodymium pickups with faraday cage covers will make their way into wider guitar production and thus at a much more affordable price point.
The instrument sounds incredible, especially in your hands, Tim!
This is a lot of innovation in one place without feeling forced or gimmicky! To the contrary, it all seems really natural to guitar in a way that makes me wonder why this stuff is so unheard of.
I like the symbiosis between vintage and modern design. It does the Chris Isaak tunes well. Alway a pleasure to listen to your pristine demo's mr Pierce!
Great sounding guitars! And Tim Pierce does a great job demoing them. Now I want one!
That's a really cool instrument. One of the things I liked the most, which Tim showed off in the middle of the video, is the very, VERY distinct sound and character of each of the three pickup selection positions. They were more their own thing, rather than different shadings of the same basic thing, than most guitars out there. We all pay lip service to the idea of "wow, those are all useable tones with their own purpose", when in fact, I think many guitar players gravitate to 1-2 options and mostly ignore the others. Well with this one, those 3 options really are very useable. I could see myself playing all of them quite a bit.
I also like the volume and tone knobs. Those layered stripes in effect give you a volume-tone indicator without needing numbers, or "Volume" written on it, or what have you. That's the problem with blank knobs like on a Tele. You have to tell by feel where you are on the control. You can totally do that, but I like a visual indicator. This has that.
Pretty much lower inductance P90s. The Faraday cage may reduce some AC hum harmonics, but also reduces the highs from the strings, as do the Steel pole screws. They may be low enough inductance to accommodate 250k pots, and they may have thinner wire which increases efficiency and S/N ratio. I'd be curious what the Gauss is at the screw heads with immensely powerful Nd magnets. Might be a lot of string pull. P90's also sound great in parallel.
Such a clear, perfectly balanced tone. Headstock looks Ovationish. Amazing playing. Time for practice here. ❤
That guitar is breathtaking, the guy has a great mind! Beautiful and inspiring it's everything a guitar should be. Are they even available in Canada? I'm guessing not but would be nice to know.
Very cool. He approaches the guitar from a UX perspective, as I do with my own guitars. He's making subtle breaks with tradition that have real impact. I'm impressed.
As a guitar player and car guy I feel a need to own one of these!! Thanks for sharing Tim!! Cheers!!
If you want to demonstrate that balance you can cut a pvc pipe to fit over the strap button and show it without taking the button off. Beautiful thoughtful work.
Tones always to die for. Every time. That guitar sounds amazing yet versatile.
Beautiful and amazing engineering, design. Tim makes anything sound good but really showed this guitar off!
That is one fine guitar, Tim plays it and the sound is like seeing a master racer get into a newly developed car and shows the designer things they never thought a car could do.
Those control knobs are fantastic!
Beautiful work! Cheers Tim and Andy!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow, The Rain Song sounds amazing on that guitar!
Stunning gear played beautifully, as always. I'd love to know where you get your backing tracks from!
Andy has done a great job with this. As a guitar designer I have very strong opinions on how things should be done, what matters, what's new and what's just a re-hash of old ideas. Most "next big thing" claims fall disappointingly short of the mark.... but this looks tantalizingly fresh and promising and actually great. Top job!
Nice L-5 CES in the background there when showing Andy talking!
That guitar is great and I totally appreciate the time and thought that guy put in to creating it but dude can we please address what a freaking monster of a player Tim is! He might have the best tone I've ever heard and I'm not talking about the effects or amp it's the way he plays, no bad notes, no lazy passages, it's all great all of the time!
Hands down one of the best guitars I've ever heard! I love the Thinline sound, and this is an extreme version of that concept.
Lot of passion in that guitar! Sounds super vintage
Now I'm gonna listen to the Rain song like 50x
I can only imagine how it plays. It's a Masterpiece a Truly Engineered guitar. Awesome Andy
NICE for a change....your playing is proof that our secret to enviable guitar sound is rooted in the particular players understanding of how this thing we love so dearly called music works and the dynamic respect of the individual human hand playing the note. on the other hand ; "you"can buy a new foot pedal. . or "super slinkies"!!
Thanks for the high quality content and distracting me from getting to work on time! I feel like i just skipped a high school social studies class. your the man.
Andy Powers is without a doubt one of the most curious and brilliant minds in the guitar universe we all love.
Would love to have heard Jeff Beck play one of these; that trem would have been magic in his fingers.
What a great video, thank you for introducing Andy and his guitars as they are amazing and beautiful. I love the Fordite! And you are amazing.
Man that guitar sounds great! Thanks for sharing Tim ROCK ON..
Beautiful sound.Its the driver that makes it work..Tim ....fantastic driver.
Kind of surprised that Andy has started his own brand of guitars while still being the CEO/owner-partner of Taylor. Seems like a potential conflict of interest (at least in terms of his time/effort dedication to Taylor) but these look like really cool guitars.
