Andy Timmons Plays "Resolution"

[roadamerica2011]

The girl from ipanema isn't a funny song. young and tall and tan and lovely the girl from ipanema goes walking. ha ha oooh she's so soft and lovely.

[njd247365]

Absolutely stunnung that a person can create such beautuful music

[MichaelsPortraits]

Hendrix reincarnated as A blonde white guy ......my god resolution reminds me of 'May this be Love' from Jimi....this is one of the most gorgeous things Ive ever heard!

[MrVituoso]

kirk hammet....??? haaaahhaaaaaaa...

[Erock09291]

this is the most beautiful song ever

[coldandhomeless]

ibanez rx series.... i have one, my first guitar... i love it alot... i saw andy in fort dodge guitar clinic in 1996, he made me a better player... i was 12 at the time, and he changed my fuckin life!

[Fluffypopcicle]

@guitarbridgecleaner

Dude, Drop D is used in a bajillion songs. It's used in just about every Lamb of God song ever lol.

[guitarczar15]

awesome playing...

[maledrops]

The thing that starts at 3:43 is amazing

[kvkop]

This is the first I've heard of Andy Timmons, but to play like that with such a basic guitar sound is amazing. Most guitarists (including myself) rely alot on effects to cover up minor flaws, but this guy is GOOD!!!

[petedogg369]

@kvkop He played with Danger Danger. You never heard of Danger Danger? He is good. 

[kvkop]

@petedogg369 Aren't they the ones who did "naughty naughty"? Wow, its like Winger with the lame pop metal music but a smokin guitar who never really got to shine!

[bisheshrai]

SUCH A SOULFUL PLAYER LOVE'M

[omeninoviajante]

@SLee1337 nice point my man. but on this particular song I only hear hendrix style. And maybe 500 years later, hendrix will be inspiring just like every famous classical composer.

[tyramax]

Mesa boogie+Ibanez signature Andy = awesome tone !!

[IXconnorXI]

Andy definately has one of the best tones I've ever heard

[dondinoy]

3:19 cameraman sucks.. its should be at focused at andy's fingers , not on his face or somewhere else..

[clay2606]

Loving the porno music

[phatfieldguitar]

@clay2606 I'd watch whatever porn has this music in it close my eyes, and would masturbate to the music.

[omeninoviajante]

40 years later and hendrix still inspiring.

[lewars1912]

@omeninoviajante Very true, lol.

[2Funky4me]

The only ibanez guitar with soulful tone IMO i just love it!!

[MajkeTiTvoje]

@2Funky4me depends on what you consider soulful. if you mean unique and beautiful, i think old original Jems have a very soulful tone

[krishroc]

You can actually feel the song .. He has the ability to do that .. Ur mind makes the lyrics on its own !

[TheWaveshredder]

Yeah! jst video his strumming/picking and his face. Great.

[slugpumper1]

We can all learn so much from Andy Timmons - tone - phrasing - melody - gaps, speed - slow passages - it's the mixture of texture that makes his playing so memorable.

[speaker3600]

lol "asian sounding" melody

[metachozoite]

sounds like satch....

[sk8rokklive29]

he stops talking at 2:49

[Markduderino]

love this song. the main riff is very mike einziger-ish, especially when he plays it in fourths.

[GibsonMolosser]

not an ibanez guy but what a beautiful tone hes got going..

[AHMADF93]

this guy is already a legend

[punkybrewsterrr]

what a great song...

[RagnoCattivo]

I simply love this super (but often underrated ad unknown) guitarist !

[LycanthropicArt]

Andy's a cool guy who just happens to be outstanding on guitar. He seems like such a mellow, laid back dude. Right on!

- Wulf

[willieguitars]

This stuff moves me! I love this style of playing because it reflects myself as well since I also write tunes that are similar to his style.

[imshippyupup]

Man that's nice phrasing, and yeah SERLITZ, agree 100%.

[uutooyu]

you can tell it's kirk hammett when he's playing with mettallica.

[SERLITZ]

Wow, talk about TONE.

