MXR now making the Timmy pedal in mini format

fretmeister

https://riffcityguitar.com/mxr-timmy-overdrive-release/

Could be nice!

Wazmeister

It'll sell like rather warm cakes...

stickyfiddle

Am I the only one who hates mini pedals? They stupid and wobbly when velcroed, never have room for a battery, and you can’t the change knobs with your feet. 

downbytheriver

Definitely up for one of those! Don’t attach minis with Velcro - bike chain links is the way to go. 

timbuk02

stickyfiddle said:

Am I the only one who hates mini pedals? They stupid and wobbly when velcroed, never have room for a battery, and you can’t the change knobs with your feet. 

theres always stomptrap as an elaborate solution to one of those ^

Hopefully down the line MXR will release a 'big box' version...

Keefy

timbuk02 said:

stickyfiddle said:

Am I the only one who hates mini pedals? They stupid and wobbly when velcroed, never have room for a battery, and you can’t the change knobs with your feet. 

theres always stomptrap as an elaborate solution to one of those ^

Hopefully down the line MXR will release a 'big box' version...

(1) I fit a wider strip of velcro to my mini pedals and cover the exposed sticky surfaces with black electrical tape to stop them getting manked up with fluff. The result is greatly reduced wobbliness. Some Xotic pedals actually do have room for a battery. But I agree about the knob size thing (oh please, we're better than that).

(2) I reckon part of MXR's deal with Paul Cochrane will be to reduce the impact on his own sales by not releasing a normal size version

Jonathanthomas83

Superb idea. I am probably wrong but I reckon that the reason so many clones of this have made it to market is because supply doesn't meet demand in terms of PCs output. I hope this works out for Paul and hope that he makes a mint off it.

downbytheriver

Bike links are somewhat cheaper! 

chromatuna

stickyfiddle said:

Am I the only one who hates mini pedals? They stupid and wobbly when velcroed, never have room for a battery, and you can’t the change knobs with your feet. 

No you’re not. I don’t like them either and don’t have any despite having tried a few. I just find the standard MXR/Boss size ideal for using during a gig anything smaller is a bit too small a target to hit on the fly. I also much prefer the full-size controls. Of course it’s all personal preference though

mburekenge

Gonna be all over this. Awesome news!

octatonic

stickyfiddle said:

Am I the only one who hates mini pedals? They stupid and wobbly when velcroed, never have room for a battery, and you can’t the change knobs with your feet. 

They are annoying.
I use a small piece of ply painted black and cut out slightly longer than the pedal.
Dual lock on the pedal to the ply, velcro on the ply to the pedalboard.

Sassafras

timbuk02 said:

stickyfiddle said:

Am I the only one who hates mini pedals? They stupid and wobbly when velcroed, never have room for a battery, and you can’t the change knobs with your feet. 

theres always stomptrap as an elaborate solution to one of those ^

Hopefully down the line MXR will release a 'big box' version...

Those things are nearly 20 quid each!
That works out at about a thousand bike links.

menamestom

I don’t like mini pedals either.

Unless I have a mini pedal sized space.

Then I like mini pedals.

timbuk02

Sassafras said:

timbuk02 said:

stickyfiddle said:

Am I the only one who hates mini pedals? They stupid and wobbly when velcroed, never have room for a battery, and you can’t the change knobs with your feet. 

theres always stomptrap as an elaborate solution to one of those ^

Hopefully down the line MXR will release a 'big box' version...

Those things are nearly 20 quid each!
That works out at about a thousand bike links.

...and ironically more expensive than some mini-pedals!

I hope there's good things for PaulC from the MXR collab - everything I've read says he is one of the true  gents of the pedalworld.

AntonHunter

downbytheriver said:

Bike links are somewhat cheaper! 

Oh nice! I had no idea what people were going on about bike chains for, but this is an elegant solution! Thanks for posting the picture.

downbytheriver

Sassafras said:

timbuk02 said:

stickyfiddle said:

Am I the only one who hates mini pedals? They stupid and wobbly when velcroed, never have room for a battery, and you can’t the change knobs with your feet. 

theres always stomptrap as an elaborate solution to one of those ^

Hopefully down the line MXR will release a 'big box' version...

Those things are nearly 20 quid each!
That works out at about a thousand bike links.

Infinitely cheaper - just go to your local bike shop - they will have a bucket of old chains and if they won’t give you one, go to a different bike shop! You’ll need a chain cracker too but I already had a couple! 

roberty

Mini pedals have got me out of a bit of a Tetris situation on my board. I use a switcher tho so don't actually touch them

stickyfiddle

menamestom said:

I don’t like mini pedals either.

Unless I have a mini pedal sized space.

Then I like mini pedals.

I think this is a reasonable. I also favour the Polytune Mini, because tuners aren't fun enough to warrant a full pedal's space.

soma1975

Wait till you try a Strobostomp HD!

Sassafras

Mini pedals are all right if you've got mini feet, otherwise you're stepping on 3 pedals at a time.

JCA2550

stickyfiddle said:

Am I the only one who hates mini pedals? They stupid and wobbly when velcroed, never have room for a battery, and you can’t the change knobs with your feet. 

Mostly agree but Xotic pedals, EP, SL etc do harbour batteries