Interesting! And they were all Version 1's?resynthesis wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:42 pm I think there was quite a bit of variation in the Danelectros. I compared a couple to a real Timmy and an accurate clone. One of the Danelectros was very close for most settings while the other was well off. It was the same story with the other Cool Cat (often said to be an OCD clone but more like the Voodoo Labs which the OCD is based on). I tried two and it was like using completely different designs.
The CTO-1 I owned was quite good and I dare say even more transparent than the Timmy. I really don't know why people describe the Timmy as being transparent because it has a big, brown, awesome sound with tons of character. It sounds like a thousand records, too, since so many pros use it. If anything, the CTO-1 reminded me of the original Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal, which is also quite transparent.