[johnland82]

@SERLITZ Seriously, I've spent a lot of time trying to emulate his tone with my x3 live... so hard to do lol.

[sixstrings93]

@johnland82 Ive learned from my decade of playing, to give up on trying to emulate, instead you take what you like and make it yours by just playing what you think would go

[justanotherfreak2008]

Great sounds

[Lucas90599]

Garota de ipanema, Tom Jobim. Mininao ein! Time 2:00

[guitartim89]

such a great album

[metalvocalistwanted]

awesome.

[SpikeJonesTheCr0oked]

@ Uva2323 Solo artists are too good to be in a band? Andy is awesome but for the sake of being obnoxious need I remind you that he was the lead guitarist for a band called Danger Danger....

[uva2323]

these guys know nothing about music so they compare the band artists with solo artists, guys listen solo artist are too good to be in bands...

[VladHarbuz]

hahaha 2:00 the girl from ipanema, that's brilliant

[MzSheri1962]

lovely...

[xchump]

beautiful guitar. great guitarist.

[frozzskin]

girls of ipanema,

..this tune is on the simpson,..

finally i know what it was....

really gud stuff...

[maiajazz]

Garota de ipanema!

[tabulaerasae82]

"this title track resolution" which by the way is fantastic , beautifull , uplifting song!!

dam i love it so much......top 100 to listen to b4 you die no doubt. imo obv.

[LpPrsGuy]

oh my god.. O.O beautiful<3

[F3FisGoodforYou]

I SO love this tune, I discover it (and Andy) because it was the background music from Mesa Boogie website...

[ShadowLancer128]

@MaralizeLegawana his AT-300 was SOO much more beautiful to me. No pick guard, a magnificent stained mahogany finish, wrapped in a black sunburst, and black pickups which barely showed their existence. The tremolo was a wilkinson on it too, so it wasnt any outrageous edge pro tremolo that didnt work either. I just dont understand why Andy would make this new guitar and take the other off the line. I LOVED that guitar....

[Tubyboulin]

@ShadowLancer128 Mate, i'm pretty sure the AT-100 was the original; The 200 and 300 came a few years after. And the trem on this guitar is a Wilkinson, He hasn't used an edge type bridge since his days in Danger Danger and early solo career.

[ShadowLancer128]

@Tubyboulin Well, case in point. he made a guitar, made some enhancements to it, then took the upgrade off the line and ran the original. Yeah, that makes a SHIT load of sense to me.

[jmchristian63]

He talks about how much he respects Jobim. The joke was just about the idea of that song arranged for rock guitar - get it?

[Fiestinho85]

Andy Timmons is great, I'm a HUGE John Petrucci fan and I've seen live people like Steve Vai and Paul Gilbert live, and so far the guitarist I think has played in a more soulful way really feeling his music is Andy Timmons.

Eyes closed lots of the time and moving his body flowing with the music, simply great, and he seems to be a very down to earth and nice guy instead of a guitar playing diva like others...

[EstevanMusic]

@Fiestinho85 Steve, Joe Satch, and Paul Gilbert aren't nice? :(

Yngwie is the only mean one...

[adamellis1000]

talent just wasn't shared out fairly!!!

[vinnilband]

Girls of Ipanema ... playing 'silly things', expecting more from a great guitarist, he has to meet more of Tom Jobim not to talk shit, this song resolution for example is much simpler than any music of Tom Jobim, comment miserable

[likesonny71]

I thought the same way you did when he said that. I don't think he meant 'silly' in a mean way though. By 'silly ' he may have meant 'anything that came to my mind'.

[rub800]

@vinnilband

That's not what he intended to say..

[rjgeigersmusic]

@vinnilband it was a joke in the context of the scene he was creating for us.. its kind of like watching a fat person walk down the street and then someone playing a tuba sound to mimick their walking.... andy is cool down to earth and most likely meant no offense to jobim... that been said i think the stuff IS "silly" but i can say that since i'm not a well known anybody and can say whatever the hell i want.. ;)

[mathiasm12]

after hearing him talk for two and a half minutes i went to next video, would be nice to actually hear some guitar playing : )

[kalapoka666]

@mathiasm12 if you could wait through your attention deficiency disorder, you'd have found something really beautiful and powerful.

