I’m not one to buy into hype; especially all the hype that you hear in the forums. There’s A LOT of hype associated with Paul Cochrane’s Tim and Timmy pedals. But after reading tons of posts over the last couple of years on how much people love these, and also after hearing one live in action, I decided to get on the waiting list.
As Paul puts it, the pedal was designed for a Strat played through a Plexi or Vox; in other words, amps with lots of midrange. He says his pedals don’t sound so good with “Black Face” amps. But since I don’t have any amps like that, well, it’s all good.
As for the waiting list, my position doesn’t come up until February. But that’s cool. I’m willing to wait. From what I’ve heard, this is a pedal that should fit right into my style of playing!
BTW, if you’ve got one, I’d love to hear about your experience with it!
Guitar Gear 
That’s awesome you’re on the list. I picked up a Tim about a month or two ago.. amazing sounding pedal. I use it for lead boost, and I’m really digging it. You might want to shop around and locate a few dealers.. there might be one in stock. I waited 2 weeks for mine, but I made a few calls to find where they were going to be stocked soon.. and had space on the ‘list’. I’m sure you’re going to dig it!
hank
That’s definately a pedal I’ve wanted to try… I did get a copy of it (dano cool cat tod-1) and while I really like the pedal I’d rather get the real deal when I get the extra money.
After I got on the list, I wondered how many people didn’t wait and paid upwards of $250 for it USED… At $129, it’s a total steal!
I’ve had the Tim and am now on my third Timmy after regretfully selling them. It the most transparent pedal and i have owned them all. The trick is to plug it in and put all the controls at about noon. The bass and treble work backwards of all other pedals and turning them up cuts the bass and treble. Don’t be afraid to turn them way up either. I seem to need to cut more bass and treble the more drive I add.
Looking forward to video!
But how do you order one?
You have to call Paul Cochrane directly. Here’s a link to his MySpace blog page that has all the information.
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=354097210&blogId=443214939
BTW, don’t bother clicking on the links from the dealers. They don’t have any. 🙂
I’m on the waiting list (May) for the Timmy as well. I ordered one because I loved my Danelectro Transparent Overdrive (TOD) Version 1 so much. The TOD is supposed to be an inferior clone of the Timmy. I say ‘inferior’ but that may be debatable since the claim is that the circuits are identical.
However, I can hear a difference in the high end clarity of the Timmy on the Youtube shoutouts against the TOD. I have read that because the TOD is cheaper and not hand made, Dano cut corners on some of the internals. If so, that might account for the difference.
The TOD was so cool that I ended up kicking my Xotic BB preamp pedal off my pedalboard. The TOD just sounds warmer which is what I wanted. The BB is great for a Marshall Plexi thing though….
Greg, I’ve seen the same shootouts. The TOD is VERY impressive. I also think that with tweaking, you can get both pedals to sound alike.
For me, despite knowing about the TOD, I just decided to go with the original. $50 vs. $129 shipped – and with the wait, I’d have time to save my pennies for the extra expense. 🙂 So I went with the Timmy.
I just received my Timmy yesterday and honestly can’t tell the difference tonally between it and the Danelectro TOD.
The only real difference I can hear is that the Danelectro TOD is slightly noisier.
I DO prefer the cosmetics and knob design on the Timmy but that isn’t an $80 factor (difference in price). I thought maybe the Timmy’s asymmetrical/symmetrical clipping knob would make a difference, but this is the second pedal that I’ve owned with such a feature and on neither one could I hear a difference no matter where such a switch was set.