There's nothing more satisfying than dialing in the perfect guitar tone, but what do you do when you want to hit it with a little overdrive without throwing your hard-earned tone out the door? Famed pedal builder, Paul Cochrane, was well aware of this situation and set out to create an overdrive that could boost your sound while retaining its fundamental character - thus the Timmy Overdrive was born. The Timmy pedal was inexpensive and highly sought after, and demand often exceeded production. So, Paul teamed up with MXR to bring Timmy to a wider audience. Now you can upgrade your gear with Timmy's famous transparent overdrive, designed to bring out the expressiveness of your playing, while giving you access to a myriad of sounds and textures via its four control knobs (Bass, Treble, Volume and Gain) and a Clip Switch with three distinct clipping profiles to suit a range of playing styles. Huge, transparent sound enhances your basic sound
Due to its vast tonal palette and ability to keep a guitarist's basic tone intact, the MXR Timmy Overdrive has been called a working guitarist's dream. So what gives Timmy his signature transparency and musicality? First, the Treble and Bass controls on Timmy are muted only, preventing you from overhyping your signal. Instead, it focuses on eliminating unwanted upper and lower frequencies. Second, the Bass control is wired to affect your signal before it hits the overdrive stage, so you get cleaner, more focused bass. On the other hand, the Treble control affects the post-overdrive signal, helping you smooth out rougher tones while emphasizing pleasant overtones. Finally, Timmy's unique three-way Clip switch lets you choose from three different clipping types, ranging from mild saturation to massive, crunchy distortion.