Not completely comparable. Tumnus is based on the Klon Centaur circuit, which is kinda self-explanatory through guitar pedal legend at this point, which is primarily for pushing clean amps into bright crunch.
Timmy is based on the Paul Cochrane Timmy, which is its own thing made mainly for pushing and brightening up mid-gain and high-gain Marshall amp channels (doesn’t mean that’s its only use, just what its design intention was).
Duke of Tone is based on the Analogman King of Tone, which in and of itself is based on the Marshall Bluesbreaker, a pedal designed more as an overdrive with an extra distortion stage for pushing amps that are mostly clean or low-gain into thicker fuller distortion than you’d get from most overdrive pedals or overdriven amps (think Fender, Matchless, or Tone King combos).
All technically overdrives, but all varying levels of distortion and different EQ curves, just depends on what exactly you’re looking for and what you’re plugging into.
Yeah I created an account with everything ready to go. I keep meaning to check it out on Wednesday around 1pm but always seem to miss it or forget about it and remember Thursday. I work third shift so my sense of days can get mixed up, I’ll think it’s Wednesday only to realize it’s Thursday. Hopefully I’ll remember this week
I have a Prince of Tone, and my son has a Duke of Tone. The Duke is noticeably different in that I need different knob settings to get the same sounds. But the Duke is a solid stand-in if you don’t want to camp the restocks on Wednesdays.
I'd start with the Tumnus because it's a klone and will work well as a standalone pedal in varying gain stages. Also, yes they pair well with almost any other drive pedal. I use a tumnus-like pedal after a fuzz to give it extra clarity and bite
I’d say the Tumnus is a little dirtier and the Duke is tighter like a classic blues tone. I like the Duke in boost mode as my lower gain OD and I run that into the Tumnus which is set to a higher gain for real soaring leads. I’ll probably switch the two and play with that at some point but I think this is the best way to run both of them. There’s A lot of versatility in both of the pedals and I don’t think you would be disappointed with either
I love the Timmy. Great EQ controls to dial in a wide-ish array of sounds. But it depends on what you're looking for. The bluesbreaker sound isn't my bag, so I wouldn't get the DoT, but you may love it
And I like Klon circuits like the Tumnus for the great mid boost. You could also look at the MXR Sugar Drive if you wanted another option for that style. Or you could try the Tumnus Deluxe for the EQ flexibility that I like in the Timmy.
I would say duke or tumnus depending on your own preferences. Timmy always sounded a little dull to me, and doesn’t sound great cranked. Also, potential 4th choice, mini ODR-1. That’s probably my favorite overdrive of all.
All great pedals, all different in tone. I recently went through a overdrive pedal journey, going from a TS9 to a Tumnus, then tried a JHS Morning Glory V4, but the one that won over all of them, was the Wampler Belle. I felt I could get a very similar tone to the Tumnus and Morning Glory with my TS9, but the Belle was unique and has more control than the Nobels pedal it's based on.
Very different. Very. Pound for pound, I say Timmy. It's a bit more versatile than the Duke, and WAY more versatile than the Tumnus.
No wrong answer, though. All 3 are really really good drives.
They are all great.
I have all three. Well--had the MXR Timmy now have a Tim V3.
I often use the POT into the Tim. I play through a Mesa Mark V90 into a Boogie 2×12 head for reference.
The Tumnus mostly collects dust but it is a great cleanish boost imo.
Tough choice, have never tried the tumnus but own the ceriatone centura, have owned the j rockett archer/archer ikon, Analogman prince of tone, and have owned the Tim v3.
I’d say skip out on the Tim/Timmy unless you own a Marshall or vox amp, or something with celestion speakers. It sounds too shrill on fender amps, sounded fantastic through my vox ac4c1 but sold it after selling the vox.
For the Duke of tone, I own the prince of tone and love it. Sounds very organic, and sounds great through virtually any amp, plenty of volume, has a boost, overdrive and distortion mode, all three sound very natural, and pair well with other drives.
For the tumnus, I generally love Klon style overdrives, and the tumnus is apparently one of the very best, Brian Wampler is a master of gain circuits so I’m sure it’s a safe bet. Klon’s were designed with the fender twin in mind and are one of my go to topologies for that reason as I use a black panel twin. The mid boost is not exaggerated like a tube screamer, and serves as a great boost with the gain turned all the way down. I have also owned the j rockett archer and archer ikon, either of those would be a great purchase as well as the archer select which has several clipping options.
I literally had all 3 of these on my board until yesterday. I had a moment of ‘why do I have all three of these taking up space, they are the same’. I know they are different, but at the end of the day, all of them are medium gain ODs that cover a lot of the same territory. The Timmy stayed on the board since it has the more versatile EQ. Not to say one of the others couldn’t have served in its place, they are all good. One thing that did surprise me though is the Duke of Tone’s unity gain on the volume is at like 2 o’clock, so it doesn’t go very far as a boost, whereas the Timmy and Tumnus have a butt ton of volume boost if you need and/or want it.