It is under Taylor.
I disagree brother. Much Respect! Bob and Andy have surrounded themselves with wonderful staff and a team that carries the same passion throughout the entire building process. I do not know how they did it, but my Taylor is never leaving my side. I have toured El Cajon and been to artist night promotions with a young Jim Kirlin. Taylor has its rudder deeply and firmly in the water and their acoustic guitars have very few peers. Maybe Andy's venture out might bring some better electric builds in El Cajon! Their electric line is all about quality that hasnt panned out in the market. Maybe Powers has a better grip on cost price point and these will be more affordable to collectors and players alike. I wonder if Taylor is done done done with electrics????
LOVE the whammy bar! Sounds like a Tele, but it's got more hardware. That is a compliment.
One of my favorite songs Tim! Art Bell used it quite often as bumper music.
Tim Pierce has a brilliant suite of amps/cabs, years of experience of recording the BEST tones and he has exceptional tone production that simply comes from his physical interaction with the guitar - all of that said this is an outstanding guitar with HUGE potential. I didn't hear a single sound coming from this instrument that wasn't musical and inspiring - it has a wonderful musicality to the complex overtones it organically produces. Andy Powers is going to face a potentially huge demand for this instrument - if only a company like PRS could team up to mass produce high quality versions of these instruments (under Andy's brand name ?) so that they could be available for us regular grunts in the musical trenches for around £ 3K :-)
I love and respect Tim's integrity, especially when it comes to promoting products; his or others.
I'm going to use a thesaurus for the best words to complement this guitar.
They are all "a one off." The tonal response is truly unprecedented. Glorious.
When you two were talking about the 50' and 60's Hot Roders I laughed.
Thinking yea we/I did implore many technics never done before.
From chicken heads to mouse faces and a pair of eyeballs.
Good times to be alive.
Thanks Tim, you made this old man's day...
Hi Tim, what a sensational sounding guitar. Great review showcasing one person’s dream & how he married his loves into a beautiful, multi-tonal instrument. Cheers ✌️🎸
Thanks Tim for featuring this delightful new guitar!
My pleasure! Andy is a very nice person and glad to see that the guitar is pleasing people
It’s was cool to see this guy light up while he explains his build! Cool instrument!🤙🏾😎🏝️
Absolutely wonderful guitar and simply flawless playing 😊
Very very refreshing take on pickups and guitar building in general.
@3:44
Back in the day we hot rodders would achieve this look by chucking up a pencil, (or some other mild abrasive) eraser side down in a milling machine like a Bridgeport and applying light pressure in the Z axis to a soft metal while moving the table in precise increments in the X and then Y axes. It was borrowed from a firearm manufacturing process called jeweling for no other reason than that it looked cool.
As a maker it's great to small builders are getting the recognition we crave. We often make things from scratch and we make them by hand and aren't limited by off the shelf products.
I love Andy Powers' energy. The guitar exudes his passion for surf, vintage cars and guitars. It's good to see a rival to Paul Reed-Smith coming through.
WOW. Andy brings it all together with beautiful looks, tone, and innovation.
The cool thing about watching Tims videos is how much joy he puts in to playing and showing us stuff... besides being a monster player, his vids are fun! Thank you sir!
Fully agree, I love the cheshire cat grins as he waltzes through difficult passages, and nails the hardest parts with apparent ease, attained with hours of practice upon practice and more practice. Thanks Tim, for inspiring!
I have never heard a guitar ring like a bell on the top three strings . A tone to die for anyday !
I love the sound. It looks cool too! I think the middle position sound is my favourite on any guitar and this guitar sounds amazing!
Way back in the 70s my father knew the owner of a local surfboard shop. He was given (or purchased?) a hardboard/masonite sheet they laid under the surfboards while they were glassing them. He had hung it up in the two story entrance to the house as a piece of art work. A real Jackson Pollock feel to it. Long gone/lost I wonder what happened to it.
Wow! Seeing Andy Powers was a big surprise. Lost touch
with Taylor once the mag digitized. Really Cool that he is
creating & pushing Electrics & not just Acoustics. Bravo Andy !
Great video, Tim. As the player of several Taylor guitars, I can vouch for Andy’s innovations and his attention to detail. Looks like another “Powerful” instrument! 🎸🐶
Thanks Tim!🙂. Hats off to Andy Powell. God bless both your futures!
Nice to see someone doing things a little differently and more creatively than most. Looks and sounds like a very well made instrument with innovative design concepts rather than just being a slightly different shape than or completely shameless clone of a Tele, Strat or Paul. Would have been awesome to get a look inside the thing from a how it’s made perspective but maybe those are currently intentionally, closely guarded secrets.
