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title: "Timmy® Overdrive"
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# Preserves guitar’s natural character Compact MXR mini housing saves space 3 clipping modes for versatile tone Timmy® Overdrive

**Brand:** mxr
**Price:** € 309.01
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🔥 Unlock your rig’s true voice with the MXR Timmy Overdrive 🎸

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Timmy® Overdrive by mxr
- **How much does it cost?** € 309.01 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- mxr enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted mxr brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Endorsed by Legends:** Designed by Nashville’s Paul Cochrane and favored by top session players, this pedal is your backstage pass to professional-grade overdrive.
- • **Pro-Grade Circuitry:** Built around the trusted LF353 op-amp, delivering high output, rich harmonic breakup, and dynamic response that pros swear by.
- • **Space-Saving Design:** MXR mini housing frees up precious pedalboard real estate without compromising on tone or functionality—ideal for the modern gigging pro.
- • **True Tone Preservation:** Ingenious cut-only Bass and Treble controls maintain your guitar’s core personality while refining your sonic profile with surgical precision.
- • **Versatile Clipping Options:** Three distinct clipping styles let you tailor your overdrive from smooth and natural to gritty and compressed, perfect for any gig or studio session.

## Overview

The MXR Timmy Overdrive is a compact, professional-grade overdrive pedal designed by veteran builder Paul Cochrane. Featuring three clipping modes and cut-only Bass and Treble controls, it preserves your guitar’s natural tone while offering a wide palette of gritty, dynamic overdrive sounds. Powered by the high-performance LF353 op-amp and housed in a space-saving MXR mini chassis, it’s a must-have for players seeking versatile, transparent drive with legendary pedigree.

## Description

The MXR Timmy Overdrive provides a huge, responsive range of gritty and textured tones that enhance the sound of your rig while preserving its fundamental character—and in an MXR mini housing, this pedal will free up some serious pedalboard space. It’s based on a design created by veteran pedal builder Paul Cochrane that’s widely celebrated among high level pros, from first-call Nashville session 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 honor 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, this pedal is a working guitar player’s dream come true. The Clip switch provides three different clipping styles that cover a multitude of playing situations, whether you need an always-on sound that’s big and bold with a ton of headroom to slam the front end of your amp, a more compressed and saturated sound for fat, gnarly chords, or anything in between. The Bass and Treble controls offer further refinement of your sonic profile. Firstly, they’re cut-only, keeping the character of your signal intact and making it super easy to dial in a clean boost. Secondly, Paul wired the the Bass control to affect your pre-OD signal so that you can your maintain low end at lower Gain settings and the Treble control to affect your post-OD signal so that you can adjust the top end to keep dirty settings smooth and musical. Finally, the MXR design team worked closely with Paul to select an op-amp that perfectly complements his expertly crafted design. They landed on the LF353, a trusty 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 the personality of your rig at a fraction of the size of a standard pedal.

Review: This is the dirt pedal you are looking for! - 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.
Review: THIS IS MY SOUND NOW!!!! I AM HOME!!! - 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 🤣😂.

## Features

- Designed with veteran Nashville pedal builder Paul Cochrane
- Provides a huge range of overdrive tones in an MXR mini housing
- Preserves the fundamental character of your guitar rig
- Choose from three different clipping styles to cover a multitude of situations
- Refine your sonic profile with ingeniously configured Bass and Treble controls
- Model Number: CSP027

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0844PNQLN |
| Amperage | 9 milliamps |
| Audio Output Effects | Distortion |
| Best Sellers Rank | #23,461 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #113 in Guitar Distortion & Overdrive Effects |
| Brand | MXR |
| Brand Name | MXR |
| Color | Black, Blue, Silver |
| Controls Type | Knob |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 256 Reviews |
| Hardware Interface | 3.0 V TTL |
| Included Components | Power cable, User manual, Warranty card |
| Item Dimensions | 551.18 x 452.76 x 255.9 inches |
| Item Type Name | Overdrive |
| Item Weight | 18.14 g |
| Manufacturer | Jim Dunlop |
| Manufacturer Part Number | CSP027 |
| Model Name | Timmy |
| Model Number | CSP027 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Power Source | Battery Powered |
| Signal Format | Analog |
| Style | Boom microphone stand with a telescoping boom arm |
| UPC | 710137117501 |
| Voltage | 9 volts |
| Warranty Description | Dunlop manufacturing, inc. Will repair or replace, at its discretion, defective workmanship or materials on all new dunlop electronics directly or through the selling dealer or authorized service technician, for one year from the date of purchase, at no cost to the original purchaser. Repair or replacement parts installed will then be warrantied for the unexpired portion of the original warranty t… |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** MXR
- **Color:** Black, Blue, Silver
- **Item Weight:** 18.14 g
- **Style:** Boom microphone stand with a telescoping boom arm
- **Voltage:** 9 volts

## Images

![Timmy® Overdrive - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/712v-K53w6L.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is it really this big?   item dimensions lxwxh	551.18 x 452.76 x 255.9 inches**
A: No, it's a mini pedal footprint. About half the size of a standard pedal.

**Q: Does it works with 9 or 18 volts?**
A: Just got off the phone with Paul C - he doesn't know if the MXR Timmy can safely run at 18v (it seems that MXR changed his original design a bit) - so until further notice, I'd play it safe and just run it at 9v

**Q: Packaging list doesn’t say anything about power cord. Is there one included?**
A: No.

**Q: Is this pedsl good for glass tones?**
A: It is very transparent and doesn't noticeably color your guitar's tone. Hope that helps

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is the dirt pedal you are looking for!
*by L***S on December 20, 2024*

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.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THIS IS MY SOUND NOW!!!! I AM HOME!!!
*by J***D on March 31, 2024*

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 🤣😂.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent - a step up from the Caline Pure Sky
*by G***S on August 3, 2021*

The MXR Timmy pedal was an instant keeper for me. Sparkling light to mid overdrive, very musical, little or no EQ change (with the Treble and Bass knobs fully maxed), very versatile. I've used a Caline Pure Sky for several years, itself quite a good versatile transparent overdrive, but it can get a little harsh or strident sounding when pushed. Also, I'm running out of pedal board space, so a mini-pedal seemed attractive. The MXR Timmy sounds better in all respects to me than the Pure Sky - sometimes subtle, but somehow fuller and more musical. The Caline pedal is 90% there and is a cheap way to experiment with the concept of a Timmy. But the MXR is definitely a better pedal. For the record I'm playing into a Fender 65 PRRI with a 12" speaker (Emi Josh Smith). I didn't give 5 stars because of a few gripes: The 4 knobs are spaced very close together and are hard to get at and turn precisely - I may see if I can get some skinnier knobs as replacements. Also, as other reviewers have said, with the gain turned up high the volume knob jumps from nothing to slightly more than unity gain as you turn it up. But this isn't a problem at mid to low gain, where this pedal really shines.

## Frequently Bought Together

- JIM DUNLOP Timmy Overdrive (CSP027)
- MXR Duke of Tone Overdrive
- MXR Patch Cable 6 in|15 cm - 3 Pack (3PDCP06)

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