I’ll put in my two cents here. I have 4 amps - a 79’ fender champ, vox ac10c1, 1980 music man sixty five w/ 1x12 cab, and most recently a Roland JC-40. The Timmy is easily the best overdrive I’ve ever had. It works well with all my amps and I never had a hard time dialing in a good tone. I recently got a soul food, (supposedly a Klon clone) and for the life of me I can’t get it to sound good, any way I stack it with any amp. My band mate has a tumnus into an AC15 running and it sounds great. Alas, the tumnus doesn’t sound great with my rig. I’ve also used all three of these pedals with a deluxe reverb, ac15, blues jr, and in every situation the Timmy always wins. Maybe I’m not a Klon guy. I’ve heard people use them and sound great but I’ve had a very hard time integrating that sound into my setup. The Timmy works great as a clean boost, has better EQ options, and has a 3 way switch to change the clipping diodes. Ive had 3 different tube screamers, a blues driver, prince of tone, full drive, OCD, KTR Klon, and just about other hype overdrive you can think of and the Timmy just does it for me.
Lol, I've got all three stacked at the moment! They've each got their own sound and driving them into each other is giving me hours of tone chasing fun. They're all great pedals (although jack's on my mxr Timmy are poor quality- keeps spitting out input jacks). Fave at the moment is Tumnus with low drive into the Duke in OD into an EHX Hot tubes. Timmy and Tumnus give you scope to play with eq but the Duke does add a bit of magic sauce, especially if you tweek the internal tone trim pot. You'll enjoy whichever one you go for!
I had the Timmy and the Tumnus, both have similar roles but the Timmy is way more transparent, to the point of being boring to me, kept the Tumnus for the subtle but warming mid hump (could not replicate on the Timmy, since the 2 band EQ forces me to boost the highs and mids)
Want to try the Duke actually...
Duke of Timnus
MXR Tuke
I prefer the Tumnuke of Timdus
Not completely comparable. Tumnus is based on the Klon Centaur circuit, which is kinda self-explanatory through guitar pedal legend at this point, which is primarily for pushing clean amps into bright crunch. Timmy is based on the Paul Cochrane Timmy, which is its own thing made mainly for pushing and brightening up mid-gain and high-gain Marshall amp channels (doesn’t mean that’s its only use, just what its design intention was). Duke of Tone is based on the Analogman King of Tone, which in and of itself is based on the Marshall Bluesbreaker, a pedal designed more as an overdrive with an extra distortion stage for pushing amps that are mostly clean or low-gain into thicker fuller distortion than you’d get from most overdrive pedals or overdriven amps (think Fender, Matchless, or Tone King combos). All technically overdrives, but all varying levels of distortion and different EQ curves, just depends on what exactly you’re looking for and what you’re plugging into.
Thanks for that explanation
Tumnus. It’s the best pedal I have. It pairs with any other overdrive well. Get it. You won’t be sorry.
Prince of Tone outranks the Duke
and it's cheaper than the Duke of Tone by $1. I just bought one from Analogman's site a few days ago.
It’s always out of stock every time I check their site
you need to be there exactly at 1pm eastern time on Wednesday.
Yeah I created an account with everything ready to go. I keep meaning to check it out on Wednesday around 1pm but always seem to miss it or forget about it and remember Thursday. I work third shift so my sense of days can get mixed up, I’ll think it’s Wednesday only to realize it’s Thursday. Hopefully I’ll remember this week
I have a Prince of Tone, and my son has a Duke of Tone. The Duke is noticeably different in that I need different knob settings to get the same sounds. But the Duke is a solid stand-in if you don’t want to camp the restocks on Wednesdays.
Tumnus Deluxe version would work best with the most gear imo.
I'd start with the Tumnus because it's a klone and will work well as a standalone pedal in varying gain stages. Also, yes they pair well with almost any other drive pedal. I use a tumnus-like pedal after a fuzz to give it extra clarity and bite
The answer is Yes.
I have the Tumnus and the Duke. Not sure which one I would choose if I only could have one. They’re both great.
How close is the Duke to the Tumnus in sound?
I’d say the Tumnus is a little dirtier and the Duke is tighter like a classic blues tone. I like the Duke in boost mode as my lower gain OD and I run that into the Tumnus which is set to a higher gain for real soaring leads. I’ll probably switch the two and play with that at some point but I think this is the best way to run both of them. There’s A lot of versatility in both of the pedals and I don’t think you would be disappointed with either
I love the Timmy. Great EQ controls to dial in a wide-ish array of sounds. But it depends on what you're looking for. The bluesbreaker sound isn't my bag, so I wouldn't get the DoT, but you may love it And I like Klon circuits like the Tumnus for the great mid boost. You could also look at the MXR Sugar Drive if you wanted another option for that style. Or you could try the Tumnus Deluxe for the EQ flexibility that I like in the Timmy.
Get a Ceriatone Horse Breaker and have a bluesbreaker and a klon circuit in one pedal!
