Description
The Timmy has earned cult status among touring and session players for a simple reason: it adds grit without getting in the way of your guitar and amp’s natural voice. Rather than coloring your tone with a heavy-handed drive stamp, it lets your rig’s fundamental character shine through while layering on responsive, textured overdrive that ranges from a whisper of grind to a fully saturated push.
This is Paul Cochrane’s original circuit, the one that built a reputation with first-call players like Nashville session ace Kenny Greenberg, L.A. go-to guitarist Lyle Workman, and rock veteran Brad Whitford. When demand outgrew what Cochrane could build by hand, he partnered with MXR’s design team to bring the same transparent drive to a wider audience without watering down the recipe.
MXR houses the circuit in its compact mini pedal shell, a footprint that matters when your board is already crowded with modulation, delay, and boost. You get the same touch-sensitive overdrive character in a chassis that frees up real estate for the rest of your chain.
- Transparent, amp-like overdrive that preserves your core tone
- Based on Paul Cochrane’s original Timmy circuit
- Wide gain range from subtle grit to saturated drive
- Compact MXR mini housing for tight pedalboard layouts
Drop it early in your signal chain ahead of modulation and time-based effects, or stack it with a boost for extra push into a cranked amp — either way, it stays out of the way of your fundamental tone while doing the heavy lifting.
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