That axe sounds great. And excellent choice of song tidbits to demonstrate it Tim!
Thanks so much I appreciate it
I’m curious to try one. Sounds like a studio guitarist dream!
Sounds amazing and looks beautiful! I love all the engineering behind the design too.
I did my first bar gig heading a blues band, at age 16 in Madrid Spain, 1968. I had an Strat at the time. I've been gigging since, but have lessened interest in solid body elect guitars - largely because of the weight on the shoulder. Good to hear some router work can take away some of that unnecessary weight. If you mail me one of those featured guitars, I won't turn it away. Any color. Thanks in advance.
I feel blessed to have access to channels like this 🥰🥰🥰
This is Awesome!! I love the connection to classic muscle cars!! And the large color choice just like customizing cars! Great find!!
I love watching your videos, Tim. You are always smiling and having a great time 👍🏻cheers
There has got be a reasonable way to run the grooved roller tremolo as a multi piece over a shaft so you can selectively toggle which strings gets whammied, like the Duesenberg Multibender, but reconfigurable in a few minutes with some tools.
wow!! gorgeous sound, Mr. Tim :)
Great guitar, thanks for the test drive ( Mr Tone).
You play with such JOY, it is really exciting to watch!
You can tell by Tim's smile that he digs the guitar. It sounds great and unique.
I'm loving it and I love what you chose to play to show what it can do thank you
Awesome sound and clarity in all range. A unique guitar that sounds amazing, especially through the master Tim and his awesome setup. I would like to hear Micheal Lemo play it as well as Angela Petrelli at Norms.
I love the combo single cut and offset body design. It sure sounds good (on my end of RUclips, anyway.)
Really nice tone.
Thank you, Tim! This is timely, so I just texted Alamo Music (San Antonio, TX) since Chris McKee and Cooper Greenberg will be traveling to Taylor Guitars to visit Andy Powers and possibly bring back some souvenirs after picking out wood for new guitars with the invitation on YT for custom orders. As usual, Andy Powers wows the crowd! The Rain Song solo was presented by Robert Baker in a lesson on the solo that's better than Stairway. (Playing that would likely not be banned in a music store... )
Scammer!!
This is why I like Thinline Teles...
They have an "airyness" to the tone that gives a really natural richness.
Beautiful Tone 👍👍
That diamond pattern is on the chrome looking back plate across the dashboard of a 1986 Buick regal grand national. A very rare and expensive car if original today. Awesome look.😮
Beautiful sounding guitar and beautiful playing Tim!
Always great to listen to someone who's passionate about their design. It doesn't matter if it's a coffee cup or a Formula One Ferrari.....the passion always comes through in the build and these things look and sound AMAZING! 👍👍
Now that's being really creative..
Love this thing. Great sounds also.
Thanks Tim. 🎸🎶🎵💪💪
I always sit and listen in awe as you pull off song after song spectacularly! Love hearing you play this cool guitar! Thanks!!! 🤘😎
I think this is the best new guitar to come along in years. The thing I like most about it is that it's very articulate. You can hear that when it's unplugged.
Andy is a genius.
What a wild guitar. The quality of its sustain makes for wonderfulness.
If you want the rough equivalent to this guitar for $600, buy the Danelectro 59XT which also has the hollow body with no holes in it just like this guitar and a great Wilkinson tremolo and comes in the same color. It has the same jangly sound and a 25 inch scale and plays and sounds marvelous. I should know I have had one for about three years now.
Thanx for the Danelectro idea. That is a great option! Appreciate ya!😊
Thank you .!
Played the Powers today. Pretty sure you are mistaken. Thinks very acoustic, bright yet warm and clear.
@@81realtimeThe Powers sounds great here. So does the XT. They have a lot in common though one uses much fancier woods if you feel that makes a difference.
Andy Powers confirmed; or at least shares; one of my theories about construction, and it’s impact on tone: The “passive” or “non-speaking” length of the string affects the tone of the vibrating length of string. I prefer reverse-headstock guitars (on my guitars that have six-in-line headstocks) for this reason. Instead of having the shortest length under tension, my lower strings have the longest length under tension. That has to help in keeping the low end from muddying out, right? The vibrating length of each string is still ~25-1/4,” but the total length of the string; from the ball end to the tuning peg; is stretched further and tighter the lower the string in a reverse-headstock.
The Andy interview is so precious, thank you to bringing it to us!
The camshaft bridge is pure genius
Neodymium magnets are really powerful. I wonder if they have a negative effect on the sustain of this guitar relative to a guitar with Alnico magnets. On balance I’d guess they do.
I love the sounds! What amp and pedals are involved? I think that needs to be stated.
Love your playing Tim. Yes Andy its beautiful.
Dear Tim, thank you very much for your great work! I love your channel!!❤
Played this today. Feels alive and notes are so clear