The Rat is the first pedal I remember buying that had wow factor to it. It was literally the first time I ever got a tone out of my relatively cheap gear that I and other people found impressive.
You've summed up everything I love about the Rat. I too have tried to remove it from my board several times to replace it with more expensive pedals, but it's always come back. Mine also dates back to the 90s. It is definitively my favorite pedal with the fuzz factory close second.
I bought a Lovepedal Eternity Kanji (PCB version) around 2010 and it is my irreplaceable pedal. I liked it so much I bought another Handwired version of the same pedal but it is not quite the same thing at all. I still have it. It has a very unique vibe to it! I could never get rid of it! It has SO MANY beautiful and useful tones!
No, it doesn't- I had an old Rat from the 80s that my mother put up for me when I moved out at 18- I'm 52 now. And a couple years ago, I found it in a box in the basement. Long story short- I sold that Rat for close to 700 dollars- went and bought a 40-dollar used Rat2- and never noticed the difference as far as how it sounds. I did notice that extra 650 bucks in my wallet though- bought an Ibanez SP3 with it.
@@stoneysdead689 Hell yeah. I no longer own any vintage rats. I converted all that to cash and have a $49 used one from GC now. actually sounds better because no scratchy pots.
@@taky2686 I agree- they sound maybe 2-3% better- and cost over 10 times as much- what a deal! But hey, I'm sure the family dog and your girlfriend think it's worth every penny. LOL.
I own both the Jam rattler ltd and the regular one and they are among my favorites for sure! Stacked with the Lucy dreamer both at lower gain is just magic.
The Rat is insanely versatile. It has this reputation of being a filthy, untamable beast; but I bought a clone that is supposed to be faithful to the original circuit and component's a while back and was surprised how I was able to get anything from a mild overdrive to wooly fuzz.
I have a 90s RAT with that same chip, and I keep it at the same sweet spot ( 17:40 ) . It just works as a great foundation that you can keep building on.
Completely agree with you To additional things not mentioned are the capability of cleaning up rolling back the volume and the enhanced sag fuzz effect rolling back the output volume around 12 o clock😉
I play my Rat "that sounds good". I play a new dirt pedal "that sounds awesome". I compare the new pedal to the Rat. The new pedal gets sold on Reverb...
My two favorite pedals that I will never be without are the catalinbread echorec and the chase bliss habit. Both of those pedals changed guitar playing for me forever. I’ve learned so much about listening from delay and looper pedals.
My favorite pedal is actually fron a local builder. Its basically a klone stacked into a prince of tone copy. What usually do with it is set the klone side to be a clean boost and the POT side to be slightly dirty with a bit of a boost as well, into a slightly dirty amp. Then I can get clean to light crunch with just the amp, a moderate crunch with the POT side and for a singing lead tone I hit stack the klone side into all of that.
Hands down my favorite pedal as well. Same model. Started playing electric, got a grunge, hated it, got a rat and never looked back. For a long time I used it almost like a preamp - always on, roll back for clean. Always liked what it did to the EQ and it’s so touch responsive/reactive to the volume knob. Exemplified perfectly by your demo. I run it fairly low gain as well most of the time - but that blown out sag is iconic and a fun tone to visit when called for. It does so much!!
You are 100% right. RAT pedals are awesome. Just got one after playing for about 20 years. Boy was I missing the fun. I actually got a Drunk Beaver Heavy Bat which has lots of RAT versions. Great video. Thanks!
I have an early Keeley modded Rat with a 3-way switch for different gain profiles. Had it for around 25 years and it’s still more versatile than anything else that has crossed my path since.
I recently purchased a Rattler. I put together my first Pedaltrain Classic 1 pedalboard. I wanted a distortion pedal and fell for the hype. It's a great stomp box and it is harmonically rich. Fantastic pedal.
been watching you for a while now. and i gotta say... you have so much fun every time you play! other guitar tubers lack that excitement in their playing. keep rockin! 🤘🤘🤘
dude I got one of these for my birthday last year and damn me, I should've bought one YEEEEARS ago, crazy versatile. Spent half the night jamming on it. Does pink floyd through Sabbath to whatever. Also really fun to run this, dimed, into my boosted marshall type sound, really detonates it.
