Not getting along with the TImmy.....

[mangoman]

Am I the only one?? This is my second time around, and while I generally use it to fatten up my single coils, I tend to miss the magic in the pedal. I know its a great pedal, but I think I just want something simpler. I am loving the EP Booster though!!!

Anyone else having a similar experience, OR please enlighten me on how to Timmify my rig!!!

Mango:bonk

[brettmoor]

I played the Timmy through a Blues Jr. and LOVED it...then I came home to my main amp- the trusty old Princeton Reverb Reissue- and couldn't get along with it at all.

[Leftyman]

The Timmy is a great pedal however, I kind of agree with you. I have owned 2 Tims and 2 Timmys and have sold them all. I just found sounds in other pedal I liked more. I personally like the Menatone Red Snapper more for a transparent overdrive. At low gain settings I also really like my OCD v4. Paul is a great guy and I would never put down his product. Both pedals are great at what they do. Different stokes for different folks as they say.

[Shiny McShine]

Some pedals do better with certain amps. Keep it. You'll find it works really well with something else.

[brettmoor]

Oh yes, I should have added: I think the Tim/Timmy is/are fantastic pedals. Some of the very best I've played, actually. Doesn't work with my uber-specific rig, but thats certainly not telling of the pedal. I would keep it..I regret selling mine.

[Isaiah4Autumn]

I do not generally see it for that application but if it is not working for you then heh...it's not working for me; no big deal. If your still under warranty send it back to paul for a fool refund minus shipping and help out the wait list.

[imguitardan]

Set all the knobs at 10:30...

[revgsmall]

I just received a Zendrive and a Jetter GSR. And I did get to try a Timmy. Wow!!! these guys put alot of time and love into these gadgets, no two ways about it. We all have different opinions of tone and perhaps more importantly we certainly have different approaches (or frontal attacks) to the guitar. The above pedals lean towards guys and gals who have a touch sensitive picking technique and also ride the volume pot on their guitars. There are great pedals out there that accomadate the more heavy handed attack, the OCD to name a great one. It is marvelous to have all the "paint brush" pedals to pick from. In the 70's when I started out it was a Big Muff that I renamed the "60 cycle hum enhancer" the fuzz tone and a vox Wah. The rich kids had the Echoplex or Roland Space Echo. That was it.

And when I went to school we barely had air to breath and we were thankful. I had to kill a grizzly bear one time with my loose leaf notebook... and we never complained..even when I told the teacher that a bear ate my homework and she beat me senseless with a crickett bat and made me carve my initials in it with my bleading finger nails........but I digress....

[TenneyThe2nd]

How are you using it now? Is it a low gain rhythm drive. It's good at that, but try it as a lead boost. What amp are you playing? Everything stays close to noon for me on a blues jr. which gives a good volume jump. The TIM allows me to jump out to the front of the mix for solos while keeping the same base dirt sound that I'm using ahead of it. I add enough gain on the TIM to give me some extra sustain and compression (just a touch) and take out just enough bass and treble to keep from being woofy or harsh. Try setting up your EP booster at the very front of your chain as a buffer, then rhythm drives, then your TIM/Timmy. I actually love that the TIM gives me two stages of lead boost, because the amount of boost needed for a mild song isn't enough for a song that's over the top.

[sanhozay]

Timmy is amp dependent, application dependent, placement dependent, player dependent and will yield various results based on any infinite nuanced combination of the above; plus the simple fact remains that the Timmy reserves the right to hate your guts, just because.

There we go. The older I get the more I start sounding like Mike Fuller....

Having said all that, I like Timmy. He's a good engine.

Wow, a notebook huh? Bourne Identity be proud! We had Nuns instead of grizzly bears and I'd wager they were more fierce...

[harryjmic]

For a clean boost I set my pedal this way - Gain 9 to 10, volume 3, bas and treble 3. These are clock settings. I think the pedal is one of the best things made and I don't find it tough to use at all.

[yellowecho]

i usually try to keep the EQ flat (full bass frequency response) and maybe remove some highs.
then, i think i use the gain and volume around 10:30.
it's so transparent that i tend to think of it as another channel on my single channel amp.. so if you don't like the sound of your amp overdriven, the Timmy may not be your thing.

[sleepyone]

I just received a Zendrive and a Jetter GSR. And I did get to try a Timmy. Wow!!! these guys put alot of time and love into these gadgets, no two ways about it. We all have different opinions of tone and perhaps more importantly we certainly have different approaches (or frontal attacks) to the guitar. The above pedals lean towards guys and gals who have a touch sensitive picking technique and also ride the volume pot on their guitars. There are great pedals out there that accomadate the more heavy handed attack, the OCD to name a great one.

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[BluesHarp]

Timmy set below noon on gain with a LM1458 opamp and at 12 volts into a marshall amp is about the best its going to sound. It loves a marshall but not so much a fender. Sounds good in a tweed style amp.. like the Blues Jr. Also into a Vox AC30.

Its too good for its own good. But.. I have loaned mine out to a friend for his marshall and it's rockN his world. The klon and a bjfe eq has taken its spot on my board and Im happier. I may end up selling both and getting a Jester...

[jbussiere]

The Timmy in my experience with two of them, really depends on the amp you go through. It LOVED my AC15 but I honestly found it super sterile through my Egnater Rebel 20. Great pedal, just not a pedal for every situation. I ended up just using it for a clean fat boost, but for the $200 I bought/sold it for, I got a clean boost plus another pedal....