[acerobbins]

Wow, that is a gorgeous tone and a gorgeous tune!

[likesonny71]

Girls of ipanema...playing 'silly things' ?

[Niemeyer2007]

Love the tone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jcoopercam]

Sounds great!

[imatube2]

Such a sweet tone considering they are humbucking pickups.

[MrBluesmanJunior]

What's cool is that I've seen dozens of AT videos and he sounds almost the same on all of them. Andy's tone is obviously fundamentally great sounding, coming straight from his amp, because regardlessly of the camera/setup the vid was shot with, the tone stays the same - amazing.

[cyclonefan34]

I have been playing for quite a few years now, and thus I have been researching guitarists for a long time. Andy Timmons is by far one of my favorites. He has the best tone I have ever heard, and I don't care what anyone says, he is one of the most amazing players around. He can shred when he wants to.

[MoneyPieBoy]

I completely agree! Andy Timmons is one of the best players I've ever seen. If u listen to "Groove or Die" or the end of "Cry for You", he shreds, but the beautiful subtle melodic Ideas is always apparent in every aspect of his playing. I thought the best tone I heard was Eric Johnson's, but then I discovered Andy Timmons, and my jaw just hit the ground when I heard his absolutely gorgeous tone! Andy Timmons FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alterbridge111]

ever listen to andy james much? hes an amazing player to, listen to shine on through, or his in the style of vai tracks... and hes a SHRED GOD, his album is MINDblowing... one of the gods of our time aswell!!

[pranasun7]

Oh my god, thank you so much, you have no idea how much.. I was browsing around here, and all I have seen were young guitarists using a guitar like if it was a video game. Today even my plumber "shreds" on Malmsteen on Sundays and post a video, crazy time I tell you.... Your video was a DEEP breath of fresh air, it has a lot of soul...Again, thank you man, all is not that doomed after all, guys like you still exist !

[relwark]

This is something most wonderful what i heared in my life! Jep Andy Timmons is a true master in melodys, he`s playing is so touching & the sound,,, waaaaah! I hope he will come to Slovenia!

[nepovemgesla]

a iz slovenije si?

kje pa?

[Syntraediace220]

i didn't know you could actually fit that many springs in a guitar. 0.o AWESOME GUITARIST BEST EVER

[ZomgWtfOmg123]

That is the most beautiful tone ever :)

[ArshkyBarshky]

Wow, that is just gorgeous tone.

[denzo22]

Absolutely utterly beautiful, the emotion is dripping from this song. Andy is an incredible guitarist and an inspiration.

[epiphonejamfreak]

FUCKING AMAZING!

[ericoulthwaite]

sounds like vai

[yobhsiFehT]

This song could hardly be more beautiful. I wish more of his stuff was just kinda' straight and melodic like this instead of sounding like he's trying to catch up w/ Satriani or E.J.:\

Maybe that's not a fair assessment, but I think most of you out there know what I mean. Fantastic talent either way.

[JayFromEarth]

@yobhsiFehT I hear you man and I think I agree about 50% because he does the melodic stuff incredibly well. But I do have to admit it's fun to hear him just rip it up sometimes too

[Nivlaxia]

never have i ever heard a player with such emotion in his playing as well as tone.

amazing.

[herald9]

is there official tabs for this song?

[skidjs]

Touching You dude is obviously mental.

[moroney88]

yeah man. it´s quite entertaining tho.

[moroney88]

Nah Just talking to that bellend. who thinks he´s being innovative. He´s pathetic man. check him out. He´s actually promoting that shite. I´d just kill meself.

[bassplayer10001]

oh yeah i dont know what the hells with that guy

[TouchingYou]

WOW. THIS IS PRETTY GENERIC, but so is his unoriginal look, guitar, and on and on.

WHERE ARE THE INNOVATORS?

Name one thing this guy does that wasn't already tire 40 YEARS AGO.