I too traded away my Black Russian Big Muff a while back (for a DL4), but I recently bought another one so I’d have it in the collection again. And, more in line with the theme of this video, I bought a 90s Turbo Rat this year too.
I have a newer rat, but it seriously does almost any dirt sound I could ever want (ok, maybe not octave fuzz, but almost everything). I would feel comfortable showing up to almost any gig with a rat and a tele and would feel comfortable pulling it off.
I had a Rat pedal until about a year ago and traded it. I didn't hate it, it was just a victim of a pedal purge. There are two pedals I have that I absolutely must have on my board. The first one is a Boss TU-2 tuner. That's my favorite tuner ever. The second pedal is an Emma ReezaFRATzitz distortion pedal. Out of all the distortion pedals I've tried that one is the best, and I've tried quite a few.
The ReezaFRATzitz is great but I sold mine when I found a better MiaB pedal, while my WF reissue RAT has stayed through every pedal purge. It’s a rare “forever” pedal and this video shows why. It’s not an instant gratification amp-in-a-box, and you have to learn how to dial it in. But once you figure it out nothing can replace it - except for another RAT!
Got one of the originals around 1989. Still got it and still on my board. Lent it to a friend for a while back in the 90s and it came back missing the battery cover/plate! Still haven't forgiven him for that 😅
My 1 pedal that is always on my board is a box by a builder local to me (TL Pedals , sadly, now defunct). They tried to make a go of the pedal business 3 times from 2005 to 2021. I have these 2 boxes they did between 2016 and 2021 called King Klon. The first version made between 2016 and 2017 and an improved version from 2019 to 2021. It is a near part for part klone stacked into a Prince of Tone clone. (Yes, he had the rare diodes in each of the clipping sections). After a hiatus from guitar for a few years, I find myself revisiting the RAT using the TL Pedals RAT, a near identical clone to the early 80's Proco version in its stock setting with a change to the clipping and a bypass to the clipping section on a 3 way toggle. It stacks really well with both sides of the King Klon.
Mine seems to have like a "clean" signal after I sustain my tone. Like when I hold a note, the distortion and the clean tone signals separates. :( I dunno if it's broken but most people says it's normal. 😭 Bought it new from Amazon a year ago.
awesome video as always. andy martin and you are really my favourites. keep rocking. btw, my favourite (at the moment) is the boss md-2. perfect for the heavy stoner rock thing and i need the extra bass for my little amp.
I have a Rat 2 from around '95 and it has been a very good pedal. I've had it 12 years now and wanted to hear a plexi in a box, so i got an ehx od glove and it is awesome. I was gonna sell the Rat, but i haven't yet because it sounds really good too, but not as thick as the od glove.
Who can't love the RAT? Great demonstration of why it's so terrific and versatile. As far as pedals that don't leave my board, it has the be the Catalinbread Epoch Boost and the Red Witch Famulus OD/Dist.
What a great video - I’m a RAT fan too… that was fun. The ONLY pedal I rely on more is the Greer Lightspeed. It’s on my studio and gigging boards and NEVER gets turned off. I use it in a way similar to @MichaelWWestbrook (RUclips) … I treat it as my amp - it fixes any issues I get running into some weird backline setup. But the Rat (and some offshoots like the DRV) are right up there… and heck yeah - a RAT slamming into the Lightspeed.. You ‘ain’t lived until you try that live… FUN.
Pedal I can't seem to get away from for too long; my Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress Stereo; yes, sue me, it's the digital one. As a lighter, smaller replacement for my Boss RT-20 I just set the speed at 1:00, the Flange at 8:00 and the chorus off and leave it. Beautiful 3D slice through the tone without the big scoop, gain reduction or the plinky metalic sound of other flangers. It LOVES being hit with a 250 or Red Llama. I wish I could put it on a band saw and just saw off the chorus part (ew!) - EHX told me, sadly, this flanger circuit doesn't show up in any single space pedal they make, and it's my favorite.
Love the RAT and use it constantly, but watching this, I want to go back and play around with rolling back the distortion like you did in the beginning.
I just got one. Never used a rat but I love it now! lol! Not the best looking but it’s built like a tank and works! I got it running into TS mini. This is a great budget distortion that’s actually great!!
