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Old 02-21-2008, 03:16 PM
wleeds wleeds is offline
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I have been fussing and fighting looking for the perfect heavy OD for so long I think I'm getting to messed up to hear anything anymore.
I just pulled out my old RAT, I mean old like 2nd version small one, and it just blew everything off my board. I remember it used to be a show stopper. Maybe it will be again this weekend.
Is there still lots of love for RATS?

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Old 02-21-2008, 03:21 PM
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very much so.

I've got a Moho mods rat II, which is an upgrade of the current stock rat II, with improved guts. It rips!
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Old 02-21-2008, 03:21 PM
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I like 'em a lot.
They work well as a boost or an all out grungy fuzz.
Don't really know what esle to say....
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Old 02-21-2008, 03:25 PM
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I have been fussing and fighting looking for the perfect heavy OD for so long I think I'm getting to messed up to hear anything anymore.
I just pulled out my old RAT, I mean old like 2nd version small one, and it just blew everything off my board. I remember it used to be a show stopper. Maybe it will be again this weekend.
Is there still lots of love for RATS?

m
I had the same experience with my old small box Rat a couple years ago. Now the board just has a Zendrive, the Rat, and a DD-20.
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Old 02-21-2008, 03:28 PM
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Small box Rat, no LED = My sound, thru any amp.

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Old 02-21-2008, 03:29 PM
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It's been a while since I've played a stock RAT, but my Keeley RAT is an amazing pedal. They have a characteristic gain that's somewhere between a fuzz and a regular distortion pedal. The main thing, they just have an EQ that sits so well in a rock and roll mix. Very cool. Although it's not usually on either one of my main boards, I'll never get rid of it.
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Old 02-21-2008, 03:40 PM
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Mine is a small box I bought in 1990, no LED... all scratched and gnarly lookin. It holds a proud spot next to a Fulldrive II MOSFET, an OCD, and BB Preamp. Killer range of sounds into a TRex Replica and a Dr. Z Maz jr. 2X10 combo. I'll never get rid of it. It just sounds musical, period.
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:15 PM
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One of the best!
For me the Rat is a benchmark pedal.
I run mine at fairly low gain, dist 9 oclock and filter at 3 oclock.
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:27 PM
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been using one since 1990 and it still brings a smile to my face..

mines a ratII w/-LM308 and I always wonder how much better , if at all something like a keeley, vodka mods or the like would be realistically.
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:32 PM
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Rat love here. I haven't ever used mine at a gig yet because it wasn't going to fit on my board but around the house it is the great Rat King.
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:36 PM
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What about a Brown Rabbit? I'm looking at either that or a Keeley RAT.
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:36 PM
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I don't know which RAT I have but it is beat up, small, has LM308 and no led.
I love it .....again.
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:37 PM
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Rats are great! Guitar-Rat-decent tube amp, do you need anything else?
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:38 PM
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I'm running a stock RAT into a Keeley RAT. Both at low Dist. settings. Very nice smooth combination. The Keeley RAT is very versatile, plus the red and blue LED's next to each other confuses the hell out of people.
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Old 02-21-2008, 04:39 PM
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Rat is the greatest mass produced pedal of all time.
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