Timmy vs Magic Stomp - Sound tests

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Timmy vs Magic Stomp - Sound tests

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Slowy very kindly let me have the Timmy to try out. The four knobs give it lots of tweaking scope and I settled on two settings that I like mucho - one with gain at 12 o'clock and one at 3 o'clock.

So I thought what if I "deep edit" the Magic Stomp overdrive profile that sounds more or less like a Timmy. Connected to a laptop you can change the EQ settings of any Magic Stump profile and my aim was to adjust these to get as close as possible to the Timmy sound.

Here four samples of the Timmy versus Magic Stomp. Anyone can tell which is which?

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GAIN AT 3 O'CLOCK
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GAIN AT 12 O'CLOCK
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Re: Timmy vs Magic Stump - Sound tests

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Don't know which is which but I prefer both of the sample B tones... which for me is unusual because I normally like "bright" tones and A was a lot brighter. B had a creaminess that really appealed
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Hard to tell through a computer but looking at the Treble settings on the Timmy, I'd pick it's track B.

Like your tones :thumbup:
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Don't assume that i used A and B samples consistently for each device :moresarc:


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jvpp wrote:Don't assume that i used A and B samples consistently for each device :moresarc:


Cause i didn't
I didn't assume, its just that both B samples sounded nicer to me
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disappointed by lack of Proud Mary action :(
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Magic stump? Wasn't that BG's stage name when he was touring with the chippendales?
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jeremyb wrote:Magic stump? Wasn't that BG's stage name when he was touring with the chippendales?

Nope, it was Proud Mary....
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jeremyb wrote:Magic stump? Wasn't that BG's stage name when he was touring with the chippendales?
I thought it was button on a fur coat
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Re: Timmy vs Magic Stomp - Sound tests

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Stumps and knobs aside, I have updated the sample titles with the device name.

Track 12 - sample a = The stomp
Track 13 - sample b = The Timmy
Track 14 - sample a = The Timmy
Track 16 - sample b = The stomp

The Timmy wins, also IMO, but I can live with the Magic Stomp's patch version I created :D
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