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the Guitar Pedal Thread
PECOAE:
--- Quote from: Ballard on 22 Feb 2008, 11:09 ---.. 'cept Tube Screamer reissues are shit.
Go for a ProCo RAT 2 (same $90).
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second'd.
well, first'd in the page before this 'un.
october1983:
Seeing as we're on to the Rat, it was mentioned earlier that the distortion can be a little overwhelming at times, but that's actually fairly easy to fix using the Ruetz Rat mod, which makes the tone much warmer and more overdriven, rather than distorted.
Of course, that version of the mod is rather permanent and sometimes you want all the distortion because it is awesome, but it doesn't take much know-how to get around that. One of the best things about the Rat is that it is built like a fucking tank and is impossible to destroy, but also has plenty of extra space for modding things. This is how mine currently looks:
The switch on the front enables/disenables the Ruetz mod, and the extra knob on the side is a variable resistor run in the battery circuit which recreates the lovely crunchy noises you get when the battery starts dying. I'm pretty pleased with how it all sounds, and would recommend getting a Rat just to poke around inside, even if you only have a little bit of electronic knowledge like me.
imapiratearg:
I would pay you to make me a pedal like that, if I bought a vanilla one.
sc13ntific:
--- Quote from: PECOAE on 02 Feb 2008, 13:43 ---The ProCo Rat gets amazing distortion/feedback, it's quite loud though, and the feedback can overpower the sound.
Good for a slightly fuzzed out indie/noise rock sound though.
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Also a very good pedal to run a drum machine through for a blown out sound
doombilly:
Just got it friday. A bit daunting at first but it is starting to work for me.
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