MXR CSP027 Timmy Overdrive *Free Shipping in the USA*
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.