Awesome video Jay! I've tried the '90s US versions with both the LM308 and OP07 (the latter was used right before they outsourced production), and found the difference between them was far less pronounced than when compared to a newer rat with an LM308 swapped in. Perhaps part of the magic in the older rats was also due in part tot he other components, such as the diodes. Fortunately there are so many great variants out there. I've found The Drunk Beaver Bat to be the most spot-on! That's my desert island pedal 🤘
Great video, I really love the rat. It was my first distortion pedal, I'll always have a special place for it, definitely my board. I did a demo too if you're interested.
This compared to the Distortion + might be a good video too. I remember when my TS808 was so cool but really these rats, Klons, Bluesbreakers etc are what I lean to more now.
I use a boutique rat that does doom. It literally goes BRRR....and man I can even swing it to be an old school 308 rat..along with the ghoul JR pedal , I have options ....now I can play ambient- black- doom -shoegaze.
I like the Rat circuit. Im currently using a JHS PackRat on my guitar board, but my favorite Rat circuit i own is the 903 Effects Rune. The Rune uses LM308H chips which are the tin can version of the LM308 op amps, has a toggle switch to change the clipping diodes from Silicon, LED, and Germanium, has a dip switch inside for a Ruetz mod, and has a second footswitch for a dirty boost thats before the rat circuit. The only reason i have the PackRat on my board over the Rune is because i wanted to try the Rune on a bass board and the PackRat takes up less space
Just discovered the Rat circuit is ideal for very low gain bass overdrive! Always thought I needed to find a low gain soft clipping transparent OD pedal... I was so wrong! The simple reason why they aren’t built for bass and why most guitar pedals of that kind dont work. David Barber helped me a lot to get that into my scull. 😄 I really dislike high gain or modern fuzz for bass... At lower gain settings and with the great filter knob, the Rat circuit does exactly what I’ve been looking for! I found it in the Rattler Bass pedal by JAM Pedals! 🖖
I had one a few years ago and it just didn’t sound like this. I could never really get the volume up past 12:00 though. Maybe that was the problem. It sounded good through my Iridium but not though my actual amp.
I'm 47 years old. Growing up I had always heard about these pedals but with the name like rat I guess I just thought it would be shrill and crappy. which is ridiculous because somebody was buying them! 🤷 I finally bought one. 🤯 🤦 I was a fool for waiting 20 years to buy one of these It's everything I ever wanted in a distortion pedal and more. This is one of those pedals that you just should buy because they are just that good. One of the rare regrets in life that I have. I was stubborn and didn't buy this pedal because of a preconceived notion I had. Dumb dumb dumb
I’m not sure what the specific circuit differences are on the two JAM rats u mentioned other than an extra diode, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to either mod it to get it closer to the one you prefer with the symmetrical clipping. If they’re too different to easily mod, I would wait till you come across something that gives you those OG Christmas Rat goosebumps and shivers down the spine vibes, and do a little JAM/RAT pots and pcb transplant. Assuming they just daisy chain all individual pcs’s together the way Pete Cornish used to do for Page and Gilmour.
I love Rats. I think my favorite pedal is likely a Big Muff, so shame on you for getting rid of that Russian Muff, but kudos on the playing in this video. Oh, o e more pedal I love (in fact I almost never turn it off) is the JHS 3 series reverb. If you haven't tried it, do so.
Rad a I got a you dirty rat that's modded with a gain boost or a different cap value I'm not sure cause the switch is busted and stuck in gain boost mode but looking at the circuit it looks like the other option is some kinda cap value change the only thing I don't like is that it runs off a male 1/8 inch power plug
Why don’t you reach out to Jam? I have a feeling that if they went through all the hard work to build such a pedal, they wouldn’t mind tweaking it to your liking. I’ve always heard that they’re super cool to deal with.
The Rat is the first pedal I remember buying that had wow factor to it. It was literally the first time I ever got a tone out of my relatively cheap gear that I and other people found impressive.
Excellent tribute to the Rat. Loved your playing and energy for years. All the best to you!
Oh, THAT’S what sag means. Nice! Thanks for this great demo Jay.
You've summed up everything I love about the Rat. I too have tried to remove it from my board several times to replace it with more expensive pedals, but it's always come back. Mine also dates back to the 90s. It is definitively my favorite pedal with the fuzz factory close second.
