Timmy Meets Mr. Paisley

Post by **Slowy** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:26 am

I've long wanted to compare a Wampler Paisley Drive with my Timmy. Thanks to the incredible generosity of Eruera, I've been able to do just that over the past couple of days.
Yesterday, I found a post on TDPRI on the same subject and I'd swear he & I weren't talking about the same pedals! So this is subjective; YMMV.

'54 Anniversary Strat - pedals- EL84 Jansen amp- Celestion Blue.

After getting a feel for them both, I tried to set Timmy up to sound like Paisley. This is the first clue; there'd be no point in trying to do it the other way round.
Paisley is all about tight, crunchy to raspy (in a good way) overdrive that is perfectly clear and detailed. If you've got a fast picking hand, a shed full of chickens and you like your country water to have some fire in it, this thing is magic.

Paisley is all about its midrange. It's prominent, distinctive and remains constant throughout the full sweep of the tone knob. This pedal would keep you right out front of a band.
By comparison, Timmy has no midrange character at all. It's all about bass & treble. It has a similar amount of treble and way more bass, and also a lot more volume on tap.

So Timmy will thicken or thin your rig's tone and add varying degrees of fur. Paisley assumes you're ripping out double stop bends and lightning fast cascade runs, probably through something single coil and AC30ish and just pours on a liberal dose of awesomeness. (HAH! beat the word filter!)

The Paisley is designed to do a specific job brilliantly and Timmy never got close to it. But it reminded me how good Timmy is at just adding some extra goodness to whatever tone recipe you're cooking up.

Conway · Post by **Conway** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:28 am

So, room for both on the pedalboard??? I think you might need and must have an upsized board. You know you want to.

bluesierra · Post by **bluesierra** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:41 am

And I am the benefactor with a paisley drive on its way to me. I've been loving my country at the moment and keen to try it alongside my timmy and soul food. I have just about every size of pedaltrain so I'll make it work!

Post by **Slowy** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:55 am

bluesierra wrote:And I am the benefactor with a paisley drive on its way to me. I've been loving my country at the moment and keen to try it alongside my timmy and soul food. I have just about every size of pedaltrain so I'll make it work!

It'll be perfect for you then.

Be keen to hear how you think it compares to Timmy; it's not as if I claim to be right or anything. Paisley is one of those pedals that makes me wish I was a better player. After all, my chicken pickin' skills are somewhat paltry.

Starfire · Post by **Starfire** » Sun May 11, 2014 10:02 am

slowfingers wrote:
my chicken pickin' skills are somewhat poultry.

Fixed.

bluesierra · Post by **bluesierra** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:20 am

My chicken pickin skills are well below average. But I'm working on it. And In the privacy of my home I like to muck around.

handlefras · Post by **handlefras** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:55 pm

twangnsnarl wrote:
slowfingers wrote:
my chicken pickin' skills are somewhat poultry.
Fixed.

Starfire · Post by **Starfire** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:50 pm

bluesierra wrote:My chicken pickin skills are well below average. But I'm working on it. And In the privacy of my home I like to cluck around.

Fixed again.

Thank you, I'm here all week.

bluesierra · Post by **bluesierra** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:05 pm

twangnsnarl wrote:
bluesierra wrote:My chicken pickin skills are well below average. But I'm working on it. And In the privacy of my home I like to cluck around.
Fixed again.

Thank you, I'm here all week.

Killing it. Well played sir.

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