Any Timmy love?

xHymnal

I remember certainly back to MR days that a load of people were going crazy for Timmys, and Tims. A lot of session type guitarists use them but I hardly ever hear the name any more. Have they fallen by the wayside or do people still like them? Perhaps it's the ghastly purple that puts people off...

RaymondLin

I like it, mine is green though

allicio

I've had a few, I kept buying into the hype even getting one of the limited editions with the different chip, but I always ended up selling them as kept coming back to the realisation they are nothing special. Paul Cochrane's customer service is superb though!

frankus

I've got a Timmy and I'm making a Pedal Parts Candyman today

Used to be a whole Zendrive vs Timmy thing -- then people started stacking them and that debate went away

ICBM

I imagine they must have a fairly low sale rate in some parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland too.

slate

Mine has seen off scores of pedals over the last few years. Love it.

ThePrettyDamned

They're okay, I wasn't blown away to be honest.

But most overdrive pedals don't - they're all just flavours of the same sort of sounds. I'm relatively unfussy when it comes to od tone, but the boss od-3 is genuinely excellent, so that would be my benchmark against which all others are tested. I don't remember the timmy wowing me as much.

Cirrus

I used one for more than a year though i've just sold it. Great pedal, doesn't have much character of its own but that's the point of a transparent overdrive, right? Nice tone shaping with the treble and bass, and the gain comes on very smooth - it doesn't really have a sweetspot, it stays dynamic and clear.

Richardj

Someone had to!

ThePrettyDamned

Richardj;376818" said:

Someone had to!

I'm glad this happened.

RaymondLin

No purple Timmy here! 

not_the_dj

Mine's white with the LM1458 chip. Supposedly a bit smoother than the regular one. I had two previous Timmy's and a Tim once, but stupidly sold them on, so I'm keeping this one!

Majorscale

Have a limited blue Timmy and love it. The sounds I was getting with my Tele, Timmy and J20 this morning were heavenly

xHymnal

Interesting chaps, thanks. Has anyone stacked two? Or would stacking transparent overdrives be totally pointless?

Wazmeister

This one was mine, and I sold it, and it did have some magic inside compared to others...

http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q493/Warren3333/P1000899.jpg

Dave_Mc

ICBM said:

I imagine they must have a fairly low sale rate in some parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland too.

I don't get it? )

I need to get one, though. Even the cheapo dano clone I have is excellent.

ICBM

Dave_Mc said:

ICBM said:

I imagine they must have a fairly low sale rate in some parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland too.

I don't get it? )

Maybe I'm wrong about Northern Ireland, I just assumed it was the same since so much else is!

If it helps, RaymondLin's one might be particularly risky .

Ah - checked: the NI translation is Taig.

Dave_Mc

LOL

Yeah I've never heard "Tim" or "Timmy" used like that here. Heard a lot of other ones, though )

MatthewShreddery

The bass and treble knobs on my Timmy are backwards (as in you cut by rolling clockwise, and boost by turning anti clockwise)- wtf is this normal?

Majorscale

Yes! They are cut knobs. Of course as you raise the gain the dynamic of the pedal changes so you might find that you need to cut treble or bass.

MatthewShreddery

Haha my mind is blown...