What's better than a RAT?

guitargeek62

UnclePsychosis said:

Amusingly when I saw the thread title my brain immediately went to "two RATS" so i opened the thread to make that joke.

Its sad when the OP sinks your funnyship before you've even started :-(

Aww, sorry - I’ll let you make the pun when I buy the inevitable third RAT then…

ICBM

I was tempted to say the Ibanez Fat Cat - which is basically a Rat copy with buffered switching - but to me it doesn't sound quite as good, a lot of the circuit values are different and it doesn't have the same character.

chrisj1602

Deco

thomasw88

fretmeister said:

Almost every pedal ever made is better than a Rat.

Not owning any pedals at all is better than owning 2 Rats.

you wrong..

thomasw88

stickyfiddle said:

guitargeek62 said:

Heh - I always forget about the Warthog for some reason! I should probably try one…

It's REALLY good... 

I thought it was a bit meh tbh.    Much preferred my old rat2, and a newer one that had been modded by some clever chap.

The rat is simply glorious.  I have had one on my main board for around 15 years now and I've tried to replace it with dozens of similar(ish) pedals but it's seen them all off.  

UnclePsychosis

I keep changing my mind about RATs.

I've got one of the "desirable" 90s ones and every timeI use it I change my mind about whether I like it or not. Very mood dependent! 

Heartfeltdawn

UnclePsychosis said:

Amusingly when I saw the thread title my brain immediately went to "two RATS" so i opened the thread to make that joke.

Its sad when the OP sinks your funnyship before you've even started :-(

I keep thinking about how to incorporate a "2 RATS 1 cup" gag into this thread and I'm still failing. 

jca74

A filligree siberian hamster...

brojangles

Ira from Yo La Tengo is a two-RAT man. 

distressed

brojangles said:

Ira from Yo La Tengo is a two-RAT man. 

timbuk02

Has anyone tried the TC Magus Pro - the small one with toggle to give you three version options?

Crazed_Fandango

I've never owned a rat.  The closest I came is the V1 Warthog, which sounded amazing in my old Fender HRDiii, but seemed to lose a bit through my Victory. I've tried a TateFX clone, which sounded okay.

The lack of volume clean up on Rats, kind of makes it less appealing. And the size of them.

rhinofeet

timbuk02 said:

Has anyone tried the TC Magus Pro - the small one with toggle to give you three version options?

Ive got one. All 3 settings sound good. Not compared it to a rat but its great for 50 quid.

AntonHunter

brojangles said:

Ira from Yo La Tengo is a two-RAT man. 

I can't remember if he stacks them or uses one for each amp. Any ideas?

distressed

I've seen/heard stacking live.

I think this is the case in that KEXP video I posted.

jellybelly

brojangles said:

Ira from Yo La Tengo is a two-RAT man. 

I believe Pete Holstrom (spelling?) From Dandy Warhol's is also in that camp. Maybe Thom Yorke during Radiohead's earlier stuff too?

darthed1981

UnclePsychosis said:

Amusingly when I saw the thread title my brain immediately went to "two RATS" so i opened the thread to make that joke.

Its sad when the OP sinks your funnyship before you've even started :-(

I was going to say an Otter.

Cuter
Bigger
Make Cuter Noises

Otters rule.

chromatuna

Recently acquired my first ever Rat style pedal in the form of a Chicago Stompworks Mr Vermin and jolly good it is too. At medium to higher gain it’s classic rock in a box and at low gain a nice edge of breakup kind of thing. I like what it does more than many overdrives I have owned such as TS variants, OCD, FET drives Nobels and so on, somehow less pedal sounding.

Voxsupertwin

A Mongoose…

jellybelly

timbuk02 said:

Has anyone tried the TC Magus Pro - the small one with toggle to give you three version options?

I didn't rate it - struggled to get from it what it usually takes 5 seconds to get from a proper RAT. Pot values maybe, or just the circuit in general with some sort of modification to make up for the different chip? I forget how they marketed it. 

I bet there are plenty of better options for a little more money!