the RAT sound

nomorebridge · Post by **nomorebridge** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:45 pm

what is it?

Are RAT pedal's meant to sound like any particular type of amp distortion?....or did someone one day just think that's a nice sound I'll settle on that!

in particular the RAT turbo?

Post by **Mike** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:47 pm

It is somewhat Marshally. This is a Proco RAT2 demo I made
[youtube][/youtube]

A Turbo RAT is just a RAT with LEDs instead of clipping diodes which makes it louder, and less compressed

nomorebridge · Post by **nomorebridge** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:11 pm

hmmm thanks Mike your a stat that was a fab indie montage

Marshally as I had thought, very think and dence not as crumbley as I had hoped

markleton · Post by **markleton** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:29 pm

Or, the BYOC version has different clipping modes. Made this video a while ago, check out my awesome pedal painting skillz.

[youtube][/youtube]

Post by **Doog** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:18 am

http://www.ratdistortion.com/soundsamples.php

Compare til your heart is content. I definately find 'em close to Marshalls, but a more saturated gainy sound and not so spiky.

r40f · Post by **r40f** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:58 am

the rat2 is probably my favorite pedal. it is very distinctive and awesome.

Baaan012 · Post by **Baaan012** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:37 am

I have the rat but havent done the reutz mod, should I?

Post by **Doog** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:07 pm

If you like how it sounds, probably not. The mod cuts the gain a bit, but makes the bass response a lot fuller, especially earlier on the distortion pot.

It's a pretty easy mod to make switchable if you're at all handy with a soldering.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:26 am

If you crank an old plexi or JMP Marshall all the way up, it sounds like it's walking funny because it's just shit itself and is trying to not drop any out the bottom of it's pantlegs.

RATs are the same thing, except they stride confidently as if to say "the fuck do I care, don't they pay somebody else to clean that up?"

So yeah, pretty "Loud Marshall"-esque at lower volumes, but less of a compressed, "squashed" sound to the final result. I guess that's what I meant.

Of course, at the end of the day I value their versatility in spite of their very basic nature.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:14 am

paul_ wrote:If you crank an old plexi or JMP Marshall all the way up, it sounds like it's walking funny because it's just shit itself and is trying to not drop any out the bottom of it's pantlegs.

RATs are the same thing, except they stride confidently as if to say "the fuck do I care, don't they pay somebody else to clean that up?"

hahhahaaha

I've modded my RAT2 a lot, here's some toooneeez available with some simple-ish mods:

[youtube][/youtube]

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:27 pm

That's awesome Doog, way to open 'er up both literally and figuratively. Must be quite the godsend in a live situation.

Post by **Doog** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:11 pm

Yeah, it's great, totally recommend tweaking the RAT if you're up for a few more gain options but still have it sound like a RAT.