[freaksho]

. . . I generally use it to fatten up my single coils . . .


well the Timmy is almost completely transparent so this is not the ideal application for it imo. what you put in is what you get out, only louder or with grit or both.

[SlideGuy123]

Don't forget about the DIP switches -- I loved the sound of the Timmy with my Blues Jr, but when I got a Goodsell Super17 Mk3, the sound was so-so -- weak, thin -- until I played around with the switches, which were both in the "off" position. Now, with asymmetrical clipping, it sounds great again (and awesome through the Goodsell, which sounds amazing on its own).

[Groberts]

Timmy sounds amazing through my Dr Z Maz Jr and also through a HotRod Deluxe. I use a Strat or Tele. I also have an EP Boost and the the Timmy Stacks really well with the EP boost for my needs.

[meterman]

I've been using a TIM or Timmy since they first came out, I find it to be the most useful boost/overdrive I've ever tried. I've used it for years as a low gain OD, tried taking it off my board recently but just put it back on set as a clean boost this time. I've used it with Fenders, Dr Zs, Marshalls, Tophats, etc and never did it sound bad. I've found other pedals that I like more sometimes for the particular thing they bring but the Timmy is the swiss army knife of dirt pedals IMHO and I wouldn't want to be without it. Great for making your amp sound basically the same but much better, can warm up a tube amp when you can't play as loud as you'd like and can push a cooking amp over the edge like a Klon. I usually run mine at 18V and set it with gain 10:00-12:00, vol 1:00-2:00, bass 11:00 and treble at 1:00-2:00. My dirt chain goes fuzz > OCD v4 > Timmy > Badgerplex Vintage preamp. The Badgerplex adds some clarity, string definition, high end shimmer, and a few dB of gain if you want it.

[macmax77]

i had a timmy once and didn't like it with the specific amp i had, i sold it.
I bought a Tim since some people said it was smoother than the Timmy.

I LOVE MY TIM with the amps i have played it!

I have a Red Snapper (third one), i have a KOT, I have Great taste and a Tim

My Tim is on when i am playing, sleeping, at the Supermarket, Driving.... It is always on, it is Beautiful and stacks like no other!

[Salokin]

I didn' t know you can run a Tim/Timmy at 18v?

[kenoflife]

\The klon and a bjfe eq has taken its spot on my board and Im happier. I may end up selling both and getting a Jester...

i did that - and it was a good move.

[meterman]

I didn' t know you can run a Tim/Timmy at 18v?

Absolutely, gives it even more punch, definition, clarity, and lack of compression

[Realfi]

Am I the only one?? This is my second time around, and while I generally use it to fatten up my single coils, I tend to miss the magic in the pedal. I know its a great pedal, but I think I just want something simpler. I am loving the EP Booster though!!!

Anyone else having a similar experience, OR please enlighten me on how to Timmify my rig!!!

Mango:bonk

I use teles mostly and probably about 80% bridge pickup. I love my Timmy as a low gain OD into my AC30.

I set the gain between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock volume to taste and bass and treble rolled off to about 2 o'clock on both.

I prefer the DIP switches set asymmetrical and run a slightly smoother LM1458 opamp.

The Timmy may not in fact be for you but before you let it go I'd definitely try different DIP switch positions and a different opamp, maybe an LM1458 or RC4558.

[Melodic Dreamer]

I've owned a couple of them. Great pedal, but I always end up using something different.

[mattheal]

Timmy is amp dependent, application dependent, placement dependent, player dependent and will yield various results based on any infinite nuanced combination of the above; plus the simple fact remains that the Timmy reserves the right to hate your guts, just because.


Hahahaha :rotflmao
that last part sums up my experience with the Timmy entirely.

it worked for one of my guitars in one style really well, but it just didnt agree with my tele custom, and it was just a bit to finicky to me, so I sold it to a mate who makes it sound amazing, so maybe it was just me

[forum_crawler]

The Timmy is a good pedal, but it doesn't play well with all amplifiers. My amp did not like it at all, while my Dad's Marshall loves it... go figure...

[swollen303]

AC 15 user here.

Timmy loves my P90 guitar, turns his nose up at my strat, merely tolerates my tele.

[pbradt]

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[sanhozay]

AC 15 user here.

Timmy loves my P90 guitar, turns his nose up at my strat, merely tolerates my tele.

That is weird. Your Timmy must have a lot of Monty because mine loves my AC15 with anything I plug into it. I could plug a rainy day into the Timmy through the Vox and out would come a rainbow. :love:

Really oddski, but I find my Timmy more confrontational with amplifiers than guitars. Timmy is totally Elliot Ness with my AC15TV. I haven't played around with the switches but I think I'll try the asymmetrical setting and a few opamps to see how he behaves. Lately I like the naughty side of Timmy...

[stevewire]

I prefer the DIP switches set asymmetrical and run a slightly smoother LM1458 opamp.

The Timmy may not in fact be for you but before you let it go I'd definitely try different DIP switch positions and a different opamp, maybe an LM1458 or RC4558.

Hey Realfi,
How do you perceive the differences in opamps?

I didn' t know you can run a Tim/Timmy at 18v?
I started doing this earlier this week. I like it so far.

[Realfi]

Hey Realfi,
How do you perceive the differences in opamps?


I started doing this earlier this week. I like it so far.

Well. A new opamp is certainly not going to turn the Timmy into another pedal entirely but you will hear the difference. An LM1458 is a little smoother while an RC4558 adds a bit of girth compared to the RC4559.

Opamps plus DIP switch experimentation can certainly yield worthwhile results. That's why Paul sockets the opamp, to make such swaps easy.