Pro Co Rat?

mistercharlie

Babones said:

They were everywhere in the 90s, punk, Indie, Metal etc.

Pretty sure this is a Rat throughout.

Oh man, what happened to Elastica? What a great first album. 

paulnb57

Thanks folks, I may build one from a kit......

TTBZ

The Fuzzdogs one looks good! Comes with options for all the popular mods as standard.

paulnb57

TTBZ said:

The Fuzzdogs one looks good! Comes with options for all the popular mods as standard.

Thats the one I am contemplating building....

poopot

paulnb57 said:

TTBZ said:

The Fuzzdogs one looks good! Comes with options for all the popular mods as standard.

Thats the one I am contemplating building....

If you are after a rat type, have a look at this:

https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/Expandotron-ZZ/p847124_14658688.aspx

Expandora clone and tbh the best kept secret in overdrives!!!! Mild boost all the way to unusable farty fuzz... 

Cirrus

I've had a lot of rats, and they all sounded *slightly* different.

The Mooer one I had was close, but *slightly* worse than all the Proco Rats I had. Muddier low mids, less spank.

impmann

Hate to correct anyone, but the fuzzy goodness on Song Two was IIRC a Shin Ei fuzz *AND* a RAT... I'm sure I read that the fuzz bass on that was the RAT too.

At the other end of the scale, Andy Latimer from Camel has used RATs for years for his sweet, singing tone

Boromedic

Justin Hawkins uses a Rat as his solo boost, Whiteface reissue 85 I think? Also rumours on the net are that Peter Bucks core rhythm tone on WTFK? was Rat into Vox AC30. Plenty of 80s metallers used Rats into Marshalls too, Nuno uses one to good effect too I believe. 

Musicman20

So which one to buy for reasonable money new that’s correct tone wise? Hmmm

Cols

Musicman20 said:

So which one to buy for reasonable money new that’s correct tone wise? Hmmm

There’s a Little Bear Rattack in the classifieds for £25.  AFAIK, it has the mojo LM308 opamp and vintage, turbo and dirty rat clipping options.  

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/130318/little-bear-rattack-rat-clone-25#latest

DesVegas

althy said:

hotcake+ rat and the other way round great into a vox's normal channel

Interesting

meltedbuzzbox

The mooer black secret?? Is a great RAT pedal for 25 squid used. 
You can get rat reissued pedals used on eBay for 40-60. 

jdgm

Got mine modded, 3-way switch by Pedalmods (think they are out of business now?), can recommend it!

Dan_Halen

If you want a nice boutiquey one then the Jam Rattler is great. If you just fancy just messing with one then you can pick up a reissue Rat for about 40-50 quid. It'll at least be enough to give you an idea if it works for you and your rig.

People seem to love them with Vox type amps but no reason it can't float your boat with whatever you're using. I've had loads of fun with mine just hitting Fender style cleans with it and works great.