Has been my favourite dirt pedal for 20 years! The way the low end collapses at high gain settings is so special and makes it perfect for fuzzy lead, but can easily cope with low gain stuff too! Would definitely consider putting a second one on my board!
They really are special, some of the clones come really close but they just dont feel the same. I bought a Big Box Rat in the 90s and never looked back. That board got stolen so it was replaced with a Turbo Rat, that pedal later got an LM308 chip. I have since picked a few others, everyone needs at least 2😂
I have the first series. Big box, it's a damn good brown sound replicator. I always used a tube amp though so I have to give cred to that amp. Just doing it in a small package.the filter is a low pass filter or a high pass filter wired back wards by the way the knob configuration is. So clockwise = less highs, Counter clock wise means more.
I did too when I first got it just ended up changing the presence on my amp to a more trebly sound and it sounds so much better has bite in the lead and the rythmn is no where near as fuzzy
The trick has always been TS9 into Rat. It's the tried and true method to getting a spot on JCM tone. Once the Rat gets to a certain spot on the gain, it begins to impart the fuzz. So use the TS9 to give it the extra juice and the must have mids
I just got one today. I sold my original years ago. What a mistake that was. I have live band recordings of my original & Tascam 244 recordings. Memory lane. Thanks again for your input.
I bought it tonight and so far I like it as a boost or almost a noise gate lol , I'm running it through a joyo zombie and on the clean channel rat on it sounds very high pitch and the sound breaks as you add to much distortion, so I put it on my dirty channel and turned down the rats distortion almost all the way and the volume all rhe way up with my amp at like 3oclock gain and sounds cool it boosts it a bit but more than anything I notice when it's on a lot of background noise is canceled
@@DONMARTIN33 I actually emailed them about this, turns out the lil Rat is made in the US rather than China like the full size one. So I'm actually quite happy to support that. (though he said it might change eventually).
Thinking about getting one. Looking for a Sabbath style sound pedal. Demoed one at a local store, I’m sold. Only thing is I didn’t get it to get “fuzzy,” I live in America and we only have 110v, aka-girly power compared to UK 220-230 manly power, lol
Nuno is Portuguese by way of the Azorean Islands in the mid North Atlanic, the Island of Terceira to be exact and his family emigrated to the U.S. when he was still a child to the Boston area. I know all this because my family is originally from the next island over of Sao Miguel and as a son of Azorean Portuguese immigrants to Canada and a rock fan, it was a big deal to me that someone from my cultural background was as big a rock star as all the legendary American and British ones.
I love when Dagan demos gear for us!
I feel like he showcases the best version of what something is gonna sound like in person.
Has been my favourite dirt pedal for 20 years! The way the low end collapses at high gain settings is so special and makes it perfect for fuzzy lead, but can easily cope with low gain stuff too! Would definitely consider putting a second one on my board!
They really are special, some of the clones come really close but they just dont feel the same. I bought a Big Box Rat in the 90s and never looked back. That board got stolen so it was replaced with a Turbo Rat, that pedal later got an LM308 chip. I have since picked a few others, everyone needs at least 2😂
I never understand having two of the same pedals
So its now 20yrs and 5th month this pedal has been your favorite
@@SavitTheGoalie Graham coxon (guitarist of blur, a very good guitarist) always used 2 rats live. One as a boost, and it sounded really good.
For me, one of the best distortion pedals ever made, simply fantastic what you can get from this pedal.
Absolutely agree! 👍
not often a reviewer says 'i just bought this one so its mine now' 😯
proof right there🕺
Hopefully, ProCo will develop a Rat Deucetone mini!!! I loved that Deucetone!
Sams pedal
I knew a lot of guys who used a Rat Pedal in the 80's. It had a rep for making cheap shitty amps sound great.
I have the first series. Big box, it's a damn good brown sound replicator. I always used a tube amp though so I have to give cred to that amp. Just doing it in a small package.the filter is a low pass filter or a high pass filter wired back wards by the way the knob configuration is. So clockwise = less highs, Counter clock wise means more.
