Der Weg zur AT-100 war lang und Andy hat vorher (und danach) eine Reihe anderer Gitarren gespielt. Anbei eine kleine Retrospective von Andys Gitarren, die ich für das AT-Board angesammelt habe (deshalb auch auf Englisch). Viel Spaß beim Lesen!
Note: This is a picture citation for historical purpose. Hence, no copyright violation intended. Sources are indicated if possible. However, if any of the pics violate a picture owner's rights, I will gladly remove them.
Andy's Kramer "Flintstones"
This 1989 Kramer Custom guitar has a one-off Flintstones graphic painted by Dennis Kline. As far as I recaptured, Andy used to play the Flintstones theme as part of his solos during his tours with Danger Danger, and received this guitar as a birthday gift from Kramer and Epic Records.
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34810544@N08/
Andy's Kramer "Danger Danger"
This 1989 Kramer Pacer Custom II shows the cover graphic from the self-titled "Danger Danger" album. Andy played this guitar during the early tours with Danger Danger. I could not find out who did the custom paintjob ...
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34810544@N08/
Andy's Kramer "Holoflash"
The 1989 Kramer guitar with Sustainer pickup was made at Andy's request for a "flashy" guitar.
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34810544@N08/
Andy's Kramer "Pink"
Andy's Kramer "White Custom"
Source:
http://www.ericernest.com/kramer_kafe_vintage_kramer_guitar_photos.htm
Andy's Kramer "Sunburst"
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34810544@N08/
Andy's old Ibanez RT model
As seen on the back of the CD "ear X-tacy". I am not sure if he ever actually played that instrument live or on a record.
Source:
http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/band.cgi?BandNum=4314
Andy's Ibanez USRG
I don't have any information about this guitar. As it doesn't feature Andy' favourite pickups I guess that this guitar was only used for promotion in the days when Ibanez sold their semi-custom-shopd US RG models in the US.
Andy's Ibanez AT L.A. Custom Shop
Made by the Ibanez Custom Shop in L.A., this guitar has already floated around among various collectors.
Source:
http://s792.photobucket.com/albums/yy207/TAorama/ATLACS/
Andy's Ibanez AT-300 signature model
Used for the recordings of the album "Resolution", this guitar can be seen in action on Andy's "Live Resolution" DVD. Hit the market in 2004 and was available till 2007. Already a sought-after classic in Ibanez historical lineup.
Source:
http://www.ibanezrules.com/new/at300.htm
Andy's Ibanez AT-100 WH Custom model
The only one of it's kind! An original AT100 in white with rosewood fretboard. It was intentionally meant to look like Jeff Beck's "Wired" Strat. As Andy stated "it sat for a long time, but when we were recording 'Within You Without You' I dug it out and set the tremolo to float slightly to help with the Indian inflections that I was attempting to do. It's a really great sounding guitar ...". The white AT has been seeing some action live in 2011 (e.g., at the Guitar Sanctuary OYA).
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39627126@N05/sets/72157628070755104/
Andy's Ibanez AT-100 SB signature model
What more to say? This the THE guitar Andy is associated with. Andy received it on Valentine's Day in 1994 . Later on, Ibanez produced a limited edition 175 copies of Andy's original guitar in 1999 which were mainly sold in Japan. These instruments are nowadays rare collectibles.
However, Andy was invited to play with other major Ibanez endorsees at the Hoshino 100th anniversary party in Japan, they approached him about bringing back the AT-100 as a production model. As Andy felt "the timing was right", the guitar was re-issued in 2009 and is available in unlimited quantities ever since.
Source 1:
http://theguitaraddict.blogspot.com/2009/07/andy-timmons-clinic-swee-lee.html
Source 2:
http://blog.roodo.com/megadave/
Source 3:
http://mesaboogie.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/08