Tim, it's always such a joy to watch and listen to you play; the passion you have for the craft is wonderful to see and of course your playing is just exceptional.
@@jfar3340 it's not totally true! It's known CZcams gear review get 10 times more views than music teaching. Anyway Tim do both sincerely and I never get bored of listening to him playing :)
Just give Tim his signature guitar Paul. One of the best players in the world has been sharing his love for your company’s great products for years. Show Mr. Pierce some love.
Fantastic versatility from this pedal, but the best part of the video is your dynamic playing! Please keep us updated about your gig with your friend at the Baked Potato!
The subtle distortion reminds me of your first solo album „Guitarland“. There are melodies which have a clean tone but then passages with a light crunch depending on the volume level and the attack on the strings. Still a masterpiece for superb guitar tones and great melodies after all these years since its release. I am so grateful for all these tutorial videos and sound examples. Greetings from Germany
I love Tim's groove smile. Most folks would be projecting 'ain't I cool, can you beat this?' Whereas, Tim projects, ' man this is fun how we're all in this wave of creative energy!'
Hearing the backing track to “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” choked me up a bit. I was a junior in high school when The Allmans’ “Live At The Fillmore” came out. I loved that band, and was a huge Duane Allman fan. The song took me back to those days before we lost him. Bittersweet memories, for sure. Thanks Tim.
Awesome. Totally agree about the extra drive harmonics breathing life into the sound. I put a boost pedal at near zero settings at the start of my chain one day and turned it on. I never turned it off.
In the mid 80's I loved the Arion cheaper end compressor/sustainor and used it as a boost like this. I have 2 now and make sure to buy one when they return every so many years so I get it.Thanks for sharing and love your 📹 videos Tim. 👍
I use a similar approach using Slide Rig pedal ftom Origins Effetct. My main chain is guitar-》Slide Rig 》Lehle active Volume pedale》Dude od》blackface single channel amp.
I still use my 70s Ross compression pedal. For years I mostly used it on bass to smooth out the extreme dynamic range, but it's always worked great on guitar like yours and with that nice boost benefit. Funny thing is my new NUX-MG30 has a copy of the Ross built in, however it doesn't perform as well as the original. Shame because the MG30 is otherwise awesome.
I use this pedal with a Dr. Z Maz 18 combo and it sounds great. With just the amp and this pedal I can go from twang to metal by twisting a couple of knobs, Thanks Tim!
Reminds me of a custom pedal I own, it’s a dual pedal with a boutique clone of the the Boss OD-1 with a sourced 14 pin chip. Going into it is the guts of a 1978-79 MXR Dynacomp compressor with all the Ross compressor pedal mods. I can dial back the gain of the od-1, to make it a cleanish boost - and I cam compress my signal before it hits the od-1 part of the pedal. Because of the availability of gain on tap - I can get dead nuts Angus Young tones.
The thing I like the best about this guys videos is that he’s showing us how the stuff works, not how fancy he could play. Although he could play super fancy if you wanted to
Sounds really good, similar to a Suhr Koji Comp. Your playing is stellar as usual. Plus “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” is one of my faves, man I can jam all day over that. Wait - I see what you did there! Elizabeth Reed, Paul Reed Smith! The only downside is the size - “In a world of smaller pedals” (deep movie trailer voice), this seems like it might be popular for studios and bedroom players but not so much for those with limited pedalboard real estate.
I have a hard time listening when you use this guitar. It is so beautiful that I can't take my eyes off it. That blue is amazing! Another entertaining and informative video.
Interesting. Just this week, I started using the "High/Low Shelf EQ" on my HX Stomp to "wake up" the sound. Works surprisingly well, very similar to what you demonstrated with new PRS Compressor Pedal. Looks like a good.
@@kodykindhart5644 I've started looking into using Tilt as a quick way to balance the overall tone/frequency response of different types of pickups. Need to do more testing.
