I thought they both sounded pretty good but if I had to choose one I'd probably go with the Turbo Rat only because that's the pedal Dave Grohl used all over the first Foo Fighters album and I loved the tones he got on that first album it was dirty as 🤘🤘
Dave used the Turbo Rat for the album only on Weenie Beenie and Exhausted. However he used the pedal (as main pedal) through their tours from Early 1995 to Summer 1996.
Interesting. As you say the filter on the turbo seems to make more of an effect and also very clear that the power in the volume is much greater on the turbo but to me the sound of both of them was identical. If you close your eyes could never notice the change. Great sound by the way. Clearly these pedals have both seen years of action.
Someone needs to come out with the Pizza Rat pedal... I love both of these, but anything with Turbo in the name is inherently better than anything without Turbo in the name.
Pat used a Rat 2 but Grohl used a Turbo Rat. Of all the photos that I saw about their first tours (from early 1995 to summer 1996) Dave used a Turbo Rat (and I saw lots of photos I’m a gear addict). Maybe that the photo of the show that you see a Rat 2 is maybe because his Turbo broke and used a backup Rat that Earnie Bailey had backup, Dave had backup himself or a Pat backup Rat.
I've definitely heard different demos of the Proco line of Rats that have sounded super thin and fizzy, especially next to clones with more low end. Both of these Rats sound huge through your setup. Did they sound that big in the room? What's the best way to record/use a Rat in your experience? Cheers, good video.
Hi Zachery...they sounded pretty much the same in the room. The console behind us has some great sounding preamps so that might help a bit and we blend the real speaker/mic with the Two Notes Captor X IR loader which also makes the sound a bit bigger...but other than that we try to keep the signal processing to a minimum...Alex rolls off some bottom end but I think that’s about it!!
I would love to see a review of the TC Electronic Magus Pro (Rat) that is $65.00 USD. It is $10 cheaper than a ProCo Rat II. It has a switch that gives you normal, fat and turbo. The odd thing is that it claims to have LM308 OpAmp and since they are no longer made using them for a mass produced pedal seems unrealistic if indeed they do use one.
@@TSFAHTPS ....Contact TC ...hee hee. They contacted me first but they did it thru a guy that does demos at large city stores with a truck load of signs and bells and whistles...they would not give me or lone me product but I could be told of a new product 6 hours before midnight of the release date to be able to post their reviews on my site. Not even their guy in the field would give me his E. let alone a direct E. to the company. They also had no way to even get help with a product or mail a question. WTF!!!
The LM308 thing is such a corksniffing thing. Ive used rats for years as pretty much my only overdrive / distortion and I actually put LM308’s in couple of the new rats, just to see if there’s any difference and really there was no notable difference afterwards, especially not in the context of mix
@@Noisehead101 Funny you should say this. I have still have a L308 Rat. It is now an ornament, lol. I chanced on a mint condition Rat II for $30. I got it for curiosity, I think it has a lot more punch and balz . All these new and improves try to turn it into a Klon. WTF ...That is exactly the opposite of what makes Rat II so great!
Can anyone suggest a rat model closest to the woodcutter rat? I’ve found a usa flat box op od07 rat2 for a decent price, but would a modern production turbo get closer to this sound? The woodcutter still rat sounds absolute top notch to other compared models, and in this video too.
We did a video with two of our favourite Rat style pedals and the Woodcutter Rat…maybe one of them might work for you?!? th-cam.com/video/EhaQc2PpzrE/w-d-xo.html
Woodcutter was just a guy who stuffed boxes with the same parts kits every other Proco employee used. They don’t sound any different than any other rat because of him.
@@TSFAHTPS Nice! looking forward to that :) Btw, your old RAT, was it a woodcutter? if so, if even possible, it would be fun to see a comparison between your woodcutter vs Big ear Woodcutter, which is based on the creators own one :) Cheers
ProCo did a thing where the people that assemble the pedals put their “tag” inside of the pedal…and one of the people who assembled RAT pedals in the 90s was someone with the tag “Woodcutter” and lots of people consider those to sound better than others! People refer to those as Woodcutter Rats…
I run an overdrive into a turbo rat, great stoner sound. I don't think these guys are rock / metal oriented enough to do a decent review. excellent players, but I don't think they get it.
Sorry, your voices are really low and mumbly. For a non-native speaker this makes it reeeeally hard to understand what you're saying. Just open your mouth when you're talking, thanks.
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I thought they both sounded pretty good but if I had to choose one I'd probably go with the Turbo Rat only because that's the pedal Dave Grohl used all over the first Foo Fighters album and I loved the tones he got on that first album it was dirty as 🤘🤘
did He use the Turbo?
Yo Simon check out my message above. Cheers.
