MXR® Timmy® Overdrive

From the first note, I could tell this was a great low-gain, dirt/grit pedal. Perfect for blues, and a light smattering of dirt on your notes, or stacking with other drives for that extra saturation. The tone controls are responsive, functional, and the pedal imparts very little overall coloring, while adding that nice touch of dirt. The three postion switch is not as noticeable at modest gain settings, but if you use the pedal for more of an overdrive, or light distortion, the left and right positions of the switch become more apparent. The right position is more compressed, with dynamics evened out, while the left position is more spitty, and adds a little more hair to the sound. I prefer the center position, which is more natural, with an open, dynamic feel. Gained up, the pedal has a nice warm overdrive sound, that on it's own will get you into rock territory. It does get a little mushy with the gain up higher, which winding back the bass control helps to tighten up, but this pedal is most at home with gain settings between 11-2-oclock in my opinion. If you are looking for a pedal that punches above its weight, sounds great, and is well made, the MXR Timmy is the pedal you are looking for. I am getting a second one to put on my B-Board, it is that good. I was hesitant at first to get one, having a Caline Pure-Sky already, which is also an amazing pedal, I wasn't sure the MXR Timmy would be a notch up. Curiosity got me though, and I am glad I made the jump. The Timmy is an amazing pedal, so if you were on the fence about getting one, just do it.

Bought this to replace a JHS Morning Glory. Does the same but better and is way more versatile. The gain can be a little granular past noon and into light fuzz territory when cranked, which might not suit everyone, but it the toggle switch provides the ability to add a little smoothing and compression. Love this drive stacked with a klon or clone. Perfect "always on" pedal to fatten up your amp tone. The bass and treble cut eq is powerful and has replaced the need for a post drive eq pedal in my rig.

What can I say... its the Timmy in a mini pedal size. Great sounding basic distortion tone. Pricey, but worth the money.

This MXR mini is the same circuit as the "full sized" Timmy v3. Should sound exactly (as much as pot and resister tolerances allow) like it's full sized brother. While you can drive it into the "distortion" category I use it as a clean "clean boost" pedal, of which I have several different clean boosts I can compare it with some others. The Timmy sounds great, and if you're looking for a pedal in this territory you owe it to yourself to give it a try. I frequently play on stage live and thats where the troubles start. I want to be able to "fine tune it" throughout a set based on the room, the amp, and/or guitar I'm playing. Cramming four knobs on top of such a small enclosure makes it very difficult to use in live situations. The Timmy has a bass and treble knob which I find essential to gently massage those tonal characteristics when I switch between my starts and my teles, and sometimes I want to tweak the gain or output slightly. Often a small adjustment is all that is required. On a dimly lit stage a small enclosure with small, closely spaced knobs becomes a problem. Not only is it more difficult to read "way down there on the floor" (I don't have the best eyes any longer. just wait, it will happen to you too :) and with the very small knobs (compared to a full sized Timmy) tiny changes are more difficult to make. Now - if you are a bedroom player none of this may bother you and if you're OK with mini pedals, then buy this one. Otherwise you might be better off with a full sized Timmy. Sounds great! - difficult to use in live situations. = 4 stars

Good-sounding item! Thanks

Underwhelming effect with nearly zero EQ shaping available. Coats signal with a dark blanket of sorts, and naturally gets darker with added gain. May be good for very loud or bright amplifiers, or players who 100% already have their sound and want to add a little dirt. I love MXR quality and innovation, but this one is on the boutique hype train. To those seeking a certain sound like this, I would highly recommend saving a little more to spend on an actual Timmy or Greer Lightspeed. Slightly less $$ and more tweakable than this would be a BOSS OD3. Again, this MXR Timmy may suit your needs if you have a guitar and amp with which you already love the sound and simply want more gain without tone shaping capabilities.

Just received my MXR Timmy Mini a few hours ago, and WOW!!! I put it on my board after my TC Electronics Spark Boost, and before my MXR 5150 Overdrive, and it stacks beautifully with both. I just dialed everything in to noon, with the toggle switch to the right for the most compression, and it dialed in my tone to exactly what I’ve been looking for! I initially was sitting right in front of my 2x12 cab and it was PERFECT, then I stood up and walked around and had to adjust the bass a LITTLE to compensate for the difference in how I was hearing everything, but everything else stayed at noon and it is perfect. With JUST the Timmy on into my Vox AC10 that is set to “barely crunchy” I get a slightly pushed, bluesy, type overdrive. Add the Spark Boost and you have 70’s hard rock tones. Stack the Timmy and 5150 Overdrive and I have perfectly tight, and balanced metal tones. The 5150 Overdrive is one of my favorites with the on board Noise Gate and Boost, and I guess the added compression from the Timmy just pushes everything into the sweet spot for me. I could not recommend this enough. I was hesitant to add ANOTHER overdrive to my board, and wasn’t sure if this was going to make much difference. I’ve rotated other OD’s on and off of my pedalboard because they seemed redundant or muddied up the sound, but I am SO glad I pulled the trigger on this. I think my rig might be complete……until my G.A.S. kicks in again anyway 🤣😂.

Excelente pedal!! Sobre todo para empujarlo con un ligthspeed

MXR hizo una gran colaboración con Paul Cochrane y el resultado fue este grandioso pedal que me tiene asombrado por su calidad y precio. El pedal saturar la señal a muy buen nivel (sin llegar a los territorios de una distorsión) sin perder claridad en las notas, conservando el carácter de la guitarra y amplificador que se este usando; además su sonido se combina perfecto con otros pedales de overdrive y distorsión lo que permite hacer un buen stacking en para la sección de ganancia. Si estas en busca de un overdrive en formato pequeño con un excelente sonido y que se acopla a cualquier estilo/género, este pedal es para ti.

La pédale donne un sons très agréable dans les trois positions du mini switch, néanmoins ce celle-là du milieu la que je préfère la plus car je la trouve la plus dynamique. Le switch tout à droite donne un son et un comportement moins exceptionnel qu’on peut répliquer avec la pédale Mosky MM Silver bien moins chère mais un crins moins dynamique. Pas de problème avec le fonctionnement des jacks ni rien d’autre. Très bonne qualité de construction. En revanche, la position du led, sa auteur, et sa conception sans collier de protection constituent un potentiel point de faiblesse pour la pédale. J'enlève une étoile pour advertir aux acheteurs sur cet aspect de conception en particulier.

Super!

From warm, full, bluesy tones, to gut wrenching tube sounding power. This little pedal is superb and packs a punch. Feels solid too. Very well made. Robust feeling controls and switch. Highly recommend.

This pedal is fantastic- keeps my natural tone to my amp when amp is at any volume and can eq and overdrive to taste at low volumes. Usps is another story though.