Over the past five years I haven't really plugged in. I got married, was out of the country for a year, had twin boys, and bought a new house. I played acoustic when I could, but just never found the time to
jam electric. The other day I fired up the amp and was trying to dial in a tone and was really struggling with my TIM. Today I realized/remembered that the TIM has roll off dials. Duh! I thought I was going crazy. Anyway just thought it was funny and didn't find a TIM thread here. Anyone use one (or a Timmy)?
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I've had a few of them over the years. Great pedal - a lot of people say its works best with Marshall amps, but I only used it with Fenders.
Everyone uses it as a 'transparent' overdrive (no tonal effect, sounds just like the guitar into the amp). Try setting it up this way too:
- turn the treble and bass all the way down to get as much midrange as possible.
- turn the drive knob all the way up (volume to taste).
- start adding treble back in until you have enough bite to cut through in a band.
- then play with the clipping toggle switch. IIRC, I liked the more compressed, maybe the asymmetrical, setting more when I set it up this way, while I preferred a different setting when using it as a transparent overdrive.
This gets you a midrange-focused overdrive that works particularly nicely for leads. It kinda has a 'd-style' (dumble) sound rather than the bite and compression of a Tube Screamer. This is pretty much the opposite setting people like to use with the Timmy, but it shows how versatile the pedal really is.
Yeah that's pretty much what I did. As I said, I haven't plugged in in years and just forgot about the roll-off nature of the dials. I play a THD amp that I have set up as a sort of hybrid Marshall/Fender. I, too, like the more compressed sound, although that seems rare as you look through various gear forums. Most people seem to prefer the uncompressed.