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Andy Timmons on the agony of guitar thefts, his “birth-week” Strat, and his search for the ultimate single coil
By Andrew Daly published
The Ibanez signature artist discusses a life in gear, admitting that he doesn’t know what he’s going to do with his Marshall JTM45 but he will get around to using it, and why you've got to try before you buy

How Andy Timmons gave a bargain guitar a new lease of life – taking inspiration from Hendrix and Beck
By Janelle Borg published
The virtuoso has owned “a long chain of guitars” throughout his decades-spanning career but calls one Strat he bought off eBay a particularly memorable find

Cory Wong and Andy Timmons on the brilliance of George Benson, and his essential contributions to the guitar vocabulary
By Andrew Daly published
Wong and Timmons will be but two of the names featured on the impressive guest list of Benson's forthcoming Breezin’ with the Stars guitar camp

“It’s like you’re hearing a song within a song”: How to turn a guitar solo into a mini composition
By Andy Timmons published
Ibanez signature artist Andy Timmons shows you how writing a solo is like writing a song, and why you should apply the same dynamics

Tim Henson 7-string headlines mega new Ibanez signature guitar drop – including a Paul Gilbert Fireman with a world-first mod
By Phil Weller published
The Polyphia guitarist’s first extended-range signature guitar lines up alongside fresh models for Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons, Pat Metheny and John Scofield

How to use a voice-leading approach for guitar solos with Andy Timmons
By Andy Timmons published
Andy Timmons shares a roadmap for soloing over chord changes and making your leads count

“Even in the face of adversity he still plays with complete joy and positive intent”: Andy Timmons wrote a song in tribute to Peter Frampton – then his hero ended up playing on it
By Matt Owen published
After witnessing his hero play live in 2019, Timmons was inspired to write The Boy From Beckenham in honor of Frampton. Nearly four years later, Frampton joined in to complete the cut

“He’s the best!”: Watch Andy Timmons and Paul Gilbert have big fun trading Robby Krieger licks on a helter-skelter guitar jam of the Doors’ Light My Fire
By Phil Weller published
One minute they’re hanging out at Sweetwater Studios talking gear, technique, having “a friendly jam in A”, the next they’re playing a Dorian-infused Doors improv that’ll blow your mind

“Absurd amount of talent”: Andy Timmons is in the studio with Joe Bonamassa – and the two melody masters are cooking up a virtuosic solo storm
By Phil Weller published
Producer Josh Smith has shared a clip of the blues legends trading licks in the studio, with a follow-up to 2022’s Electric Truth well underway

NAMM 2024: “I don't have anything in my sonic world that's anything like it”: Keeley Electronics has released a new signature overdrive for Andy Timmons – and it’s left the virtuoso in “tone heaven”
By Phil Weller published
The pedal offers Andy Timmons and Robert Keeley-specific voicings for transparent clean boosts and all-out germanium fuzz tones
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