Paul C. Audio Tim Overdrive V3 - Legendary overdrive and boost pedal!

This is a lightly used Tim V3 from Paul C! It's extremely well-known and loved for a reason and sounds great. Just doesn't fit what I'm doing these days. Includes box, no velcro.

Manufacturer's Description

The big box TIM first appeared in 1997. The new V3 version has several changes to increase its

flexibility and make it more user friendly. It uses a shorter enclosure with all the controls on top and all

the jacks on the back.

Those familiar with the original pedal will notice that the BASS and TREBLE controls now turn the

"normal" way. They're still "cut" controls doing the same thing as before, but their rotation has been

reversed making max cut now at "0" (7 o'clock) and full/flat response at "10" (5 o'clock).

The BOOST mode is the same as before, but has its controls moved to the top of the pedal. This is

not a stand alone boost circuit – it changes the main circuit to offer a wider range of gain and tone. The

BOOST control increases gain beyond the main GAIN control while also allowing a voicing change with its

TONE control. Some of my favorite od sounds come from cranking the BOOST while having the GAIN

turned down.

The FX loop has been changed from the original design to engage with the BOOST mode only. This

allows further dialing in of the BOOST mode by stacking it with another pedal like an EQ, dirt box, delay

etc...

The 3 - way CLIP toggle switch has the same middle (symmetrical) and up (asymmetrical) positions

of the V2 except these have been moved to the “right” and “left”settings on the V3. The “middle”

position is a new, higher headroom asymmetrical clipper.

A new 3 – way HI CUT switch has been added and affects both modes. This allows extra control over

the high frequency clipping harmonics to help the pedal sit better with brighter amps & speakers. The

“middle” position is flat in the hi-end with a -3dB @ 3khz on the left setting and -3dB @ 1k5hz on the

right.

The trick to the pedal is in how the tone controls work with the gain control. The BASS is pre-clipping,

and the TREBLE is post-clipping. At low gain settings you can have the BASS and TREBLE all the way up

for a full sound, or use them to adjust the EQ of the pedal. When you start adding distortion you’ll want to

reduce the BASS. Distorting low frequencies can sound “muddy and woofy.” Once you’ve pulled out some low

end to keep things “tight” you may want to roll down the TREBLE to smooth things out.

The pedal runs on +9vdc with a current draw of 30ma. It uses the standard “center pin negative”

2.1mm power supplies and due to its use of an internal voltage converting IC it cannot be run on higher

voltages.