The Timmy pedal is a smaller boxed version of just the main section of the TIM.

The Pedal is a flat/clean booster to mild crunchy overdrive effect. It's not a high gain compressed type of lead pedal. This is more about adding boost and distortion while keeping the punch and dynamics of the amp. It has a main mode of operation, and a boost mode that's meant to kick things up a bit. Also included is a post effect series FX loop. The Timmy does not have the boost section or the FX loop. The main mode has gain/bass/treble/volume controls. The bass and treble controls are "cut" style controls. That means that as you turn them clockwise they will roll off the bass and treble frequencies. Zero (7 o'clock) is flat - no cutting of the frequencies. It seems backwards, and it is!

The bass control is pre distortion. Most pedals roll off the low end before you distort the signal to keep things tight and clear. A lot of low end distortion can get real muddy real quick. But what that means is you don't have the low end there when you need it for cleaner settings. The bass control will allow you to keep all the low end for the cleaner sounds, and dial it out for the good crunchy stuff. The treble control is post distortion. Like the bass circuit most pedals will have a preset hi end roll off to keep the pedal from being fizzy and noisy when distorting, but you'll lose the hi frequencies for the cleaner settings. So for cleaner settings you might have the treble on zero (7 o'clock) for all the highs, and as you turn up the distortion you would roll back the treble to keep things smooth. Being able to control the pre and post EQ gives you the ability to kill the evil mid bump a lot of pedals have preset into them. You might have them on zero for the cleaner stuff, and rolled back to something like 3 o'clock for the distortion tones. Don't be afraid to roll them all the way off!

The boost mode is a strange little gain/volume boost circuit. It's not meant to be a two tone on the fly type of circuit. It's more about if the gain cranked isn't enough you'd kick this on. The drive control on the back of the pedal changes the gain of the clipping circuit. The tone control effects the low end of this gain circuit at high boost levels. I think it works best when the main mode is already set up for a nice medium distortion. Then kick on the boost for some more hair. There's a pull pot on the back of the pedal that changes the clipping circuit to react faster. It will distort with lower signal levels increasing distortion and compression. It effects both modes of the pedal. The Timmy pedal has this function inside using two dip switches. Both switches up (on) is equivalent to engaging the pull pot on the Tim pedal. Both down is regular mode. The use of two switches allows an additional position with on switch up and one switch down which sets the pedal for asymmetrical clipping.