I have a Tim, should I bother with an OCD?

[Killcrop]

I have had a Tim for almost 10 years. I still haven't untapped all the sounds in that pedal. Anyway, I was looking for something different. Is the OCD to similar to the TIM? Should I even bother?

[solitaire]

The OCD and the Tim are like night and day. Don't see any problem with using both.

[thekonas]

From what I have gathered in my limited time here- there's always room for one more- Any Marine feel free to chime in with an AAV joke :)

[timmat]

Get the ocd, and you'll have a super flexible combo. The Tim(my) stacked into the ocd is hi gain goodness.

[Killcrop]

The OCD and the Tim are like night and day. Don't see any problem with using both.

Really? I thought they were both used to push amps into overdrive. They are that different eh? Can you elaborate?

[solitaire]

Really? I thought they were both used to push amps into overdrive. They are that different eh? Can you elaborate?Just like Ferrari and Rolls-Royce both make cars. The Tim I believe is an op-amp based, symetrical soft clipping pedal with a pronounced mid. The OCD is a diode based, assymetrical hard clipping pedal with a flat or slightly scooped response. This means the Tim would compress more and produce more white noise, and the OCD would compress less (harder sounding) yet have a sweeter and woodier breakup pattern.

If using the pedal to push your amp into distortion only, you'd most likely want a boost pedal. If however you want some distortion to occur before the amp then an OD pedal or distortion pedal is what you want. :)

[Killcrop]

Just like Ferrari and Rolls-Royce both make cars. The Tim I believe is an op-amp based, symetrical soft clipping pedal with a pronounced mid. The OCD is a diode based, assymetrical hard clipping pedal with a flat or slightly scooped response. This means the Tim would compress more and produce more white noise, and the OCD would compress less (harder sounding) yet have a sweeter and woodier breakup pattern.

If using the pedal to push your amp into distortion only, you'd most likely want a boost pedal. If however you want some distortion to occur before the amp then an OD pedal or distortion pedal is what you want. :)

Thanks for the response. That pretty much explains it and will also be just enough to motivate me for a purchase tomorrow. Looks like I have OCD.:D

[PaulC]

Just like Ferrari and Rolls-Royce both make cars. The Tim I believe is an op-amp based, symetrical soft clipping pedal with a pronounced mid. The OCD is a diode based, assymetrical hard clipping pedal with a flat or slightly scooped response. This means the Tim would compress more and produce more white noise, and the OCD would compress less (harder sounding) yet have a sweeter and woodier breakup pattern.


The Tim has both asym and symetrical clipping options. With it's tone controls it can be set to a flat EQ responce. It's only has a mid content if you roll the bass and treble out. It uses current clamping diodes which actually have less compression than voltage clamping. Voltage clamps clean up better in part because of the stronger compression threshold. Any extra white noise is due to the fact the pedal can be set to no high end roll-off at all. Good for clean boosting, but not for high gain. When the gain comes up - roll off the highs to smooth it out, and reduce noise.

PaulC
Tim/timmy pedals
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[slowth]

all these technical things are confusing! I'll just remember there's a big enough difference to warrant having both!

anyway Paul, emailed u a couple wks back about our order to Singapore! =)

ok sorry.. back to this.. many OCDs come up used.. no harm just trying one out. don't like it. just put it back on the emporium and pass it on. Little loss i'd say..

[SackvilleDan]

I have a Tim and Timmy, had/hated/sold an OCD... not the same thing at all, but a lot of people love them - I just definitely prefer the Tim, especially when pushing my Marshall :D

[harryjmic]

The OCD and the Tim are like night and day. Don't see any problem with using both.

Not to me, they are different but for me the OCD is overcast , cold and rainy, while the Tim is 72 degrees and sunny with a light breeze. :D

Now way I'd ever own a OCD again, I have no idea why the love either.

[rob2001]

Very different IMO. I feel the OCD is kind of a cross between an OD and distortion. The Timmy seemed more like a mild OD/clean boost.

What you get from either depends on your amp and how you set up gain staging. I liked the Tim better pushing a dirty JCM 800 and I liked the OCD more as a stand alone distortion into a clean amp.

[tashiattack]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel pedals like the OCD are for clean amps, and Tim/Timmy's are for pushing whatever amp you use to naturally overdrive it?

I have a fender twin and while I don't need the OCD, I can see having both that and the timmy :). Stack heaven!

[CaseyI]

Tim and OCD are a match made in heaven. As another post said, run the OCD INTO the Tim. You'll be glad you did.

[Killcrop]

Tim and OCD are a match made in heaven. As another post said, run the OCD INTO the Tim. You'll be glad you did.

I need to try this next. I just got the OCD. It is night and day different from the TIM. The OCD is great at low volumes. The TIM doesn't really do that. I wasn't really even considering that feature so its a bonus that I can lower the night time volume. Now I am off to run the OCD into the TIM.