The MXR Timmy Overdrive provides a huge range of gritty, textured tones that enhance your rig’s sound while preserving its fundamental voice — and in an MXR mini housing, it’ll free up serious pedalboard space. The pedal’s based on a design from veteran pedal builder Paul Cochrane that’s widely celebrated among high level pros, from first-call Nashville player Kenny Greenberg to first-call L.A. player Lyle Workman to rockstar Brad Whitford. When Paul decided to bring his pedal to a wider audience, he chose to work with the MXR design team. “It’s an honour to work with MXR,” Paul says. “My first ever pedal was a Phase 90.”

Thanks to Paul’s inventive implementation of clipping options and tone controls, the Timmy Overdrive is a perfect device for guitarists to enhance their sound. The Clip switch offers three different clipping styles to select from depending on the situation. The Bass and Treble controls are cut-only and allow for a clean boost with little signal character alteration. Paul also wired the Bass control to affect the pre-OD signal, ideal for maintaining low end at lower Gain settings, while the Treble control is wired to affect the post-OD signal, perfect for adjusting the top end to keep dirty settings smooth and musical.

Finally, the MXR design team worked with Paul to select an op-amp that perfectly complements his expertly crafted design. They chose the LF353, a component well-respected by Dunlop engineers for providing high output, high gain, and hi-fi signal delivery. The resulting MXR Timmy Overdrive is a professional-grade must-have for players who want sweet, harmonic breakup that responds to playing dynamics and maintains a rig’s personality at a fraction of the standard pedal size.

Features

• Volume and Gain level controls
• Bass knob cuts low end frequencies from pre-overdrive signal
• Treble knob cuts high end frequencies from post-overdrive signal
• Clip switch set clipping mode
• Bypass footswitch with blue indicator LED
• Power Requirements: 9 volts DC
• Current Draw: 2.2 mA