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paul88lx wrote:My next Rat is going to be a Turbo. What you said about the output has me intruiged.

Plus, turbos' are cool. For Rats and Hot Rods.

Shit. I just realized I forgot to send you a pic of that flanger. I'll try to get that tonight. I'd totally forgot aboot it

No worries. I was working overtime this weekend anyway. I can ship in the next day or two.

I've never had much Rat experience. Are you guys using it as a boost or a standalone distortion box?

Damian wrote:I've never had much Rat experience. Are you guys using it as a boost or a standalone distortion box?

Both, it just depends what I feel like! At my gig this weekend it was a standalone distortion into the clean channel of my AC100, with the gain turned up. But with the gain lower, it works well as a boost because of the bass cut/mid boost that's quite prevalent at lower gains.

And the winner is the Rat 2. The Turbo has a more vocal midrange and headroom plus a bit more bass, but I found it's more aggressive barky buzz wasn't as good at lower gain overdrive settings or cranked up fuzzy madness.

I will never not own a Rat.

I am going to buy a Turbo at some point. But I want either another big box or Rat 2 for certain modification purposes.

Enjoy it dude!!! They are great, versatile pedals.

The Rat is a must try pedal for every guitarist along with some sort of TS and the Boss DS-1/SD-1. Too many players jump into the boutique game without trying some of the common alternatives, myself included.

Rampage wrote:The Rat is a must try pedal for every guitarist along with some sort of TS and the Boss DS-1/SD-1. Too many players jump into the boutique game without trying some of the common alternatives, myself included.

Absolutely.

That's why I love the Used GC site. It's a cheaper way to experiment and figure out which pedals work for you.

Shit, I paid $20 for my SD1. The next day, another popped up for $9.99. I was pissed.

paul88lx wrote:

Rampage wrote:The Rat is a must try pedal for every guitarist along with some sort of TS and the Boss DS-1/SD-1. Too many players jump into the boutique game without trying some of the common alternatives, myself included.

Absolutely.

That's why I love the Used GC site. It's a cheaper way to experiment and figure out which pedals work for you.

Shit, I paid $20 for my SD1. The next day, another popped up for $9.99. I was pissed.

GC used is way underrated. It can be a pain in the ass to get pictures or technical questions, but it is great for small ticket items.

GC used pro tip: Have cabinets shipped to a local GC for you to pick up and check the speakers while you are there to make sure they are what was listed.

I built one of the BYOC Rat clones. Love it!

One of these days I'll find me a RI big box rat. I want one I can tweak on. Plus, the big box reissue is easier to mount to a pedal board (and more room for switches, knobs etc).

My broe got a hell of a deal on one a few years ago. He gave like 35 bucks for it BC it had a bad switch. Turned out that it just needed a good cleaning.

I picked up a Keeley Time Machine Boost off of the used GC site for $130. Basically because one of the volume pots was loose.

So, it's like getting a Java and Katana boost for less than the price of either.

EQ is going in the mail within the hour!!!

Cool pedals. I dig my Rat clone for some raw boosted tones.