That.Intro.Jam! Love the tone man. Something I've always enjoyed about your playing, is seeing how "into it" you are. Super inspiring man!
I bought a Lovepedal Eternity Kanji (PCB version) around 2010 and it is my irreplaceable pedal. I liked it so much I bought another Handwired version of the same pedal but it is not quite the same thing at all. I still have it. It has a very unique vibe to it! I could never get rid of it! It has SO MANY beautiful and useful tones!
Definitely a great sounding pedal and Nuno Bettencourts must have pedal!
Yeah bro!
So dynamic, I love it!!! Can't wait to buy one for my Telecaster!
I got my Jam Pedals Rattler based on yours and others reviews. Still puts a smile on my face.
I’ve owned Rats for 36 years. Everyone should own one. The new ones sound the same.. chip doesn’t matter.
No, it doesn't- I had an old Rat from the 80s that my mother put up for me when I moved out at 18- I'm 52 now. And a couple years ago, I found it in a box in the basement. Long story short- I sold that Rat for close to 700 dollars- went and bought a 40-dollar used Rat2- and never noticed the difference as far as how it sounds. I did notice that extra 650 bucks in my wallet though- bought an Ibanez SP3 with it.
@@stoneysdead689 Hell yeah. I no longer own any vintage rats. I converted all that to cash and have a $49 used one from GC now. actually sounds better because no scratchy pots.
Finally got one last year. Great condition used around $60. I love it.
@@taky2686 I agree- they sound maybe 2-3% better- and cost over 10 times as much- what a deal! But hey, I'm sure the family dog and your girlfriend think it's worth every penny. LOL.
@@taky2686 LOL- Sure junior- whatever you need to tell yourself. We get it...
I own both the Jam rattler ltd and the regular one and they are among my favorites for sure! Stacked with the Lucy dreamer both at lower gain is just magic.
The Rat is insanely versatile. It has this reputation of being a filthy, untamable beast; but I bought a clone that is supposed to be faithful to the original circuit and component's a while back and was surprised how I was able to get anything from a mild overdrive to wooly fuzz.
I have a 90s RAT with that same chip, and I keep it at the same sweet spot ( 17:40 ) . It just works as a great foundation that you can keep building on.
Absolutely :)
Completely agree with you
To additional things not mentioned are the capability of cleaning up rolling back the volume and the enhanced sag fuzz effect rolling back the output volume around 12 o clock😉
I play my Rat "that sounds good". I play a new dirt pedal "that sounds awesome". I compare the new pedal to the Rat. The new pedal gets sold on Reverb...
My two favorite pedals that I will never be without are the catalinbread echorec and the chase bliss habit. Both of those pedals changed guitar playing for me forever. I’ve learned so much about listening from delay and looper pedals.
This was my first pedal back in 92. I still love it.
My favorite pedal is actually fron a local builder. Its basically a klone stacked into a prince of tone copy. What usually do with it is set the klone side to be a clean boost and the POT side to be slightly dirty with a bit of a boost as well, into a slightly dirty amp.
Then I can get clean to light crunch with just the amp, a moderate crunch with the POT side and for a singing lead tone I hit stack the klone side into all of that.
Hands down my favorite pedal as well. Same model. Started playing electric, got a grunge, hated it, got a rat and never looked back. For a long time I used it almost like a preamp - always on, roll back for clean. Always liked what it did to the EQ and it’s so touch responsive/reactive to the volume knob. Exemplified perfectly by your demo. I run it fairly low gain as well most of the time - but that blown out sag is iconic and a fun tone to visit when called for. It does so much!!
You are 100% right. RAT pedals are awesome. Just got one after playing for about 20 years. Boy was I missing the fun. I actually got a Drunk Beaver Heavy Bat which has lots of RAT versions. Great video. Thanks!
Definitely showed the diversity of tones this does. Not just a classic death metal distortion pedal. Awesome playing too!
I have got the same one and it's great! I also have a Tele with Bigsby. Great combination. Thanks for this video!
I have an early Keeley modded Rat with a 3-way switch for different gain profiles. Had it for around 25 years and it’s still more versatile than anything else that has crossed my path since.