Thanks Tim , I loved that funk rhythm so much that I immediately copped it with my own accents. Great warmup for the drummer and bass player in my band. Love your diversity. 😊
Thank you Tim san. It's more clean deep sound. (And I like all man.B sound too. Always I check your site and your great play from Japan :Nagoya.) Thank you again.😎
Optical compressors in general are typically more subtle than FET compressors, but they each have their own sound and feel. FET-style compressors add a nice "spank" and sparkle to your clean tone, especially if you're using single coils. However, an optical compressor works brilliantly as an always-on pedal.
Great video as always Tim.. ive found myself using clean boost, compression and even a boss EQ pedal instead of drive pedals more and more lately, I love the way you can push the amp just into break up. My favorite is the TC electronic spark pedal with clean, fate or mid boost, such a great pedal for such little money. I'd love to try the PRS pedal, but they dont come cheap.
you don't push the amp into breakup with a pedal that's a fallacy, you just add transistor/solid state circuit into the chain, or if you're pushing ''the front end'' with a boost without drastically increasing the volume then you're just adding preamp gain, which IMO defeats the purpose of most classic tube amp breakup characteristics (we talk about 6V6, 6L6, EL84 etc amps, not 12AT7 amps, and that's for a reason). The only way to organically push an amp into breakup is to turn up the amp volume. Anyway breakup is overrated. All these drive, boost etc pedals sound the same...
I do the same thing with my Marshall DSL100HR head using a db boost pedal by Caline. It tends to not distort the amp, it just waked it up a bit and giving the notes a bit more sustain. Then I also use just a small compressor pedal by Afuaim that really brings life to leads.
I have a Fulltone fat boost. It is always on at the end of my signal chain. Once I heard what it did to my sound, the subtle sweet enhancement and a subtle sweet boost, I never turn it off. I typed this comment before I watched the video. Glad to see I thought of something cool on my own lol.
Optical compression is really good for guitar the LA3 and LA4 were very popular solid state optical compressors for tracking guitars. I personally use a more aggressive compression on my live guitar setup, just to get that hard chicken-pickin attack with a rack ART PWM compressor called the ART dual limiter. But in the studio I have always leaned more toward optical compressors. So this might be a very good investment for me. Good thing my best friend is a PRS dealer!! LOL!
I've been looking for a new analog compressor...I just purchased the Cries Mary pedal and am very excited to put countless hours on it. Great review and guide Tim. You are truly a legend
Of all the reviewers on the new PRS pedals I've seen, this is the first one I've believed. We all know Paul can be a hothead, and no one who deals with PRS regularly would want to piss him off. And I know you know him too, Tim, but in spite of that, I think you're being truthful. And I know you too Tim, though you probably don't remember me. I hired you a long time ago to play some jazzy guitar on a record. Anyway, I'm now really interested in this pedal. Killer tone through that old Marshall. Great review, thanks.
I use just a compressor everyday, you use a good fet based, it also a boost with compression, if your looking for a good cheap compressor, the tc electronics is excellent, and cheap, you get awesome clean boost plus compression if needed. But if u want studio quality then this is it, if it's like rack mount LA-2a it's worth the money. It def. Sounds good
Quick question Tim (not sure if you'll see this, but here goes). Do most recording engineers prefer you to have a compressor to smooth out transients before recording, or would they want a track with as much dynamic range as possible so they can add compression themselves during mixing?
Really gorgeous compressor. As a producer/ engineer running small studio this could be very helpful with guitarist I am recording. Thanks for the heads up.
There's an old interview with Neil Young and Stephen Stills that still might be on CZcams in which they were asked what the most important thing was that they learned when they started recording Buffalo Springfield lps and they answered in unison: Compression. I always preferred the sound of the LA-2A to the 1176 myself. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned.
love that outdoors footage great sunset/rise not sure when you recorded haha. saw PRS' video on their new pedals yesterday and want the Mary cries the most. good as a boost pedal and a compressor as well
Thanks for the video Tim. Although in the past I do remember you saying you weren’t that keen on compressors due to the effect they can have on player dynamics. Perhaps this is a trade-off for the need of evenness in the studio.
