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How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:01 pm
by Radiohead625
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.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:11 pm
by MEC
He shows all the settings and says at the beginning what amp and guitar he is using.
What more could you need to know?
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:15 pm
by Chankgeez
I think he said he was playing an "asshat" Telecaster.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:17 pm
by Radiohead625
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.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:20 pm
by veteransdaypoppy
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.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:26 pm
by hclapp219
Are you using a rat with LED clipping like the turbo rat has? I think that is key...
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:36 pm
by greyscales
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.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:47 pm
by Radiohead625
hmmm... maybe it's because I have a Rat 2. I'm guessing that's an older turbo with the lm308?
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:46 am
by kbit
Mmmmm that sounds nice.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:52 am
by bigchiefbc
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.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:53 am
by starcastic
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.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:54 am
by coldbrightsunlight
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.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:05 am
by Radiohead625
Thanks guys... I'll be getting a turbo rat very soon then.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:07 am
by kbit
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 +.
Re: How do you get a rat to sound like this?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:13 am
by starcastic
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.