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“My phone buzzes: ‘Come down and see Robben’s amp.’ I’m stressing out like, ‘Oh, somebody's poured beer in it...’” That time Robben Ford brought his prized Dumble amp to a guitar retreat – and let fans play it

It may be one of the most coveted amps in the world, but Ford let fans get up close and personal with the holy grail #102 Dumble

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“Sonically, it’s astonishing. You plug in, turn it on and there it is – there’s the Andy Timmons sound”: That Pedal Show’s Daniel Steinhardt reveals his top 5 pedals (from the past 5 years)

Looking for some 'board inspiration? Here, the man behind GigRig and one half of YouTube's favorite pedal show gives us his shortlist

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“I left it in my car for 30 minutes, went to check on it, and it was already gone. Man, I must have cried for a week”: Andy Timmons on the agony of guitar thefts, his “birth-week” Strat, and his search for the ultimate single coil

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

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“It had been really poorly refinished with chunks of wood missing. And you know what? It may be the best-sounding Strat I’ve got”: How Andy Timmons gave a bargain guitar a new lease of life – taking inspiration from Hendrix and Beck

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

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“Notes dance rhythmically, almost creating a reverb diffusion. Those notes are held together with tape-style effects”: Keeley Electronics and Andy Timmons unveil the Halo Core – same modulated dual echo magic, simplified controls

Timmons sound has never been easier to dial in

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“If he were just a pop guitar player, he would be a legend – this cat is arguably one of the greatest players to ever exist”: Cory Wong and Andy Timmons on the brilliance of George Benson, and his essential contributions to the guitar vocabulary

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

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“World firsts, chunky rhythms and the lead tone of a generation”: Long-awaited Tim Henson 7-string headlines mega new Ibanez signature guitar drop – including a Paul Gilbert Fireman with a world-first mod

The Polyphia guitarist’s first extended-range signature guitar lines up alongside fresh models for Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons, Pat Metheny and John Scofield

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Using a voice-leading approach is a surefire way to make your guitar solos more melodic – Andy Timmons, a master of the craft, shows you how

Andy Timmons shares a roadmap for soloing over chord changes and making your leads count

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“My older content was way more technique-driven… I wanted to become more sophisticated. Virtuoso music can be impressive but extremely shallow”: Martin Miller on how he recruited Paul Gilbert, Lari Basilio and Mateus Asato for his world-beating jams

The Ibanez signature artist talks forsaking his shred roots, how to approach chord changes and those world-class live sessions with the likes of Paul Gilbert and Andy Timmons

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“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

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

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“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

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

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“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

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

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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”

The pedal offers Andy Timmons and Robert Keeley-specific voicings for transparent clean boosts and all-out germanium fuzz tones

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NAMM 2024: Keeley Electronics and Andy Timmons join forces once again for the Muse Driver – “a veritable drive workstation” for boost, tube-style overdrive and hot germanium fuzz

The Muse Driver Full Range Overdrive can be used as a clean boost, a square-wave fuzz, and offers many different drive sounds between

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“Guys like Andy Timmons told me my playing is a part of his musical DNA. Marty Friedman and Paul Gilbert told me the same thing”: Angel's Punky Meadows on the return of a cult guitar hero

With the classic rock institution's second act revival shows no sign of slowing, guitarist Punky Meadows checks in to talk soloing, the blues, and the physical need to play the guitar

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“I think it's fairly impossible to be a guitarist without loving Steve Vai”: Nili Brosh names 10 guitarists who shaped her sound

The Ibanez-toting instrumental virtuoso shares her thoughts on “one of the best improvisers in the history of the instrument”, why Eddie Van Halen's rhythm playing is underrated and the shredder who “brought a new sound to the Shrapnel era”

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Andy Timmons and Robert Keeley join forces once more on the Super AT Mod Overdrive – the “ultimate expression” of the virtuoso’s broken-up clean tone

Following hot on the heels of the much-lauded Halo comes a clean to mid-gain drive pedal

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Andy Timmons and Keeley Electronics team up for the Super AT Mod Overdrive – “a drive pedal that responds just like a tube amp”

The limited edition drive is based on the Keeley Blues Driver circuit Phat Mod and features a Andy Timmons custom voicing. Watch Timmons demo it and Robert Keeley explain its design...

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