If you just need boost. I would suggest using a 7 or 10 band EQ with just the level decibel level pulled up a little bit. That's what I use with my single coil when I need just a little more something but not quite that muddy sound of a Les Paul
Most of the fancier compressors for guitars are modeled (so they say) after an 1176 whereas this is modeled after an LA-2A. The magic of these is you can put them on virtually anything (maybe not death metal) and it will sound better. Mix engineers always want them somewhere in a vocal chain. Mastering engineers find use of this one, too. This pedal is not going to behave as a limiter, but just as Tim has shown, can be left on all he time and it will especially do wonderful things with lower distortion signals. I had forgotten that Tim had done a review on this one - d*mn him ... he has given me a case of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) so now I'll have to go score one of these. Gee, thanks my friend!
Tim, it's always such a joy to watch and listen to you play; the passion you have for the craft is wonderful to see and of course your playing is just exceptional.
3:03 😀
I like the smile on his face when he strikes a note with the compressor on.
Makes me wanna get one 💪🏻
When I hear the words, "I always have this thing on" that is when I know I need it. Thanks for the demo. :)
I could honestly listen to Tim all day. Such a musical player. Love it.
Very tasty licks.
100% phenomenal player, and a natural on camera to boot! WIN/WIN for everybody!!!
he is musical but this video is about gear/product placement, not music
@@jfar3340 it's not totally true! It's known CZcams gear review get 10 times more views than music teaching. Anyway Tim do both sincerely and I never get bored of listening to him playing :)
@@BrunoCOHENstudio :) Hey Bruno thanks for reading my comment. Teaching takes place in classrooms not on youtube, cheers
Just give Tim his signature guitar Paul. One of the best players in the world has been sharing his love for your company’s great products for years. Show Mr. Pierce some love.
What I like most watching your videos is the joy that shows through - you’re having fun and THAT is why I keep watching. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks so much...
i thought the same thing
Fantastic versatility from this pedal, but the best part of the video is your dynamic playing! Please keep us updated about your gig with your friend at the Baked Potato!
The subtle distortion reminds me of your first solo album „Guitarland“. There are melodies which have a clean tone but then passages with a light crunch depending on the volume level and the attack on the strings. Still a masterpiece for superb guitar tones and great melodies after all these years since its release. I am so grateful for all these tutorial videos and sound examples. Greetings from Germany
Thanks Tim for going over the ways to use the compressor and in actual musical examples
I love Tim's groove smile. Most folks would be projecting 'ain't I cool, can you beat this?'
Whereas, Tim projects, ' man this is fun how we're all in this wave of creative energy!'
Hearing the backing track to “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” choked me up a bit. I was a junior in high school when The Allmans’ “Live At The Fillmore” came out. I loved that band, and was a huge Duane Allman fan. The song took me back to those days before we lost him. Bittersweet memories, for sure. Thanks Tim.
"In memory of Elizabeth Reed", what a brilliant backing track!
Awesome. Totally agree about the extra drive harmonics breathing life into the sound. I put a boost pedal at near zero settings at the start of my chain one day and turned it on. I never turned it off.
I don't know what the heck he's playing at the end, but I love it - he could play the backing track to the rest of my LIFE. 😍🥰
That sounds incredible! In both modes.
It sounds very nice! 😀 You play some of the most beautiful licks!
Great useful demo, Tim!! Not only that, but your rhythm playing is just fantastic - brilliant parts! 🔥
Thanks so much I appreciate it
Love that you used In Memory of Elizabeth Reed for this one, one of my fave songs ever. Great vid, the pedal does sound sick.
It does sound sick - problem is literally EVERYTHING this man plays sounds sick. I'll still give the pedal a shot
Love the authenticity Tim, thanks for sharing your affinity for this new pedal!
Thanks so much
In the mid 80's I loved the Arion cheaper end compressor/sustainor and used it as a boost like this. I have 2 now and make sure to buy one when they return every so many years so I get it.Thanks for sharing and love your 📹 videos Tim. 👍
thank you so much! That really helped me, a guitar novice, understand a lot more what compression and gain/boost are doing!