Great video, I agree!🎉
I recently purchased a Rattler. I put together my first Pedaltrain Classic 1 pedalboard. I wanted a distortion pedal and fell for the hype. It's a great stomp box and it is harmonically rich. Fantastic pedal.
been watching you for a while now. and i gotta say... you have so much fun every time you play! other guitar tubers lack that excitement in their playing. keep rockin! 🤘🤘🤘
dude I got one of these for my birthday last year and damn me, I should've bought one YEEEEARS ago, crazy versatile. Spent half the night jamming on it. Does pink floyd through Sabbath to whatever. Also really fun to run this, dimed, into my boosted marshall type sound, really detonates it.
I too traded away my Black Russian Big Muff a while back (for a DL4), but I recently bought another one so I’d have it in the collection again. And, more in line with the theme of this video, I bought a 90s Turbo Rat this year too.
Never underestimate that Tele neck pickup!
Thanks a lot Jay. This was one of the most helpful video on what can one make out of Rat 2.
Really appreciate it!
Those first 2 tones on the intro jam were 🔥 Now I need a Rat.
I got one brand new less than a year ago for $57. One of my best sounding pedals.
I have a newer rat, but it seriously does almost any dirt sound I could ever want (ok, maybe not octave fuzz, but almost everything). I would feel comfortable showing up to almost any gig with a rat and a tele and would feel comfortable pulling it off.
Love the rat and the variants of it.
Got a Turbo Rat on my board for years. Given to me by a buddy who doesnt play anymore. RATs rule
Glorious rock machine is a great explanation
👏 my favourite distortion pedal….ever
I had a Rat pedal until about a year ago and traded it. I didn't hate it, it was just a victim of a pedal purge. There are two pedals I have that I absolutely must have on my board. The first one is a Boss TU-2 tuner. That's my favorite tuner ever. The second pedal is an Emma ReezaFRATzitz distortion pedal. Out of all the distortion pedals I've tried that one is the best, and I've tried quite a few.
The ReezaFRATzitz is great but I sold mine when I found a better MiaB pedal, while my WF reissue RAT has stayed through every pedal purge.
It’s a rare “forever” pedal and this video shows why. It’s not an instant gratification amp-in-a-box, and you have to learn how to dial it in. But once you figure it out nothing can replace it - except for another RAT!
Got one of the originals around 1989. Still got it and still on my board.
Lent it to a friend for a while back in the 90s and it came back missing the battery cover/plate!
Still haven't forgiven him for that 😅
My 1 pedal that is always on my board is a box by a builder local to me (TL Pedals , sadly, now defunct). They tried to make a go of the pedal business 3 times from 2005 to 2021. I have these 2 boxes they did between 2016 and 2021 called King Klon. The first version made between 2016 and 2017 and an improved version from 2019 to 2021.
It is a near part for part klone stacked into a Prince of Tone clone. (Yes, he had the rare diodes in each of the clipping sections).
After a hiatus from guitar for a few years, I find myself revisiting the RAT using the TL Pedals RAT, a near identical clone to the early 80's Proco version in its stock setting with a change to the clipping and a bypass to the clipping section on a 3 way toggle. It stacks really well with both sides of the King Klon.
Great video! Have you ever tried the JHS PackRat? I love it!!!
I know this vid is about the rat but your clean amp sounds immaculate
Bought mine a year ago, together with SurfTrem my almost always on fav pedal.
The Ibanez 850 is close (fuzz) and Warm Audio JetPhaser 😎
Mine seems to have like a "clean" signal after I sustain my tone. Like when I hold a note, the distortion and the clean tone signals separates. :( I dunno if it's broken but most people says it's normal. 😭
Bought it new from Amazon a year ago.
awesome video as always. andy martin and you are really my favourites. keep rocking. btw, my favourite (at the moment) is the boss md-2. perfect for the heavy stoner rock thing and i need the extra bass for my little amp.
Really means a ton! Andy is a monster and a killer dude :)
Jay is the ultimate attack dog.
I have a Rat 2 from around '95 and it has been a very good pedal. I've had it 12 years now and wanted to hear a plexi in a box, so i got an ehx od glove and it is awesome. I was gonna sell the Rat, but i haven't yet because it sounds really good too, but not as thick as the od glove.
