Tim Pierce’s guitar can be heard on more than a thousand recordings, starting in the ’80s, when he played on hits by Bon Jovi, John Waite, and Rick Springfield. In subsequent years, he’s added to his resume with recorded performances for Crowded House, Christina Aguilera, Seal, Avril Lavigne, Tracy Chapman, Joe Cocker, Ricky Martin, Meat Loaf, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Rob Thomas, Rick Springfield, Phil Collins, Madonna, Toy Matinee, Don Henley, Santana, Rascal Flatts, Chris Isaak, Jewel, Faith Hill, Celine Dion, Dave Matthews Band, the Goo Goo Dolls, Lana Del Ray, Demi Lovato, Jason Mraz, Kelly Clarkson, and many more.
These days, Pierce also has a popular YouTube channel with more than 400, 000 subscribers and offers an online masterclass program for thousands of users. You can get more information at timpierceguitar.com.
Here’s a look at Tim Pierce’s go-to instruments, including a 1962 ES-335, a 2020 Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul reissue with Arcane humbuckers, a one-off PRS McCarty 594 Singlecut in black with binding, and a ’62 Fender Jaguar strung with flatwounds.
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After nearly four decades of sessions, Pierce has pretty much every tool for any job. His heavy rotation includes this 1962 Gibson ES-335, which has enough wear to be considered “player grade, ” with Ron Ellis pickups. Most of Tim’s electric guitars are strung with Elixir nanoweb strings, either .009 through .042, or .010 through .046.
You’d be hard pressed to find a more beautiful flame top than this 2019 PRS McCarty Flame Top Doublecut. It sports a carved flame maple top on a mahogany body, a rosewood fretboard, two volumes, two push-pull tone controls, and a 3-way switch.
Pierce has a lot of amps to choose from in his control room, including this 1967 Marshall Super PA 100 head (top) and 1968 Marshall Super Tremolo plexi.
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There’s also a Park JTM 45-100 from a limited run of 10 and a Divided by 13 RSA 23 head, with 23 watts, natch.
Rounding out the lineup of Pierce’s amplifiers is a Bad Cat Lynx, a Bad Cat Hot Cat, and a Joe Morgan custom 15 head (not pictured).
Pierce’s amp cabs live in a separate, sealed room, built specifically for isolation, far from the control room. They include these four vintage Marshall 4x12 cabinets, dating from 1968 through the early 1970s. There’s also a vintage Vox 2x12 with 15W Bulldogs.
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He keeps his cabs miked with Shure SM57s, two Royer R-122V tube ribbon microphones, and two Sony C800 large diaphragm condensers from the early ’90s. A Scheops CMC5 condenser microphone is used for acoustic guitars.
Pierce began the interview playing though his main mobile Pedal Board, which includes a Nobels ODR-1, a Strymon Lex rotary, a Keeley/Timmons Halo delay, a Meris LVX delay, a Karma MTN-10 overdrive, an XTS Modded Boss GE-7 equalizer and Boss TR-2 Tremolo, a vintage Boss VB-2 Vibrato, an MXR Reverb, a Fairchild Circuitry Shallow Water modulation pedal, a Providence System Tuner, two Dunlop mini expression pedals, a Dunlop volume pedal, a Voodoo Lab Dingbat pedalboard, and a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power Mondo.
While in his studio cockpit, these are Pierce’s effects, which you can hear him play in his online videos: Ibanez MT10 Mostortion, Vemuram ODS-1, Nobels ODR-1, MXR Boost/Line Driver, Way Huge Red Llama, Boss OC-2 Octave, Boss VB-2 Vibrato, Way Huge Supa-Puss Analog Delay, Fender MTG Tube Tremolo, Universal Audio Golden Reverberator, Neon Egg Planetarium 3, Ebo E-verb, three Eventide H9s used with the iPad App, and a Boomerang Looper. And as you can see with the additional gear photos, Tim Pierce owns (nearly) every tone-tweaking device ever made!
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In his video analysis, Tim Pierce compared the two instruments while playing through his vintage Marshall Super PA head, a 4×12 cabinet, and no additional effects units. He went through all three of the pickup combinations and analyzed them from cleans, to “break up” overdriven territories, and all the way to higher-gain settings. You can check out the comparison in the embedded video below from about 00:30 to 4:10.
After showcasing what these two guitars are capable of, Tim then shared his opinion on the matter, explaining what makes these guitars so different. He offered (transcribed by Killer Guitar Rigs):
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“Both of these guitars are great. As a studio musician… We learn to value the tool that’s [a little] expensive just as much as the tool that’s [much more] expensive. They’re all tools that you can use at different times for different reasons.”
“It’s just great that you can get something that sounds this good for this price. Sires are made in Indonesia and because of the association with Larry Carlton, and on the bass side Marcus Miller, I think the quality is superb on these.”
“Now, this guitar [Gibson] is lighter. Weight is an issue with a lower-priced guitar. I don’t mind the weight of this one [Sire H7] but the weight of the Gibson is a little more pleasurable, it’s a little bit lighter.”
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“Also, I don’t know if you noticed this but my impression was that Gibson was a little smoother in the top end. Now, that can be adjusted by changing the amp. You could also change out the pickups on [Sire] someday if you want to do an experiment and make it probably a little smoother on the top end.”
But what about the price difference? As of this moment, you can find the Bonamassa 335 used for about $7, 000 or more. Whereas the Sire H7 is around $700. Pierce continued:
“Certainly, this guitar [Gibsobn] is many times more expensive. But the fact that this is a good value and only $700 in no way diminishes the value of the expensive guitar. That’s how I feel. Everything has its place, everything is a tool. They’re both worth it if it’s something that gives you value and that sounds good in your hands.”
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Of course, Pierce also pointed out that the price of the Gibson ES-335 in his video is currently so high because it’s a one-time reissue run from over a decade ago. You can still find great ES-335 guitars at a much lower price. He explains:
“Now, right now, the only reason this guitar is $7, 000 is because it’s from 2012. It’s a special signature model, and the value went up. Now, if you wanted to get a good Gibson [ES-]335, you could probably find one in the mid-twos or the mid-threes. So that’s really the value of a good Gibson 335. So it’s not 10 times the value of [Sire] if you want a good 335.”
So in conclusion, Pierce claims that both of these instruments are great in their own way and are worth the price if you know how to use them and if you know what you’re looking for. He also said:
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“So they’re both great tools. I could hear the difference. [Gibson is] a little smoother on the top end. And as I said, it’s a little lighter. So having it in your hands is a little more pleasurable.”
In a recent interview, Larry Carlton himself discussed his signature line of models which, apart from H7 also includes a single-cut LP-style L7V, as well as S-style and T-style guitars. Reflecting on why he ended up leaving Gibson and switching to Sire, Carlton said:
“In short, my contract with Gibson was up. And the truth is, the ES-335 model by Gibson is pretty inconsistent. You have to be careful about them. They’re very different than my ’69, which was frustrating. I remember going to Europe and playing versions by other companies, which inspired the idea with Sire.”
About Those Expensive Picks . . .
“Long story short. Sire approached me, and it seemed like the perfect time for me to make a move. The beauty of the whole thing with Sire is the greater attention to detail. When they approached me, they gave me seven guitars made in Korea for me to evaluate before we met, and I have to say, the quality was just unbelievable. Ultimately, I wanted to provide a guitar to people at a reasonable price to match the larger brands’ quality.”
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