Holy crap please do an entire album of just that kind of funk man oh my gosh that was so awesome
Wow. That sounds fantastic. As does your playing, as always. Thanks!
I saw this yesterday, kinda like the Horsemeat too. I live like 9 miles from the PRS factory.
Very nice - Mary Cries sounds like a smoother version of the Bogner Harlow, with a more gradual taper on the boost section.
I'm using a wampler ego as boost for heavier tones. it works better than just more gain
Can't live without my Ego.
Awesome as always, I'm very interested in a comp pedal, this 1 sounds great! Thanks Tim!!
Tim just makes everything sound amazing. I'm not sold that this is better than my tiny Xotic SP though. That's a lot of pedal board real estate.
I use a similar approach using Slide Rig pedal ftom Origins Effetct. My main chain is guitar-》Slide Rig 》Lehle active Volume pedale》Dude od》blackface single channel amp.
I still use my 70s Ross compression pedal. For years I mostly used it on bass to smooth out the extreme dynamic range, but it's always worked great on guitar like yours and with that nice boost benefit.
Funny thing is my new NUX-MG30 has a copy of the Ross built in, however it doesn't perform as well as the original. Shame because the MG30 is otherwise awesome.
I use this pedal with a Dr. Z Maz 18 combo and it sounds great. With just the amp and this pedal I can go from twang to metal by twisting a couple of knobs, Thanks Tim!
Reminds me of a custom pedal I own, it’s a dual pedal with a boutique clone of the the Boss OD-1 with a sourced 14 pin chip. Going into it is the guts of a 1978-79 MXR Dynacomp compressor with all the Ross compressor pedal mods. I can dial back the gain of the od-1, to make it a cleanish boost - and I cam compress my signal before it hits the od-1 part of the pedal. Because of the availability of gain on tap - I can get dead nuts Angus Young tones.
The thing I like the best about this guys videos is that he’s showing us how the stuff works, not how fancy he could play. Although he could play super fancy if you wanted to
Sounds really good, similar to a Suhr Koji Comp. Your playing is stellar as usual. Plus “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” is one of my faves, man I can jam all day over that.
Wait - I see what you did there! Elizabeth Reed, Paul Reed Smith!
The only downside is the size - “In a world of smaller pedals” (deep movie trailer voice), this seems like it might be popular for studios and bedroom players but not so much for those with limited pedalboard real estate.
Well done, sir, well done. Your joy is infectious! Thank you.
Nice. Some of the cleanest playing I've heard in a very long time. Very nice Mr. Pierce. :-)
Thank you very much!
So goddamn smooth, melodic, and tasty....could listen to Tim all day!
I have a hard time listening when you use this guitar. It is so beautiful that I can't take my eyes off it. That blue is amazing! Another entertaining and informative video.
Interesting. Just this week, I started using the "High/Low Shelf EQ" on my HX Stomp to "wake up" the sound. Works surprisingly well, very similar to what you demonstrated with new PRS Compressor Pedal. Looks like a good.
Tilt eq is great too
I also run my hx into a boost then a comp then buffer out
@@kodykindhart5644 I've started looking into using Tilt as a quick way to balance the overall tone/frequency response of different types of pickups. Need to do more testing.
Thanks Tim , I loved that funk rhythm so much that I immediately copped it with my own accents. Great warmup for the drummer and bass player in my band. Love your diversity. 😊
Thank you Tim san.
It's more clean deep sound.
(And I like all man.B sound too. Always I check your site and your great play from Japan :Nagoya.)
Thank you again.😎
Optical compressors in general are typically more subtle than FET compressors, but they each have their own sound and feel. FET-style compressors add a nice "spank" and sparkle to your clean tone, especially if you're using single coils. However, an optical compressor works brilliantly as an always-on pedal.
I love your channel. I get enjoyment watching your enjoyment when you're playing. Quite inspirational. Thank you!