I've got literally THOUSANDS of innovations and I'm sad being alone.

[moroney88]

Dude. You´re talking out your arse man.

[TouchingYou]

Dude, YOU are the one who wrote something ad hominem with NO SUPPORT. (ie, talking out yr arse.)

If you don't BACK UP what you say, then that means you don't trust yourself.

EX: If I say Andy is generic, YOU then would explain how his look IS original or his playing IS original.

Comprende?

Now, what did I get wrong?

[moroney88]

Evidently, you my friend are contradicting yourself. You tell me I need to back my points up when I don´t see any of these "thousands of innovations" you boast about that magically make you better than Andy Timmons. Personally I don´t think I need to back up what i´m saying because what you are saying speaks for itself.

Andy Timmon´s may not be innovative by your standards. IMHO when you got that tone and phrasing like his, you´re set for life. You deserve to be alone.

[TouchingYou]

But YOU said I was talking out my arse.

You don't see my innovations??

Maybe you should watch my videos and then tell me I'm totally GENERIC like Andy is.

Sure you love his tone and phrasing: they were PLAGIARIZED by previous guitarists you also love, duh.

If you're not ORIGINAL, then you are a plagiarist.

[moroney88]

Here man i watched your videos. You´re embarrising yourself promoting that stuff man. You´re in your 30s but i know teenage musicians with more common sense than you.

You can´t play. You think you´re being original but your just making the guitar fart man.

How can you plagarise tone and phrasing????

Maybe Andy Timmons is Generic because like all the other great guitarists, he plays music. I´m gonna watch your videos again man. I need a good laugh.

[bassplayer10001]

you my freiend; are a douche

[moroney88]

me?

[bassplayer10001]

wait? are you talkin about timmons, or the guy below you?

[TouchingYou]

Again, you are not being sincere, probably b/c you're mad at me for criticizing someone you like.

(Don't let your emotions cloud your thinking.)

Not only can you plagiarize tone and phrasing, that's the explicit goal of most guitarists, who don't deny it.

They even sell knockoffs of famous guitarists guitars so people can imitate their heroes. That's not healthy.

Creativity is great, and if you say my music is bad, you should know that zeppelin was panned too. As was Sabbath and others.

[moroney88]

That makes tonnes more sense. However everything new has already been done. In this day and age it´s nearly impossible to be innovative. These days to appeal to younge audiences guitarists try to be as flashy as possible.

I like the sound of real music. You can´t beat the likes of stevie ray vaughan. Timmon´s reminds me of him.

Technically i think you´re missing the point when it comes to plagiarism. Plagiarism is blatanly stealing someone´s ideas.

[koshiaru]

You heard the SRV in him too? I thought I was the only one! They have a similar clean tone and fatness in tone.

[moroney88]

Playing guitar takes years of learning which you get from being influenced by your heroes. Everyone has different influences and heroes. Every note on a guitar is like a snowflake, every guitarist whether good or bad is unique. Therefore. You saying all guitarists are homogeneuos is wrong.

What i´m trying to say is just because he´s bringing nothin obviously new to the table doesn´t make him generic.

[Th1sWasATriumph]

I don't think you can defend your music like that. A lot of music is panned just because it's shit. Zep and Sabbath have somewhat stood the test of time, yes?

Work on your bends. PLEASE work on your bends and phrasing.

[TouchingYou]

But you don't explain WHY the Beatles, and Elvis, and Beethoven, and ALL rule breakers and innovators were attacked and panned.

WHY do you think they were all attacked as "noise"?

I do dozens of different types of bending and phrasing. I'm the OPPOSITE of most guitarists, who have ONE sound.

If you judged the Beatles by "Revolution No. 9" musique concrete, would that be accurate?

Nope.

[Matthewkilb]

No way man! TouchingYou is the future of music....

[ydoggbdoggbigG2]

well that isnt true, it isnt plagiarising, its borrowing elements from influences and building upon them, timmons is an amalgation of his own influences, and he has done fine in carving out his own sound and way of playing

[TouchingYou]

"Devil's Haircut" by Beck... we ALL love that song, b/c it's just stolen from "Taxman" essentially.

