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

Comparison of Paul C's Timmy and the Dano TOD pedals with a Gibson Les Paul 59 Historic and a Marshall JMP Mk II 100 watt head into a Fender Bandmaster cabinet.

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[twangster01]

Danelectro wins this one, Both pedals sound really good. The Danelectro seems a bit brighter and has more volume on tap. then the price.

[stephenrettie]

i love your shoes so fuckin much.

nice playing and good to test man.

[xXBenjixBoyXx]

There's no comparison here.. The Timmy is obviously better..

[kstraker]

Actually the Timmy is 129.95 brand new.

[sportsportsport]

The Timmy sounds a lot better to me... it sounds more angry! I think the level needs to be turned up on the timmy for it to be a fair test, The Timmy is definitely smoother.

[userboy6]

i think you guys are nuts, the best OD pedals out there are the Timmy, the Signa Drive and pretty much anything Sean Michael (Lovepedal) makes!

[jcedrez]

Dano wins... I'll take the other $250 that the Timmy goes for and buy groceries for the rest of the month.

I'm enjoying mine.

[windwalker9649]

you need to match them with your guitar and amp. they're not distortion or fuzz that are designed to be played on a clean signal. The Timmy is $200 or more for one. It sounds better than the $800 Klon, which is an overpriced version of about 20 other less expensive overdrives. But a fool and their money will always be parted

[windwalker9649]

a kid came in w/a TS808 complaining that it didnt have enough gain. I keep an Egnater tweaker at my bench, so i can demo a pedal, and the customer will have a reasonable idea of what it will sound like through a Vox. Marshall and fender. I plugged in my ES 345, set the amp to edge of breakup, and kicked on the 808 with a little volume boost, and the dirt at 900, and the kid nearly crapped his pants. He didnt understand that real ODs are not distortion, you play them through a driven amp for

[windwalker9649]

I plugged in an ES 345 I have, turned the amp to the edge of breakup, and kicked on his pedal, and the look on his face was priceless. He didnt understand that an overdrive into a clean (and he was using a solid state), is not going to give you the dirt that you expect. Everyone buys Tscreamers to sound like SRV or E.Johnson, but they forget Stevie and johnson mostly kept the dirt dialed back, and used it to push a plexi, or Dumble, which of course is going to sound great.

[windwalker9649]

Because the tone is so dependant on what you're playing on, and through. Distortions and Fuzzs are easier, because the tend to overwelm the tone of the guitar anyway, but a real overdrive works in tandem with you guitar/amp. I had a kid come in w/a TS808 he wanted mod'd. He said he couldnt get the tone his friend can, i plugged it into an Egnater Tweaker I keep so people can get an ideal of what their pedal will sound like through their amp; be it a fender, vox or marshall.

[windwalker9649]

I build/mod amps and pedals, so I've heard pretty much every overdrive you can mention (except maybe some overseas boutique). I find that you tend to get what you pay for, but in this instance, with the this combination of guitar/amp, the Danelectro sounds better IMO. I own a Timmy, and built a few clones, so i know it's probably the best overdrive on the market, especially for the $. Its really hard to determine what an OD will sound like from clips