Tim Lerch
World-class jazz & blues guitarist and Emmy-winning composer with a passion for teaching, and a member of Pearl Django.
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BIOGRAPHY
About Tim
World renowned Jazz and Blues guitarist, educator, popular YouTuber and Emmy award winning composer, Tim Lerch is a member of the legendary Northwest Gypsy Jazz Group Pearl Django, leader of the Tim Lerch Trio and 1/2 of a very popular guitar duo with Jamie Findlay. Over the past 50 years Tim has performed with a long list of greats in many styles.
In addition to his busy live playing and recording schedule, Tim is also a well respected and popular teacher with a busy schedule of private lessons, Masterclasses and workshops.
Recent activities include: Three Best Selling Books – Melodic Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionary, Melodic Jazz Guitar Chord Phrases and Melodic Blues Guitar Soloing. Tim has recorded 10 Master Class video courses with TrueFire and has taught at Jazz Guitar Camps in the US and UK.
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What I use
- • Linda Manzer Blue Note
- • Tim Bram Tribute
- • Various Fender Custom Shop Nocasters
- • TLTX Chubby Mike Lull Custom Guitars (Tim’s Signature Guitar)
- • Guild CE100D, Formerly owned by Ted Greene
- • 1959 Gibson L-7C
- • 1951 Gibson ES 350
- • Grez Gibson TL Custom
- • Andersen Little Archie and Electric Archie
- • 1939 Epiphone Broadway
All guitars set up and repaired by Tom at www.mikelull.com Many of the above guitars are loaded with Lollar Pickups.
An ever changing pedal board that currently contains:
- • RC Booster
- • Honey Bee OD
- • Strymon Flint
- • Keeley Halo
- • Ethos Clean Fusion Deluxe
Depending on the venue I will use one of the following amps:
- • Fender Princeton Reissue
- • Quilter 101 Reverb and Tone Block 202
- • Fuchs ODS 50 and “Princeton”
- • Sunnyside K-Verb 40
- • 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb
- • Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue
- • Henriksen the Bud and Forte
- • Ethos Overdrive amp
I am an artist endorser for the following companies:
• D’Addario Strings and Planet Waves accessories
• Lollar Pickups
• Henriksen Amps
• Fuchs Amps
• Ethos Overdrive
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