When a guitarist does NOT decorate their guitar, it tells me they don't love CREATIVITY or FUN.

tells me they got into music for the WRONG reasons. (Girls. Money. Avoiding a day job.)

Eddie Van Halen and Vai are "greats" b/c they didn't just get creative or innovative with PLAYING. They had style in ALL areas.

More guitarists should be INSPIRED by that. Don't paint yr git like EVH

[ydoggbdoggbigG2]

i cant say i agree with you, you do have valid points but you simply take things way too far. maybe you need to tone down your opinion abit more so others can empathaise.

yes people would try to be creative and innovative and find their own voice admidst the ocean of music, however realisticly, people need to first learn the theory and the fundamentals of how to play. once you have that under your belt(and it takes years) only then can you begin to strive to forge your own unique sound

[ydoggbdoggbigG2]

decorating your guitar? sounds pretty juvenile to me although understandable. imo you seem to be more concerned with style than with music. i have had a look at your innovations, and they all come from the rock/metal influences, but you seem to be over infatuated with creating those types of sound(which dont get me wrong is great!)rather than trying to come up with some more relatable deep musical concepts that truly push musical frontiers(that of melody and harmony)

[coxfox10]

how does any of this shit have to do with the video. Just listen to Timmons rip the guitar. This is Andy Timmons not fucking Coldplay!

[AForetich]

hey buddy. thats great and all but just shut up and listen to the music. mmkay? :)

we all get it, be creative. we will all take your masterful youtube comment advice. you sir have changed my life completely.

andy timmons is absolutely perfect. and as for plagerism... gotta start somewhere. not just gonna be born knowing exactly what equipment and tone you're looking for. idols man, theyre there for inspiration.

[rupdog1220]

@TouchingYou I shouldn't dignify this with a response but I felt you should know that EVH is notorious for overpriced signature gear and being a copyright/ money hungry guy for the last decade or so....I can't believe somebody would say THIS guy and his undeniably signature tone isn't music...Ask andy if he cares about your opinion.

[TouchingYou]

I never said EVH isn't a crook, so why did you change the subject?

WHO amongst you will say Timmons is more creative than Vai or Fripp or Frith?

Or will you argue that creativity isn't that important?

Some of you people scare the shit out of me!

It isn't that hard to IMITATE a great tone someone ELSE invented, is it?

Create some ORIGINAL tones. Y'all would've insulted me if I invented the electric guitar, saying "acoustics rule!"

[koshiaru]

I will.Mainly because I know every time you post , you will argue with anything.I deal with people like you that can't recognize emotion and soul. If anybody heard this guy on the radio and knew who he was, they would hear that he's playing. I could argue with a fencepost , but this I know better than anything. And people should never be allowed to put down someone unless they can do it better. And you sir, can't.

[longination]

i find timmons more creative than vai

[freaknbigpanda]

@TouchingYou A true guitarist loves the way a guitar looks without having to add to it. I LOVE the way my GUITAR looks, not a bunch of shit I put on it. You show your CREATIVITY in your playing, not what your guitar looks like.

[ydoggbdoggbigG2]

andy timmons has a unique way of phrasing, one that is instantly recognisable and very emotive, so yes he is innovative in his own little way.

i dont think the guy(andy timmons) cares about his look, just his music, and so it should be, its pretty amusing that you are disparaging a musician based on their equipment and look!

[TouchingYou]

Most people CONFUSE music as a SCIENCE rather than an ART form and I think that's bad. (Maybe you think differently.)

ANYONE can play a sad chord and make you feel sad. ANYONE can play a rocking riff and make you feel rocked.

THAT'S ANTI-creativity.

Music should be CREATIVE.

I can create a Zeppelin or Beatles ripoff and EVERYONE will love it, b/c, duh, I'm plagiarizing something people already love.

EX: "Still of the Night" by Whitesnake. I enjoy it, but it's a RIP OFF.