Great video as always Tim.. ive found myself using clean boost, compression and even a boss EQ pedal instead of drive pedals more and more lately, I love the way you can push the amp just into break up. My favorite is the TC electronic spark pedal with clean, fate or mid boost, such a great pedal for such little money. I'd love to try the PRS pedal, but they dont come cheap.
you don't push the amp into breakup with a pedal that's a fallacy, you just add transistor/solid state circuit into the chain, or if you're pushing ''the front end'' with a boost without drastically increasing the volume then you're just adding preamp gain, which IMO defeats the purpose of most classic tube amp breakup characteristics (we talk about 6V6, 6L6, EL84 etc amps, not 12AT7 amps, and that's for a reason). The only way to organically push an amp into breakup is to turn up the amp volume. Anyway breakup is overrated.
All these drive, boost etc pedals sound the same...
Thanks for this Tim! I struggled understanding the compressor and this has helped a lot.
Amazing how this pedal sounds with the compression all the way up. Way less "pumping" than I would have expected.
Yeah I noticed that too...
I do the same thing with my Marshall DSL100HR head using a db boost pedal by Caline. It tends to not distort the amp, it just waked it up a bit and giving the notes a bit more sustain. Then I also use just a small compressor pedal by Afuaim that really brings life to leads.
Shows all you need is an old Marshall, a good transparent boost, and Tim - to make awesome guitar music! PS - A nice PRS is a plus!
At about 4:10 I think I heard a jazzier version of “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.”--would love to hear it in it’s entirety whether I am right or wrong.
you are right, and someday I'll do a full version
Sounded like a part from the original studio version. Second album I believe.
0:44 tim pierce smiles coz nothing is changes 😂
Tim: I hope they are giving you a piece of the action on this. Based on your demo, I am ordering one this morning. Great sound, great demonstration.
I have a Fulltone fat boost. It is always on at the end of my signal chain. Once I heard what it did to my sound, the subtle sweet enhancement and a subtle sweet boost, I never turn it off.
I typed this comment before I watched the video. Glad to see I thought of something cool on my own lol.
Optical compression is really good for guitar the LA3 and LA4 were very popular solid state optical compressors for tracking guitars. I personally use a more aggressive compression on my live guitar setup, just to get that hard chicken-pickin attack with a rack ART PWM compressor called the ART dual limiter. But in the studio I have always leaned more toward optical compressors. So this might be a very good investment for me. Good thing my best friend is a PRS dealer!! LOL!
I wouldn't mind having that Marshall on all the time in my studio...
I've been looking for a new analog compressor...I just purchased the Cries Mary pedal and am very excited to put countless hours on it. Great review and guide Tim. You are truly a legend
I still want the Unit 67 but this PRS sounds interesting.
Tim, I learned so much about guitar tone in such short time! Great video 🎉
Of all the reviewers on the new PRS pedals I've seen, this is the first one I've believed. We all know Paul can be a hothead, and no one who deals with PRS regularly would want to piss him off. And I know you know him too, Tim, but in spite of that, I think you're being truthful. And I know you too Tim, though you probably don't remember me. I hired you a long time ago to play some jazzy guitar on a record. Anyway, I'm now really interested in this pedal. Killer tone through that old Marshall. Great review, thanks.
Paul and I argue with each other and get mad at each other, happens all the time :)...., David--Thanks for the comment!
@@timpierceguitar Inevitable!!
I use just a compressor everyday, you use a good fet based, it also a boost with compression, if your looking for a good cheap compressor, the tc electronics is excellent, and cheap, you get awesome clean boost plus compression if needed. But if u want studio quality then this is it, if it's like rack mount LA-2a it's worth the money. It def. Sounds good
I'd like to do the same thing with my Helix, buy I'm new to this stuff. Great video!
That sounds fantastic! I love your playing. Thanks for the great review.
3:24 what a nice soulful riff
that's the sweetest clean to edge of break up tone from a marshall i've heard too. great sounding compressor.
the attack and release is perfect, even though not adjustable, the compressor is so perfectly tuned to just excite the tone and not be too obvious.
really? and you can tell that through youtube?
