How do you get a rat to sound like this?

Radiohead625 · Post by **Radiohead625** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:01 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJpSFAcqWtE This is literally a sound I've been hearing in my head for a while. Please let me know how to get this sound live. :love:

MEC · Post by **MEC** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:11 pm

He shows all the settings and says at the beginning what amp and guitar he is using.

What more could you need to know? :idk:

Chankgeez · Post by **Chankgeez** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:15 pm

I think he said he was playing an "asshat" Telecaster.

Radiohead625 · Post by **Radiohead625** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:17 pm

MEC wrote:He shows all the settings and says at the beginning what amp and guitar he is using.

What more could you need to know?

I saw that, but I don't think it's the amp or the guitar. Unless it's the MFD pickups. That sounds super fuzzed out.

veteransdaypoppy · Post by **veteransdaypoppy** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:20 pm

The amp sounds like it's already pretty close to driving itself, so that'll give a distortion pedal quite a bit of added heaviness to it. I'd recommend trying a boost or a light drive in front of your Rat if it's not giving you the heavy heavs you want.

hclapp219 · Post by **hclapp219** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:26 pm

Are you using a rat with LED clipping like the turbo rat has? I think that is key...

greyscales · Post by **greyscales** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:36 pm

veteransdaypoppy wrote:The amp sounds like it's already pretty close to driving itself, so that'll give a distortion pedal quite a bit of added heaviness to it.

This. The Rat's doing the heavy lifting, but it's far from a clean amp.

Radiohead625 · Post by **Radiohead625** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:47 pm

hmmm... maybe it's because I have a Rat 2. I'm guessing that's an older turbo with the lm308?

kbit · Post by **kbit** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:46 am

Mmmmm that sounds nice.

bigchiefbc · Post by **bigchiefbc** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:52 am

To me, that's just what a Turbo Rat sounds like when it's played through an already overdriving amp.

And yes, there is quite a big difference in tone between the Rat 2 and the Turbo. The Rat 2 is gnarlier, and the Turbo is woolier. I always assumed that it was because of the LED clipping in the Turbo.

starcastic · Post by **starcastic** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:53 am

Sounds exactly like a certain setup I had. I have a solid state amp, mind you. But the SS/BS Mini into a MXR Distortion + with the bias on the Mini rolled back.... Magic.

coldbrightsunlight · Post by **coldbrightsunlight** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:54 am

veteransdaypoppy wrote:The amp sounds like it's already pretty close to driving itself, so that'll give a distortion pedal quite a bit of added heaviness to it. I'd recommend trying a boost or a light drive in front of your Rat if it's not giving you the heavy heavs you want.

I think it's a lot of this, drive pedals can sound very different into a driven amp. Stacking the rat with another drive pedal might get you close to that.

Radiohead625 · Post by **Radiohead625** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:05 am

Thanks guys... I'll be getting a turbo rat very soon then.

kbit · Post by **kbit** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:07 am

starcastic wrote:Sounds exactly like a certain setup I had. I have a solid state amp, mind you. But the SS/BS Mini into a MXR Distortion + with the bias on the Mini rolled back.... Magic.

Welp, looks like I might need a Distortion +.

starcastic · Post by **starcastic** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:13 am

kbithecrowing wrote:Welp, looks like I might need a Distortion +.

In all honesty, I have a Ben Adrian Kowloon Walled Bunny which is modded specifically to be a semi-broken vintage circuit Ross/DOD 250/MXR Distortion +. Though, you can't really go wrong with a Distortion + as is.

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