Detail 01
Three-position Clip switch
It offers three clipping styles, including settings described as high-headroom or more compressed and saturated.
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MXRTimmy Overdrive Effects Pedal
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
MXR’s Timmy Overdrive puts Paul Cochrane’s circuit into a mini enclosure to conserve pedalboard space while retaining the core character of the rig. Its Clip switch offers three clipping styles, from an always-on sound with substantial headroom for driving an amp’s front end to a more compressed, saturated option. Cut-only Bass and Treble controls refine the signal without boosting frequencies: Bass works before the overdrive stage, while Treble works after it. An LF353 op-amp was selected for high-output, high-gain, hi-fi signal delivery.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Keeping an always-on drive while retaining the fundamental character of a guitar rig.
- Using a clean boost to push an amplifier’s front end during a live setup.
- Adjusting bass before gain and treble after gain to refine overdrive.
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
Cut-only Bass and Treble controls
They remove rather than add frequency content, making clean-boost setup straightforward.
Detail 03
LF353 op-amp
It was selected for high-output, high-gain, hi-fi signal delivery.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01Can the Timmy be set as a clean boost?
Yes. Its cut-only tone controls are described as making it easy to dial in a clean boost.
02How do the tone controls differ?
Bass affects the signal before overdrive, while Treble affects it after overdrive.