That’s what she said” I loved that reference 😂 Dagan is my favorite gear reviewer 🤙
You played this one very well
I have a regular Rat but have always found it a bit fuzzy for the rock ‘metal sound I seek. Might have another go with it after watching this 👍
I did too when I first got it just ended up changing the presence on my amp to a more trebly sound and it sounds so much better has bite in the lead and the rythmn is no where near as fuzzy
The trick has always been TS9 into Rat. It's the tried and true method to getting a spot on JCM tone. Once the Rat gets to a certain spot on the gain, it begins to impart the fuzz. So use the TS9 to give it the extra juice and the must have mids
@@LeviBulger 👍 agree!
I just got one today. I sold my original years ago. What a mistake that was. I have live band recordings of my original & Tascam 244 recordings. Memory lane. Thanks again for your input.
Aaah thats your pacer custom was was talkin with you about my pacer dlx with no paint
It is indeed!!
Does anyone know what cabinet he is using
Totally agree, they are great little pedals I use one an awful lot. Great demo too.
Love the Rat
I bought it tonight and so far I like it as a boost or almost a noise gate lol , I'm running it through a joyo zombie and on the clean channel rat on it sounds very high pitch and the sound breaks as you add to much distortion, so I put it on my dirty channel and turned down the rats distortion almost all the way and the volume all rhe way up with my amp at like 3oclock gain and sounds cool it boosts it a bit but more than anything I notice when it's on a lot of background noise is canceled
Weird that the Lil RAT costs £20 more than the full size one?!
That is the only thing that has stopped me buying one. Smaller size is nice, but so is £20. So now I have choice paralysis lol
Yeah, considering that SMDs are cheaper and faster to produce. The Lil' Rat should at least be priced the same with the regular Rat 2.
@@DONMARTIN33 I actually emailed them about this, turns out the lil Rat is made in the US rather than China like the full size one. So I'm actually quite happy to support that. (though he said it might change eventually).
@@Snowcountry556 oooh, I didn't know that. I thought Lil' Rats are made overseas 😁 labor's not cheap in the US.
I see the big guy at higher price then then the little guy
Thinking about getting one. Looking for a Sabbath style sound pedal. Demoed one at a local store, I’m sold. Only thing is I didn’t get it to get “fuzzy,” I live in America and we only have 110v, aka-girly power compared to UK 220-230 manly power, lol
mine sabbaths all day. what amp/cab you using ?
I legit just went, out loud: "Holy shit man! That's so small!".
That's what she said...
I loved Rat pedal but man that lil rat sounds better for me!
Mini is a bit more bassy. Bet its just a setting issue as u said
dagan is a FUCKING BEAST!!!!
the fucking guitar is so fucking serious 🌹🔥🔥🔥
Nuno is Portuguese by way of the Azorean Islands in the mid North Atlanic, the Island of Terceira to be exact and his family emigrated to the U.S. when he was still a child to the Boston area. I know all this because my family is originally from the next island over of Sao Miguel and as a son of Azorean Portuguese immigrants to Canada and a rock fan, it was a big deal to me that someone from my cultural background was as big a rock star as all the legendary American and British ones.
Obituary... Morbid Angel... Both use the RAT
That kramer is dripping mojo
Nuno is from Portugal!
Nice Kramer
🤘
I'd like to play a Ratt song on a Rat
Nuno is Portuguese!
uhh that bass is pretty nice
decent!! cheers for the cringe by the way mate appreciate it lol
The cringe was perfect!
This guy is always ripping on a Kramer
Dagan loves them! ⚡️
@@PMTVUK at this point I feel like he has a endorsement deal with them
I feel offended by the hand gesture in the thumbnail. Owh a smaller rat
why wouldn't you play something cool? horrible sound or its your playing.. its awful bro.
Sounds really muddy 🤮
An awful piece of gear.period.