How Tim Henson Wrote 'Playing God'

Polyphia's Tim Henson answers the internet's burning questions about guitar playing.


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[jdwylde]

“I have 22 frets and I’m gonna use 22 frets.”

[Toekneehouse]

He just looks at you at the end like “okay now you do it”

[theprodigalson]

He’s the first man I’ve ever felt like this for

[Town_Country]

You don’t understand how difficult it is to throw harmonics in with regular chords. This guy is something else.

[XSpImmaLion]

Tim's signature "yeah, simple like this".
And guitar players are there "WTF just happened".

[ygypt]

this is like those art books that say "start with a circle. add a triangle for the beak. shade the rest of the owl and voila"

[jont.]

The way he looks up at the end like “that’s right mortals, I can play the whole thing by myself”.

[marquism]

Dude's barely 30 and is already one of the greatest guitar players alive. Imagine Hensen with 20+ more years under his belt. I can't even imagine.

[phillipedwardness]

“And then I just go”
*impossibly difficult sequence for most guitar players*

[thatonedude]

Man does harmonics better than I can do alternate picking.

[colinerikstanhouse]

I've been watching guitarists for 40+ yrs, and every so often one changes the course of music on the guitar. Tim is among the greats !

[rashadnajeeb]

This guy looks like a final fantasy character

[splunky]

Tim: so yeah I just had a piece of 2x4 and some ductape, but yeah here is my 2 story mansion i built

[theysaidimasian]

the way he looked at the camera at the end was like "see, simple? now you do it"

[shaolinrasta]

Discovered these guys a few days ago. I am astronmically impressed

[basheerahmed]

Imma pretend I just understood everything.

[skay]

you can feel the "yeah i just did that" in his face in that final frame

[andrepalomaro]

One of the greatest guitarists EVER hands down. Unbelievable comfort eith the entire guitar, many techniques and rhythms, mastery bro. I cant.

[eamonmcdonough]

One of the most talented guitarists I've ever seen

[trigazer]

Bro this guy can just dismiss harmonics like they easy to play 😂 the talent of this man is insane he for sure gonna be one of the best guitarists of our future