please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat pedals
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please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat pedals
i know there's the rat, rat2, you dirty rat & bigbox rat... any others i haven't heard of? & what're their differences?

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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
well i hit wiki so i know all the versions now, but still not really the differences...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proco_Rat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proco_Rat
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
I'm glad you posted this, I've been trying to figure it out for a while now.
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
You Dirty RAT is more compressed.
Turbo RAT is brighter, less compressed and more mid-scooped.
Turbo RAT is brighter, less compressed and more mid-scooped.
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
Turbo Rat uses LEDs instead of the normal silicon clipping diodes. Put in a toggle switch and you can have both sound options in one pedal.
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
just got my first one
newer one i suppose
came with the ruetz mod from conky
so far it plays well and holds its ground
with all the other dirt on the floor
looked in other places for lists of mods and stuff
all that im sure of for my tastes as of now
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newer one i suppose
came with the ruetz mod from conky
so far it plays well and holds its ground
with all the other dirt on the floor
looked in other places for lists of mods and stuff
all that im sure of for my tastes as of now
filter off
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
My experience with the various Rats can be summed up thusly:


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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
Also, the older you go, the more delicious they get.
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
of course!theavondon wrote:Also, the older you go, the more delicious they get.
was the large box the first?
edit: nevermind, two versions of the big box and the "bud box" was before them but not mass produced.
http://ratdistortion.com/history/
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
that site's great.space6oy wrote:http://ratdistortion.com/history/
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
It sure is. I have an '83 big box and an '86 small box and they sound pretty similar in comparison to the other seven rat variants I have owned.space6oy wrote:that site's great.space6oy wrote:http://ratdistortion.com/history/
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
yeah says that switch was mainly cosmetic to size down. i think if i pick one up i'm gonna try to find that '84-88 version...
also that R2DU is pretty sick, duecetone too!
edit: though fucksake the '84-88s are expensive on ebay...
also that R2DU is pretty sick, duecetone too!
edit: though fucksake the '84-88s are expensive on ebay...
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Re: please educate me on the difference(s) in proco rat peda
I've felt just the opposite. I think the Turbo has much more mids than the normal RAT, but that's just my ears. Also more output w/ the Turbo.GardenoftheDead wrote:You Dirty RAT is more compressed.
Turbo RAT is brighter, less compressed and more mid-scooped.
THIS.bigchiefbc wrote:My experience with the various Rats can be summed up thusly: