RAT Distortion & RAT Alikes

This is the audio from our video here: https://youtu.be/ub9KjynPa6Y In this episode we get down and dirty with arguably the king of classic distortion devices: the not-so humble ProCo Rat. In equal parts loved, despised, revered and feared, its contribution to music over the past 40 years is immeasurable. Dan has always been a fan, me less so, but this episode has definitely made me rethink everything I thought I knew about the raucous rodent! We run through a bunch of Rat and Rat-alikes and ask most of the obvious questions. It begs a follow-up episode featuring more of the more contemporary takes on the circuit, but as ever we can’t do every pedal in one episode. Enjoy! Pedals in this episode… • TheGigRig Three2Onehttps://www.thegigrig.com/three2one • Sonic Research ST-300 Turbo Tuner MiniUSA: http://bit.ly/2AYjob5Australia: http://bit.ly/2mR1s8c • ProCo Rat (White Face, old)No longer made • ProCo Rat (old reissue)No longer made • ProCo Rat 2 (current standard model)UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2Tmovw3USA: http://bit.ly/2VPXcaf • JAM Pedals Rattlerhttps://www.jampedals.com/rattler/ • Arc Effects Soothsayerhttp://arc-effects.com/ • JHS / ProCo Rat 2 Pack RatUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2IiFnhEUSA: http://bit.ly/2IWPr0tAustralia: http://bit.ly/2jVePEy • Mooer Black SecretUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2TCz9Oi • Walrus Audio Iron HorseUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2TmXQiEUSA: http://bit.ly/2tVWFYoAustralia: http://bit.ly/2tX7U2I • 1981 Boss DS-1No longer made • Ibanez Tube Screamer MiniUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2dRVXa2USA: http://bit.ly/2gybTw3 • Walrus Audio ARP-87 DelayUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2khFrA2USA: http://bit.ly/2yLOderAustralia: http://bit.ly/2xXMsvF • Walrus Audio Fathom ReverbUK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2JxexizUSA: http://bit.ly/2Hc5lSJAustralia: http://bit.ly/2JsVFRM • TheGigRig G2https://www.thegigrig.com/g2 * Why do we have preferred retailer links? Find out here: http://www.thatpedalshow.com/partners Interesting bits and go-to sections…- Intro playing: 0:00- What are we doing today? 1:33- Famous Rat users? 2:57- Today’s amps and a Marshall tangent: 4:09- Tube Screamer for reference: 7:23- Boss DS-1 for reference: 8:53- The filter control? 12:50- The other Rats today: 14:50- Dan’s old Big Box Rat: 16:00 (16:45)- …and with Mick’s Strat? 19:40- …and Dan’s ’61 Les Paul Junior- Low gain through to gating: 22:40- Clean up off the volume pot: 23:25- Jam Pedals Rattler: 27:58- Rattler with Mick’s Strat: 30:35- Tube Screamer with Rattler: 32:43- Arc Effects Soothsayer: 33:20 (35:15)- JHS Pack Rat: 39:45- Vocally midrange and a neck humbucker: 44:45- Walrus Audio Iron Horse: 48:21- Mooer Black Secret: 54:00- All on? Surely not: 59:14 Guitars and amps used today: • Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster – Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2dlZJ6K• 1961 Gibson Les Paul Junior – watch Dan’s video at http://bit.ly/2r9lRJZ• G&L Fullerton Deluxe ASAT Special: http://glguitars.com/product/fullerton-deluxe-asat-special/• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335: no video yet• Marshall 1987x and 1960AX cabinet with 4 x 12-inch Celestion G12M Greenback speakers• Sovtek MIG50 with Zilla custom 1x12 with WGS12L speaker Please subscribe to our channel. Buy a T-shirt to support our efforts!https://www.thatpedalshowstore.com We are also on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ThatPedalShow Please visit our preferred retailers!UK & Europe: Andertons Music http://bit.ly/2cRvIvtUSA: Riff City Guitar & Music Company http://bit.ly/2cyOYjDAustralia: Pedal Empire http://bit.ly/2mWmJQf