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FAO: Doog - dual RAT rackmount thingie!
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:05 am
by Mike
Just saw this in some guys' thread on HCFX
R
2DU? 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.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:10 am
by Doog
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:11 am
by Mike
The Star Wars-esque moniker alone means it's the coolest thing.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:12 am
by Doog
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:13 am
by Mike
+1
Proco make Good Shit.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:14 am
by Doog
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:14 am
by Mike
Jeepers, I thought it would be a sleeper but I imagine it might be around £100?
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:15 am
by Doog
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..
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:52 am
by benecol
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:05 pm
by Doog
Through usage or mistreatment?
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:14 pm
by benecol
Usage, alarmingly; the surround on the input jack broke.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:19 pm
by Mike
Oh I hate the jacks they use. I replaced mine with regular open jacks.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:18 pm
by stewart
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:54 pm
by timhulio
I used to have a really cool DBX 266 rackmount compressor. Looked awesome, sonded kool. Never used it!
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:57 pm
by benecol
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:07 pm
by stewart
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:53 pm
by mewithoutus
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
