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This is a great drive pedal and has become my go to when I want a tighter distortion sound than my tubes provide. The 3 different gain stages give me a wide range of options and the dead bat mod is fun to mess with to get even more tonal range. You can easily go from a tight modern distortion sound to a fuzz type sound with a sweep of the filter knob. This pedal has actually inspired me to look into doing my own mods and pedal building so kudos to alchemy audio for a job well done.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
PROs: The RAT is good for some classic 80's pop metal sounds, AC-DC type sounds. CONS: Not very versatile. FINAL: Great sounding, well built, classic rock pedal. But, to me, it's a one trick pony.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
The RAT is one of those pedals like the TS9 that everyone should have at some time in their playing life. But in my experience, the tone you get from it depends a much on your amp as it does the pedal. I originally tied out a frinds early '90s RAT with a solid state practice amp. I hated it. I couldn't dial in a tone that sounded good no matter what I did. After I bought my tube amp (a VOX AC30C2) I decided to give it a try again as I noticed that a number of my pedals I already had sonded much different through the tube amp. I was absolutley blown away. The RAT running through a good tube amp (even one like the AC30) sounded much better, much warmer, and really brought out some great FUZZ tones. That's right, I said FUZZ. YMMV but to me the RAT is as much a fuzz pedal as it is a "distortion". If you want a great distortion pedal for your solid state amp, look elsewhere, but if you have a tube amp and you want it to get all fat, nasty, and broken up, even the newer RAT pedals will do wonders. A side note: if you are proficient with a soldering iron, I would recommend desoldering the OPAMP and soldering in a DIP8 socket. Then try out a number of different OPAMPs in the circuit. The RAT is farily easy to mod on your own if you know what you are doing and there is a wealth of knowledge on the internet to help you out. Additionally, there are a number of mod services out there that will mod your "new" RAT to a more vintage spec at a resonable price. To date, I have modded mine with a standard BOSS/Ibanez power jack and changed the OPAMP and I couldn't be happier.Read full review
I've been using the RAT pedal since the 80's, and to my ears the new model sounds just as good as the vintage ones regardless of the chip they are using.Blues,Zeppelin, Trower, it's all there. I typically have the distortion knob set at about ten o'clock which covers a lot of musical ground.It's also still built like a tank which makes it great for gigging. This is a very versatile pedal that can get you from mild overdrive to full out fuzz. I have always liked the Filter knob rather than a standard tone knob. The Filter knob is a treble cut, allowing you to cut the high frequencies while leaving the bass intact without making it muddy. If I could could only have one distortion pedal on my board, it would be the Proco RAT!
Pedal arrived promptly and in excellent condition. Very easy to dial in. Big tone. Great pedal. Nice response going from quiet playing to loud playing. Even with lots of distortion dialed in I am able to play supporting lines very smoothly and then get really loud when needed. I really like the Filter on this pedal. Heavy filter gives more of a fuzz sound and less filter gives a clean saturated distortion as well as louder signal. I think the Rat is just a more practical pedal than Ibanez TS-9's or any other boutique pedals because of the price and sound quality. I know players with multiple distortions and overdrives in their effects chain which is totally cool but if I could only have one it would be the Rat.
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