I bought a Turbo Rat off ebay two weeks ago, it hadn't turned up and I want one for a gig this Saturday so last night I bought a different, early '90s Rat 2 and asked the seller to get it to me for tomorrow.
Naturally, the first Rat arrived in the post this morning. Oh well. Worse things to have than two rats.
I think I might be going for most different Rat pedals owned by one guy, I seem to always gravitate back to them eventually. I've had a Chinese Rat 2, Big Box Reissue, Hartman LM308, Another Big Box Reissue, a '90s Rat 2, and a Mooer Black Secret. And now I've got this Turbo and tomorrow I'll have another '90s Rat 2.
I had an original 1983 big box & an '86 small box. Wish I woulda hung onto them. Rats are great. I turned my Bro onto them & he's used them exclusively ever since. Luckilly, if I ever wanted to use my old '83, he has it now, and would let me use it. (good thing about buying / selling / trading with friends)
Murdoch wrote:Nothing I would do to her would be in the same country as hygenic. If it were, I would be actively devaluing the act, and we can't have that.
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yeah. He and I have done that a few times. That, and giving each other first dibs on stuff when it goes up for sale. Any time he sells something I might want or need, he'll let me know first. We trade stuff & buy off each other quite often. Luckilly, we both use similar gear & have alot of the same taste in stuff, so it comes in handy.
Murdoch wrote:Nothing I would do to her would be in the same country as hygenic. If it were, I would be actively devaluing the act, and we can't have that.
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100 watt wrote:yeah. He and I have done that a few times. That, and giving each other first dibs on stuff when it goes up for sale. Any time he sells something I might want or need, he'll let me know first. We trade stuff & buy off each other quite often. Luckilly, we both use similar gear & have alot of the same taste in stuff, so it comes in handy.
Schweet. I do that with my bands mates/ musician friends, although rarely does anyone want anything.
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They're great. My only gripe is that the small box ones could be a PITA to mount on a pedal board.
I hear that the white face RI's sound great. Would like to pick one up some day.
Murdoch wrote:Nothing I would do to her would be in the same country as hygenic. If it were, I would be actively devaluing the act, and we can't have that.
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Rampage wrote:Oh, you can't play guitar because of your cats? What's next, you don't have sex with your wife because your vagina is acting up?
K-Bizzle wrote:There comes a point in every young mans life when he forsakes the skittles and mountain dew of his childhood for the beer and reese's of manhood.
A Rat is hard to beat. Ive heard Rats run into junk SS combos that sounded killer. Versitile too. Depending on what else you have, a Rat can be used for alot of styles / toans
Murdoch wrote:Nothing I would do to her would be in the same country as hygenic. If it were, I would be actively devaluing the act, and we can't have that.
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yeah. Was always partial to a TS9 or TS808 in front of it (volume up, drive down, tone knob rolled back on TS). Killer combination
Murdoch wrote:Nothing I would do to her would be in the same country as hygenic. If it were, I would be actively devaluing the act, and we can't have that.
Good Deals With : Facing Failure (now Van_Muddlestein) . goodhonk . benjamin801. sublimeride. River Bend. Flying Milkman. Crunchtime. MickTaylorFan. ~Abstract~. colejustesen. paul88lx .guitarbilly74. Mike LX-R. Murdoch. Le_Marteau. matt rhoads.nwright.Mk2 Steve
Rampage wrote:Oh, you can't play guitar because of your cats? What's next, you don't have sex with your wife because your vagina is acting up?
K-Bizzle wrote:There comes a point in every young mans life when he forsakes the skittles and mountain dew of his childhood for the beer and reese's of manhood.
Rampage wrote:Oh, you can't play guitar because of your cats? What's next, you don't have sex with your wife because your vagina is acting up?
K-Bizzle wrote:There comes a point in every young mans life when he forsakes the skittles and mountain dew of his childhood for the beer and reese's of manhood.
Had fun with the Turbo at band practice last night.
It's more raw sounding than the Rat 2, and has way more output - unity volume for me was half volume, whereas with Rat 2 it's usually between 2 and 3 o'clock. (I've got quite a heavy picking hand so to match cleans my overdrives usually have to be turned up)
Also the treble, while being more ragged, wasn't as piercing as I remember my last Rat 2 to be. Will be interested to try it alongside the one that should be arriving in the post today... if I have time tonight, might do a quite demo back to back.
I'd like to have a junked our Deuce tone rat (the one thats 2 rats in one box) , and have an old school / stock rat in one side, then a modded / hot rodded / tweaked rat in the other. Always wanted to do that, but never got around to it.
Murdoch wrote:Nothing I would do to her would be in the same country as hygenic. If it were, I would be actively devaluing the act, and we can't have that.
Good Deals With : Facing Failure (now Van_Muddlestein) . goodhonk . benjamin801. sublimeride. River Bend. Flying Milkman. Crunchtime. MickTaylorFan. ~Abstract~. colejustesen. paul88lx .guitarbilly74. Mike LX-R. Murdoch. Le_Marteau. matt rhoads.nwright.Mk2 Steve