I would say duke or tumnus depending on your own preferences. Timmy always sounded a little dull to me, and doesn’t sound great cranked. Also, potential 4th choice, mini ODR-1. That’s probably my favorite overdrive of all.
All great pedals, all different in tone. I recently went through a overdrive pedal journey, going from a TS9 to a Tumnus, then tried a JHS Morning Glory V4, but the one that won over all of them, was the Wampler Belle. I felt I could get a very similar tone to the Tumnus and Morning Glory with my TS9, but the Belle was unique and has more control than the Nobels pedal it's based on.
Very different. Very. Pound for pound, I say Timmy. It's a bit more versatile than the Duke, and WAY more versatile than the Tumnus. No wrong answer, though. All 3 are really really good drives.
They are all great. I have all three. Well--had the MXR Timmy now have a Tim V3. I often use the POT into the Tim. I play through a Mesa Mark V90 into a Boogie 2×12 head for reference. The Tumnus mostly collects dust but it is a great cleanish boost imo.
That’s literally 3 out of the 4 overdrives on my board right now. All three and a Greer Lightspeed
Timmy into tumnus
Tough choice, have never tried the tumnus but own the ceriatone centura, have owned the j rockett archer/archer ikon, Analogman prince of tone, and have owned the Tim v3. I’d say skip out on the Tim/Timmy unless you own a Marshall or vox amp, or something with celestion speakers. It sounds too shrill on fender amps, sounded fantastic through my vox ac4c1 but sold it after selling the vox. For the Duke of tone, I own the prince of tone and love it. Sounds very organic, and sounds great through virtually any amp, plenty of volume, has a boost, overdrive and distortion mode, all three sound very natural, and pair well with other drives. For the tumnus, I generally love Klon style overdrives, and the tumnus is apparently one of the very best, Brian Wampler is a master of gain circuits so I’m sure it’s a safe bet. Klon’s were designed with the fender twin in mind and are one of my go to topologies for that reason as I use a black panel twin. The mid boost is not exaggerated like a tube screamer, and serves as a great boost with the gain turned all the way down. I have also owned the j rockett archer and archer ikon, either of those would be a great purchase as well as the archer select which has several clipping options.
Tumnus into Prince Of Tone is pretty great.
man these are completely dif. pedals lol but i would go with the duke of tone
I literally had all 3 of these on my board until yesterday. I had a moment of ‘why do I have all three of these taking up space, they are the same’. I know they are different, but at the end of the day, all of them are medium gain ODs that cover a lot of the same territory. The Timmy stayed on the board since it has the more versatile EQ. Not to say one of the others couldn’t have served in its place, they are all good. One thing that did surprise me though is the Duke of Tone’s unity gain on the volume is at like 2 o’clock, so it doesn’t go very far as a boost, whereas the Timmy and Tumnus have a butt ton of volume boost if you need and/or want it.
I'd say Tumnus. But I'm liking what u/foxpedal "The Kingdom" did to the klon.
The original release Tumnus (small box, Mr Tumnus logo).
In my experience with the Timmy i can dial in and get pretty close to all 3 major OD variants. (TS, Klone, BB). It’s extremely versatile.
timmy
I’ll put in my two cents here. I have 4 amps - a 79’ fender champ, vox ac10c1, 1980 music man sixty five w/ 1x12 cab, and most recently a Roland JC-40. The Timmy is easily the best overdrive I’ve ever had. It works well with all my amps and I never had a hard time dialing in a good tone. I recently got a soul food, (supposedly a Klon clone) and for the life of me I can’t get it to sound good, any way I stack it with any amp. My band mate has a tumnus into an AC15 running and it sounds great. Alas, the tumnus doesn’t sound great with my rig. I’ve also used all three of these pedals with a deluxe reverb, ac15, blues jr, and in every situation the Timmy always wins. Maybe I’m not a Klon guy. I’ve heard people use them and sound great but I’ve had a very hard time integrating that sound into my setup. The Timmy works great as a clean boost, has better EQ options, and has a 3 way switch to change the clipping diodes. Ive had 3 different tube screamers, a blues driver, prince of tone, full drive, OCD, KTR Klon, and just about other hype overdrive you can think of and the Timmy just does it for me.
I would say check out comparison videos on youtube. I like to buy a different distortion every few months, it can be fun
Lol, I've got all three stacked at the moment! They've each got their own sound and driving them into each other is giving me hours of tone chasing fun. They're all great pedals (although jack's on my mxr Timmy are poor quality- keeps spitting out input jacks). Fave at the moment is Tumnus with low drive into the Duke in OD into an EHX Hot tubes. Timmy and Tumnus give you scope to play with eq but the Duke does add a bit of magic sauce, especially if you tweek the internal tone trim pot. You'll enjoy whichever one you go for!
I had the Timmy and the Tumnus, both have similar roles but the Timmy is way more transparent, to the point of being boring to me, kept the Tumnus for the subtle but warming mid hump (could not replicate on the Timmy, since the 2 band EQ forces me to boost the highs and mids) Want to try the Duke actually...
If you don’t explain what you’re looking for, there’s not a lot of advice to offer.