Paul Cochrane TIMMY vs Danelectro TOD Transparent Overdrive guitar effects pedal shootout w/ Tele

Paul C's TIMMY pedal compared to the Dano Transparent Overdrive guitar fx pedal...folks say they're the same circuit...I think if you really dialed in the Dano, you could get the Timmy tone....but IMHO, the Paul Cochrane's pedal is just a far superior build, and better overall product. That being said...the Dano is a very cool pedal, and a total steal for the price...plus, there's no wait time on them...I used a King Bee Guitars relic Telecaster and a Dr Z MAZ 18 210 combo for the shootout.

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[KingKramerTV]

@5:45 Jack finally gets the dano (treble) tweaked and they are almost identical. I'm a Nashvillian and the Timmy is awesome ($115) it's manufactured 15 minutes from my back door but there is a 6 month backlog...just ordered the dano ($45) it'll be here in 3 days . I will have a Timmy someday...but not in 72 hrs....

[colonelerotic]

@secretseventyseven

Your mum does...

[robb4545]

No doubt about it. The Danelectro is a bargain. Two beers and a tweak here or there and no one would know the difference except the money they paid for one or the other. The Timmy may last longer but for the cash starved musician Dans are an easy decision to purchase for good tone. Amazing.

[therealmiddy]

@glassbottleblues I have to agree. I have the Dano, and it sounds good at first, but after a few minutes I just want to turn it off.

[crushingoverdrive]

Its close enough, to the point where if you don't have that much money its an excelent stand in. Yeah I know blah blah save your money for the real thing I'm sure if your a high gain there is absolutly no difference.

[theguitarczar]

@spicecrop Thanks for the tip. I'm not necessarily a "tone purist" in that I think everything should be like it was in the 50s or whatever. For instance; I use a Vox v847 bone stock with no true-bypass or 9vdc jack installed. There is a particular frequency the buffered bypass attenuates when the wah is off that simply cannot be accomplished by rolling back treble or presence knobs. I'll definitely look into the PepTone! 'Preeesh-yate-chya!

[spicecrop]

@theguitarczar If your looking for a good clean boost , you should check out the PEPTONE clean boost. just one knob for volume. totally transparent. Best boost I have found.

[spicecrop]

try to keep them the same as much as i can? and then make them sound totally different? to be fair anyway the timmy should be direct into the amp too at some point. I can only guess that the cheap danalectro pedal is not true bypass witch will affect the tone of the first pedal.

[TheBarFliesBand]

I think Dano sounds better gear dude

[TheBarFliesBand]

I think DANO sounds better

[theguitarczar]

I bought a Dano TOD and it was fine for what it is. I sent it back, because when something bills itself as "Transparent OD" it better do a good clean-ish boost. It wasn't loud enough to do so, I figured I'd peer at the circuit and see can't I tweak it. NOPE! It uses those sub-mini components. Which DO NOT WORK THE SAME FOR AUDIO! Good for the jack you DON'T have to cough up, but I have a great BD2 for tones like that. Someone said 'Blanket over it' and I agree.