That sunset!
Hey Tim - do you have a lesson on the funk-style playing that you break into at the 3:25 mark on this video? Love it! More please!
Quick question Tim (not sure if you'll see this, but here goes). Do most recording engineers prefer you to have a compressor to smooth out transients before recording, or would they want a track with as much dynamic range as possible so they can add compression themselves during mixing?
Hey ,send me an email at admin@timpierceguitar.com and I'll give you my cell etc.
Thanks man
What a sunset!!!
Paul and his guys did a nice job. Nice playing.
Sounds great, makes your tone sound really polished n swanky.
Thank you for making this video, Tim. I really appreciate the information and the demo..
Glad it was helpful!
What’s the “Santana-like” backing track? Is it available somewhere? Great playing as always.
Wow, that DGT is gorgeous! Are those the original pickups?
Really gorgeous compressor. As a producer/ engineer running small studio this could be very helpful with guitarist I am recording. Thanks for the heads up.
There's an old interview with Neil Young and Stephen Stills that still might be on CZcams in which they were asked what the most important thing was that they learned when they started recording Buffalo Springfield lps and they answered in unison: Compression. I always preferred the sound of the LA-2A to the 1176 myself. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned.
You are a great player getting straight into the pocket and the groove. I LOVE that pedal Tim. Would a bass version cut it like the guitar version?
Love your style and tone ❤
that little bit at 6:24 woooo nelly
I sort of do the same thing with an SP Compressor and BOSS Super Distortion overdrive.
Damn another pedal I need to buy 😮
You are awesome, Tim! Thanks for all your good advice! 😀
love that outdoors footage great sunset/rise not sure when you recorded haha. saw PRS' video on their new pedals yesterday and want the Mary cries the most. good as a boost pedal and a compressor as well
Thank You:)
such joy in his face
That's the joy of a man who made music his life, became a multimillionaire from it and has access to any gear he wants. I'd have that smile too!
Thanks for the video Tim. Although in the past I do remember you saying you weren’t that keen on compressors due to the effect they can have on player dynamics. Perhaps this is a trade-off for the need of evenness in the studio.
Great point!
I've been using a Boss compressor for clean boost more than for compression for years.
If you just need boost. I would suggest using a 7 or 10 band EQ with just the level decibel level pulled up a little bit. That's what I use with my single coil when I need just a little more something but not quite that muddy sound of a Les Paul
Yes :)
Most of the fancier compressors for guitars are modeled (so they say) after an 1176 whereas this is modeled after an LA-2A. The magic of these is you can put them on virtually anything (maybe not death metal) and it will sound better. Mix engineers always want them somewhere in a vocal chain. Mastering engineers find use of this one, too. This pedal is not going to behave as a limiter, but just as Tim has shown, can be left on all he time and it will especially do wonderful things with lower distortion signals. I had forgotten that Tim had done a review on this one - d*mn him ... he has given me a case of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) so now I'll have to go score one of these. Gee, thanks my friend!
Tim and Pete make the best demos
Reminds me of Al Dimeola earlier albums when he mellows out over a cha cha
TIM!!! always brilliant, cheers Sir from NZ
Genius musician
preordered today...........perfect for my ElectroDyne mesa
Thank you. Great
Those old LA-2A comps are rare as unicorns teeth!
The shipping would be crazy ! I was looking at the EU Thomann , but it couldn't be found , and I love the sound Mike 🤪🤣👍
Thanks again, Tim!! Gotta have it!!
To my ears that really sounds magnificent. Sold 🤣
I love that Compressor pedal.
Geez Tim, that sounds great!
I love great cleans.
Goes without saying spot on video/playing. Tom Bukovac is selling a prs you could be interested in Tim. 👍👍🥃Respect to you mate.
Hey Tim, I recently found out that you played guitar on the RENT soundtrack. Could you do a video about that?
Great sunset, Tim!