Yes! Awesome - also the pedal I own the longest
I used my old either late 80’s or early 90’s rat right into the don’t work no more pile. To replace it I got a jhs pack rat and a new pro co.
Similar to your BM story: I traded my green Russian in the box for a case of beer when I was 17…that one still hurts!
I feel your pain bud!
Who can't love the RAT? Great demonstration of why it's so terrific and versatile. As far as pedals that don't leave my board, it has the be the Catalinbread Epoch Boost and the Red Witch Famulus OD/Dist.
Me. I hate that pedal.
What a great video - I’m a RAT fan too… that was fun. The ONLY pedal I rely on more is the Greer Lightspeed. It’s on my studio and gigging boards and NEVER gets turned off. I use it in a way similar to @MichaelWWestbrook (RUclips) … I treat it as my amp - it fixes any issues I get running into some weird backline setup. But the Rat (and some offshoots like the DRV) are right up there… and heck yeah - a RAT slamming into the Lightspeed.. You ‘ain’t lived until you try that live… FUN.
Pedal I can't seem to get away from for too long; my Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress Stereo; yes, sue me, it's the digital one. As a lighter, smaller replacement for my Boss RT-20 I just set the speed at 1:00, the Flange at 8:00 and the chorus off and leave it. Beautiful 3D slice through the tone without the big scoop, gain reduction or the plinky metalic sound of other flangers. It LOVES being hit with a 250 or Red Llama. I wish I could put it on a band saw and just saw off the chorus part (ew!) - EHX told me, sadly, this flanger circuit doesn't show up in any single space pedal they make, and it's my favorite.
Nothing makes me happier to know that one of my viewers go-to pedal is a Flanger! I'm a sucker for them too. Rock on my friend :)
nice. the very first guitar pedal I ever got was a proco rat box in 1984, and it's still on my pedalboard.
Once those rats get in, they never come out, haha
I really love the rat myself! The Wampler Ratsbane is my favorite of the boutique variants :)
Or just buy a rat. Boutique is dumb.
Totally dig you're playing man love your tone I just wish you would take that output knob down just a little
Love the RAT and use it constantly, but watching this, I want to go back and play around with rolling back the distortion like you did in the beginning.
Hope it opens up some new avenues for you :)
I just got one. Never used a rat but I love it now! lol! Not the best looking but it’s built like a tank and works! I got it running into TS mini. This is a great budget distortion that’s actually great!!
I use the RAT with a Boss SD1, it boosts very well with overdrives. I love it ❤
@@LalairuI’ll have to try it with an SD-1
I'm watching this twice just to hear you play.
Haha, thanks!
Awesome video Jay! I've tried the '90s US versions with both the LM308 and OP07 (the latter was used right before they outsourced production), and found the difference between them was far less pronounced than when compared to a newer rat with an LM308 swapped in. Perhaps part of the magic in the older rats was also due in part tot he other components, such as the diodes. Fortunately there are so many great variants out there. I've found The Drunk Beaver Bat to be the most spot-on! That's my desert island pedal 🤘
9:13 was pretty cool
I love the Rat as well but I only use it to push the amp just a little.
This Filipino is a master rhythm guitarist ❤
With my Tele, nothing else can get this beautiful snarl and versatile distortion/ fuzz.
When I think of distortion, the Rat is what comes to mind. Best pedal for such great value.
Blues driver for OD, mk3 tonebender for fuzz and RAT for distortion.
That's my never changing go to
Great video, I really love the rat. It was my first distortion pedal, I'll always have a special place for it, definitely my board. I did a demo too if you're interested.
This compared to the Distortion + might be a good video too. I remember when my TS808 was so cool but really these rats, Klons, Bluesbreakers etc are what I lean to more now.
I use a boutique rat that does doom. It literally goes BRRR....and man I can even swing it to be an old school 308 rat..along with the ghoul JR pedal , I have options ....now I can play ambient- black- doom -shoegaze.
