Paul Cochrane Timmy Transparent Overdrive

This is the holy grail of overdrive, you can use it from a Clean Boost or TS9 and beyond amazing blues, rock sounds, even nice Metal sound when you push an Tube Amp, Highly recommend

Summary: A great overdrive that can compliment many rigs and amps. It also stands up on it's own well as a primary overdrive.

Tone: The word "transparent" is getting a lot of hype lately. I love the sound of my guitar and I don't want to put and OD in place that just masks that so I get it. However, I'm not an expert to argue the validity of "transparency" so I'll skip that. The fact is, this pedal sounds like my guitar running my amp into breakup and not like a pedal. I noticed the 'Transparency' the most when I upgraded from a PRS SE Custom 24 to a PRS S2 Standard 24. This pedal took a huge leap in tone quality versus others OD/Distortions as my new guitar sounded much better.

Gain: Gain can really go up on this little guy and it can be very fun. I know a lot of guys use it as a clean boost and I do as well at times but I mainly keep the gain around 11. The pedal itself is very responsive so you can clean up the tone based on your picking power. There is also a 3 way gain clipping switch which allows you to dial in the right type of gain you have set. I've found this to make some major differences in the overall tone I'm going for.

Treble / Bass: The two knobs are actually cut knobs. Thus, as you move the knob clockwise, you are decreasing that tonal property. IE: If I turn the the bass knob clockwise, it decreases the amount of bass coming through. Same thing for the treble. Paul C states that it reduces clipping. I'm no electrical engineer but I can attest to that the changes in the EQ are very smooth and make all the difference in the tone you're going for.

Needless to say, I'm a huge fan of the Timmy.

Love the clipping options. They're all useful. I keep the treble and bass at 12 o clock and the voume at 10 o clock, gain at 11o clock. Guitar at 7, things break up nicely and have full control over dynnamic range.

I mostly use this on bass for when I play with a pick. I use it to add just a touch of dirt. Sounds really awesome on guitar.

It hits all the right marks when it comes to a transparent overdrive.

So clean, so pure, you can hear all the notes. I'm never letting this guy go out of my set.

The most transparent overdrive! I love mine.

Hands down, this really is the best overdrive pedal I've ever heard. Mine's a clone, called Tommy.

I use this one for a bit more high gain overdrive, compared to the King of Tone or de Klon. Nice warm, creamy overdrive, but a bit noisy,

Great transparent drive. The bass and treble controls really allow for dialing in your tone.