Tim Mahoney (guitarist)

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Tim Jerome Mahoney (born February 17, 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska) is the guitarist for the musical group 311. Tim is best known for his single-noted riffs, and fusion of punk, latin, and rock styles.

[edit] Guitars Used

He has a large collection of Paul Reed Smith guitars which seem to be his preferred brand. His main guitar now is an all mahogany Paul Reed Smith made for him by their custom shop which he calls "Blue". It is special in a few unique ways. It is light blue with special tiki mask inlay on the head stock which was designed by Bob Vessells. Another unique feature about the guitar is the fact that it is a Standard 24 (24 fret) with a "stoptail" bridge which is no longer offered by PRS unless ordered through their custom shop. It also sports the usual Seymour Duncan JB bridge humbucker pickup / Alnico Pro II neck humbucker pickup combination which has been a modification on almost all of his guitars since the very early 90's when 311 first recorded music. Recently he has made another pickup modification to "Blue". Tim now uses a Seymour Duncan SH-13 "DIMEBUCKER" as the bridge pickup.

[edit] Effects Used

His usual sound is generated by a mixture of Mesa/Boogie type distortions, the BOSS OC-2 octave pedal, rocktron intellifex, among others.

Tim Mahoney currently (4/27/06) uses a Bogner Ubershall for his distortion, Bad Cat Hot Cat for the in between overdrive, and a Fender Twin Reverb for his clean sounds.

His effects have changed a lot through out the years but there have been a few that have grown to be more commonly used on 311's newer albums. His new staple effect, the Mutron III Envelope Filter combined with Electro-Harmonix' Deluxe Memory Man Delay has given him a sound very smiliar to one of his guitar heroes Jerry Garcia. Tim has spent many years searching for his favorite sounds as well as blending the things he liked about the guitar players he enjoyed listening to when he was a kid.

[edit] Trivia

Tim is known to sign autographs for people backwards and even his guitar picks have his near trade mark signature of "miT". He is also known to draw a flower in his hand when signing his picture.
Tim has been nicknamed "Stoney Mahoney" and "Honedog"