I like the Rat circuit. Im currently using a JHS PackRat on my guitar board, but my favorite Rat circuit i own is the 903 Effects Rune. The Rune uses LM308H chips which are the tin can version of the LM308 op amps, has a toggle switch to change the clipping diodes from Silicon, LED, and Germanium, has a dip switch inside for a Ruetz mod, and has a second footswitch for a dirty boost thats before the rat circuit. The only reason i have the PackRat on my board over the Rune is because i wanted to try the Rune on a bass board and the PackRat takes up less space
Just discovered the Rat circuit is ideal for very low gain bass overdrive! Always thought I needed to find a low gain soft clipping transparent OD pedal...
I was so wrong! The simple reason why they aren’t built for bass and why most guitar pedals of that kind dont work.
David Barber helped me a lot to get that into my scull. 😄
I really dislike high gain or modern fuzz for bass...
At lower gain settings and with the great filter knob, the Rat circuit does exactly what I’ve been looking for!
I found it in the Rattler Bass pedal by JAM Pedals!
🖖
my favorite that I've tried is the Turbo Rat
Dude beautiful tones and a beautiful guitar!! what’re the specs of your tele?
The Magic of the Rat is its ability to balance saturation and cut. Mostly lowend roll off
Yeah. That big roll off definitely leaves a lot of space to cut through the band
Digging this style video of your old gear. Can we get more?
Definitely! I love making those vids :)
I had one a few years ago and it just didn’t sound like this. I could never really get the volume up past 12:00 though. Maybe that was the problem.
It sounded good through my Iridium but not though my actual amp.
You love that super hot thing while you're playing check out just the bad cat with a lot of hot compression
Chews through any mix!
I'm 47 years old. Growing up I had always heard about these pedals but with the name like rat I guess I just thought it would be shrill and crappy. which is ridiculous because somebody was buying them! 🤷
I finally bought one. 🤯
🤦
I was a fool for waiting 20 years to buy one of these
It's everything I ever wanted in a distortion pedal and more.
This is one of those pedals that you just should buy because they are just that good.
One of the rare regrets in life that I have.
I was stubborn and didn't buy this pedal because of a preconceived notion I had.
Dumb dumb dumb
I’m not sure what the specific circuit differences are on the two JAM rats u mentioned other than an extra diode, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to either mod it to get it closer to the one you prefer with the symmetrical clipping. If they’re too different to easily mod, I would wait till you come across something that gives you those OG Christmas Rat goosebumps and shivers down the spine vibes, and do a little JAM/RAT pots and pcb transplant. Assuming they just daisy chain all individual pcs’s together the way Pete Cornish used to do for Page and Gilmour.
Have you tried the Black Mass 1312?
I love Rats. I think my favorite pedal is likely a Big Muff, so shame on you for getting rid of that Russian Muff, but kudos on the playing in this video. Oh, o e more pedal I love (in fact I almost never turn it off) is the JHS 3 series reverb. If you haven't tried it, do so.
My poor BMP.... Still sulking over that one 😩
Dude. Is that a Tag Heuer Monaco????
Made it sound like an overdrive 😂
Rad a I got a you dirty rat that's modded with a gain boost or a different cap value I'm not sure cause the switch is busted and stuck in gain boost mode but looking at the circuit it looks like the other option is some kinda cap value change the only thing I don't like is that it runs off a male 1/8 inch power plug
Awesome playing to show off the rat maybe could have turned the output level down a little bit but I like your tone
Rat is one of the most organic sounding dirt pedals almost amp like
SZCZUR (RAT) by Tone Charm Audio.
When you was playing, was you only using the RAT or did you have other effects?
What is that riff at :11 the first thing he plays.
I've never tried a Rat that I liked the sound of. They always sound fizzy to me.
YES!!!
I could never make it work for my sound though I tried, but fuzzy tones never was my bag either... FWIW
This was the Rat masterclass I needed. Thanks Jay.
Thanks!
Does the Rat play nice with synths?
Use a DS-1 on drummachine (TR-8s).
Ok fine. I guess I do want a Rat.
Haha
Why don’t you reach out to Jam? I have a feeling that if they went through all the hard work to build such a pedal, they wouldn’t mind tweaking it to your liking. I’ve always heard that they’re super cool to deal with.
As a matter of fact, they just sent me a PDF instruction on how to mod my pedalboard for symmetrical clipping :)
Oh shit ! better buy one on Reverb before they shoot up 200% 😂
I got hand surgery and cant make noise with my rats freakin lame
ok ok, I baught a RAT.
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