[ydoggbdoggbigG2]

you make it seem like its either one or the other.

music is both a science and an art, you use the science in order to create the art, music doesnt come from OUT of nowhere, music comes from all the experiences and influences you have hitherto had, perhaps you need to stop overthinking things, if music sounds good to your ear then why should it being not what you deem as 'creative' detract from the experience? norman brown is a 'ripoff' of benson but he is anamazing guitarist so who reallycares?

[Crossyfade]

Awsome stuff... Does anybody have Resolution backing track? Can't find it

[RenshiottParrfmFyrre]

Pretty song *****

[rockhard33]

if anyone wanted to know, he starts playing at 2:50

[miafins11]

wow...what a F'N TONE!!!

[JONNYmcLAUGHLIN]

di marzio cruiser...great pup

[JLTBS]

wow! i thought he was just a one of great guitarist who alive. but now i knew that Andy Timmons is one of GREATEST guitarist who alive.

[adrianmer666]

his mentor is satriani

[paoloinv]

in this song ther's a lot of jimi!!!not satriani...I played with timmons for 5 days is incredible...better than satriani!lot of texas feel!

[paoloinv]

Are you sure?kirk hammet is better than timmons?...there's non satriani help...do you now the king pown?

[adrianmer666]

i didnt say that,

[diablosrising]

I'm sorry, did you use Kirk Hammett in the same context as Joe Satriani and Steve Vai? And THEN, did you somehow allude that Kirk Hammett is better than Joe Satriani? At what? Catching lucky breaks?

[adrianmer666]

sorry if i can't make my point as clear as it should be, what i'm really saying is, yes maybe all of satriani's students is better than him now, but without satriani's help, maybe they won't play this good,,

sorry bout my diction, i'm a filipino, i'm working on it

[kempobrad]

@diablosrising to be fair, i seriously doubt you can judge any "band'' musician solely on what you hear on (in this case) a metallica record. he has to play within the confines of being in metallica.

[amazingaustin13]

@diablosrising kirk doesn't know how to play guitar, he's to obsesed with his wah

[TravuhsWree]

Kirk Hammett? Not EVEN CLOSE.

[imshenitsky]

@TravuhsWree what are you talking about?

[InheritanceDPA]

a voice from the soul

[Unseenbass]

Posting from my friend's account: I would like to applaud you as a musician. You honestly get what it means to live, breathe, and feel music. I bask in your glory as a fellow musician, though I may play classical music. Thank you for actually caring about music and getting what it really means.

[fresh1air]

I've just discovered him :) awesome

[techbbq]

He used to be in a band called Danger Danger. It's a late 80's early 90's glam metal band. Very good songs. I suggest you listen to some of their stuff.

[christrealized]

This guy is remarkable...!

[LineAkarlsson]

Andy has the best tone out there!

[MUDSHARK111]

why is his sig gutar so expensive ?

[bullettriviumbodom]

Beautiful!!!

[Shuninara]

Great, it's beautiful :')

[arg2032]

I love your music Andy!!!

[Thoririn]

He talks too much for a guitar player , Who the F*ck asked him >? , Just play dude !!

[whitejem09]

Its an interview dumbass

[HighZombiesRule]

This is just beautiful.

[liaserethguitarist12]

Tone = Don!!

[jasonbittencourt]

hey Andy, you have been talking about that CD for 3 years, its time to get a new one out!

[SteveBrownOfficial]

Golden tone!

[eenhoopzever]

Awesome!

[Timmonsec]

I had problems with my tremolo too...

[Timmonsec]

You can see that guitar has some years upon it... when he flips it you can see the old texture... so much memories huh AT100?

[tylerdwells]

I wish i was AT100. haha. that would be awesome. better than sex.

[Timmonsec]

amen... haha

[bradsguitartube]

How does this only have 7000 plays?... should be like 7,000,000..

You are a guitar god andy!!

[imsorryfortomorrow]

It's his signature Ibanez model.

[hardhatarea]

I'd say it sounds hendrix'ish. Reminds me of "waterfall". Simple ideas don't have to be stupid.

[somogendogen]

Great tone, cool song, and cool guy. Win.