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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:30 pm
by johnnyseven
endsjustifymeans wrote:cobascis wrote:JJLipton wrote:Honestly i never liked the RAT either due to its lack of brightness. Right now im also looking for a pedal, The fulltone full drive 2 looks very cool.....2 stage overdrive? Very amp-like, if you ask me. Do you like tube screamers?
The rat is one of the brightest distortion pedals you can buy?
I have limited experience with a turbo RAT but bright is barely the description I would use... more searing.
I've found Turbo Rats to be a lot darker than Rats, they're not just a Rat circuit with different bits - or at least I don't think they are. The You Dirty Rat on the other hand is very similar in design to the Rat, just a few different things inside to make it more fuzzy.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:31 pm
by endsjustifymeans
johnnyseven wrote:endsjustifymeans wrote:cobascis wrote:
The rat is one of the brightest distortion pedals you can buy?
I have limited experience with a turbo RAT but bright is barely the description I would use... more searing.
I've found Turbo Rats to be a lot darker than Rats, they're pretty different pedals. The You Dirty Rat on the other hand is very similar in design to the Rat, just a few different things inside to make it more fuzzy.
it might have been a you dirty rat now that you mentioned it.
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:01 pm
by JJLipton
endsjustifymeans wrote:johnnyseven wrote:endsjustifymeans wrote:
I have limited experience with a turbo RAT but bright is barely the description I would use... more searing.
I've found Turbo Rats to be a lot darker than Rats, they're pretty different pedals. The You Dirty Rat on the other hand is very similar in design to the Rat, just a few different things inside to make it more fuzzy.
it might have been a you dirty rat now that you mentioned it.
Sorry guys i forgot to mention...i had a robert keeley modded RAT II. It seemed very fuzzy to me...i'm a lead player and at times a shameless shredder. I find that fuzzy pedals in general dont work well for fast alternate picking/tapping..it just doesnt "track" fast enough with the pick...does that make any sense?
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:03 am
by DGW
Give the Boss power Stack A try..Its a versital amp like pedal..great price..
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:21 pm
by dorfmeister
I've got a Coopersonic Twin Tube overdrive and it is very amp-like.
You might also check out the Menatone pedals that are based on the pre-amps of well known amps.
I had a Top Boost in a Can which is supposed to sound like an AC30 and it was good. The Workingman's Blue is supposed to be like a JTM45. I don't think either would be a very good replacement for a Rat pedal, though.
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:29 pm
by johnnyseven
dorfmeister wrote:I've got a Coopersonic Twin Tube overdrive and it is very amp-like.
Do you mean the Valveslapper?