FAO: Doog - dual RAT rackmount thingie!

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:05 am

Just saw this in some guys' thread on HCFX

R₂DU? How cool is that?

Footswitchable power!

If Doog was a hairmetal cock, he would totally be all over that.

RAT website wrote: R2DU
During the rack effects boom of the 1980s, Pro Co introduced the R2DU, which was essentially two RAT circuits in a single rack space box. The two units could be used separately or cascaded together for a more powerful distortion. The R2DU included the RFS-2 dual footswitch for remote control of the unit.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:10 am

Yeah, I remember seeing that a while back, so awesome. If it was a "end of the line" effect, I'd totally just have one sitting on top of my amp.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:11 am

The Star Wars-esque moniker alone means it's the coolest thing.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:12 am

And the fact the footswitch is basically a big fat RAT, meaning it's gonna be left with the roaches and Keith Richards come nuclear winter wonderland.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:13 am

+1

Proco make Good Shit.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:14 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-NOS-PROCO ... 0257436818

NOS NOM!

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:14 am

Jeepers, I thought it would be a sleeper but I imagine it might be around Â£100?

Post by **Doog** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:15 am

I guess the fact there's already a floor unit dual RAT on the market now and it's rackmount will keep the price lowish.. but it IS old, and that one is gonna be in A+ nick..

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:52 am

Doog wrote:And the fact the footswitch is basically a big fat RAT, meaning it's gonna be left with the roaches and Keith Richards come nuclear winter wonderland.

Benecolfact: a Rat is the only pedal I've ever broken.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:05 pm

Through usage or mistreatment?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:14 pm

Usage, alarmingly; the surround on the input jack broke.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:19 pm

Oh I hate the jacks they use. I replaced mine with regular open jacks.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:18 pm

ooh, that's exactly the sort of thing i'd buy then never use. i do have a couple of rackmount units and i er, never use them.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:54 pm

I used to have a really cool DBX 266 rackmount compressor. Looked awesome, sonded kool. Never used it!

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:57 pm

stewart wrote:ooh, that's exactly the sort of thing i'd buy then never use. i do have a couple of rackmount units and i er, never use them.

I love petering out sentences like this one.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:07 pm

benecol wrote:
stewart wrote:ooh, that's exactly the sort of thing i'd buy then never use. i do have a couple of rackmount units and i er, never use them.
I love petering out sentences like this one.

and so you should!

one's a digital reverb unit and the other's a digitech quad multiFX thing. they used to be quite handy for a band i was in years ago where there were lots of sequenced synths and stuff controlled by an MPC2000, i'd set the FX units to change patches at certain points in the song to save faffing about. i had a pretty complicated setup, and it made things a bit easier.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:53 pm

hey thats johns rig!

he came to the little bay area meetup we had and i got to play that rat rack. it sounded soooo awesome cascaded together. om nom nom nom