ancientbones wrote:The rat's a little too high gain for what I'm after. Not to mention my bandmate is already using one. Sounds good through his twin though. It's not a very touch-responsive pedal from what I can tell. That's mostly why I'm interested in the honey bee and stuff.
I don't know anything about the Zendrive but is that one of those "transparent" overdrives? I'm totally not into that sort of thing. My amp needs a little bit of flavor added to it.
Actually...If you don't need super high gain, a ruetz's rat might work great for you. Just imagine your buddy's Rat, with a little gain sacrifised for a little more low end. Such an easy diy job it's hardly even worth calling it a 'mod'. It'll take you longer to open and close up the enclosure than to clip that single reistor. A little toggle switch is probably the best way to go though. Don't bother messing with a pot, the range is so small it's not worth it.
Don't know about the rat's touch responsiveness or whatever, I always tought my Rats had plenty of dynamics