Dave used the Turbo Rat for the album only on Weenie Beenie and Exhausted. However he used the pedal (as main pedal) through their tours from Early 1995 to Summer 1996.
@@stupidrazorkid it was his overdrive distortion pedal for the album recording as well
@@VelhosNovos No. it was the Vintage Rat or a Rat II. There are photos of him with both in 1995. Never a turbo.
Interesting. As you say the filter on the turbo seems to make more of an effect and also very clear that the power in the volume is much greater on the turbo but to me the sound of both of them was identical. If you close your eyes could never notice the change. Great sound by the way. Clearly these pedals have both seen years of action.
super channel for pedal tests!
😅 I'm definitely going to add both of these to my collection but first I'll get the turbo one. Cool review guys 😎🎸👍
Thank you very much
Great video as usual.
Thanks!!!!
Check out the Deucetone Rat, it's two rats in one and they are switchable between the several versions of Rat pedals.
We’ve done a video with the Deucetone...GREAT pedal
th-cam.com/video/L6gQb-g83uA/w-d-xo.html
Eff. I DO love this
Rat is a nice distortion for solos, Turborat is a proper preamp.
Someone needs to come out with the Pizza Rat pedal... I love both of these, but anything with Turbo in the name is inherently better than anything without Turbo in the name.
Absolutely...Turbo makes it instantly better!! I’d buy a Pizza Rat!!
Have u done a vid on the Jams rattler ? Think i like it more than the original . Love the channel
Thank you Tom Foolery...not yet...I’m very interested in trying one out...I hear nothing but good things about it
Good demo! I prefer the turbo rat✌️! Sounds more dirty and the feedback is very good 🔥🔥
Thank you very much LESFRITH DIDIER!!
I saw the Foo Fighters on their very first UK tour and Grohl was using a standard Rat not a Turbo.
Pat used a Rat 2 but Grohl used a Turbo Rat. Of all the photos that I saw about their first tours (from early 1995 to summer 1996) Dave used a Turbo Rat (and I saw lots of photos I’m a gear addict). Maybe that the photo of the show that you see a Rat 2 is maybe because his Turbo broke and used a backup Rat that Earnie Bailey had backup, Dave had backup himself or a Pat backup Rat.
I feel that the LP made both RATs shine more
If you're on a budget and you were disabled but love to play guitar and starting over after years would you get the turbo rat or the you're rat
I've definitely heard different demos of the Proco line of Rats that have sounded super thin and fizzy, especially next to clones with more low end. Both of these Rats sound huge through your setup. Did they sound that big in the room? What's the best way to record/use a Rat in your experience? Cheers, good video.
Hi Zachery...they sounded pretty much the same in the room. The console behind us has some great sounding preamps so that might help a bit and we blend the real speaker/mic with the Two Notes Captor X IR loader which also makes the sound a bit bigger...but other than that we try to keep the signal processing to a minimum...Alex rolls off some bottom end but I think that’s about it!!
Would be interesting to see a comparison between a new and an old. Would be a good between one of these Rat and something like the "LPD Seventy4"
I’m wanting to get one of the new coloured RAT pedals for a comparison
I would love to see a review of the TC Electronic Magus Pro (Rat) that is $65.00 USD. It is $10 cheaper than a ProCo Rat II. It has a switch that gives you normal, fat and turbo. The odd thing is that it claims to have LM308 OpAmp and since they are no longer made using them for a mass produced pedal seems unrealistic if indeed they do use one.
I’ve tried to contact TC in the past...but I might just buy one...
@@TSFAHTPS ....Contact TC ...hee hee. They contacted me first but they did it thru a guy that does demos at large city stores with a truck load of signs and bells and whistles...they would not give me or lone me product but I could be told of a new product 6 hours before midnight of the release date to be able to post their reviews on my site. Not even their guy in the field would give me his E. let alone a direct E. to the company. They also had no way to even get help with a product or mail a question. WTF!!!
The LM308 thing is such a corksniffing thing. Ive used rats for years as pretty much my only overdrive / distortion and I actually put LM308’s in couple of the new rats, just to see if there’s any difference and really there was no notable difference afterwards, especially not in the context of mix
@@Noisehead101 Funny you should say this. I have still have a L308 Rat. It is now an ornament, lol. I chanced on a mint condition Rat II for $30. I got it for curiosity, I think it has a lot more punch and balz . All these new and improves try to turn it into a Klon. WTF ...That is exactly the opposite of what makes Rat II so great!
Can anyone suggest a rat model closest to the woodcutter rat? I’ve found a usa flat box op od07 rat2 for a decent price, but would a modern production turbo get closer to this sound? The woodcutter still rat sounds absolute top notch to other compared models, and in this video too.
We did a video with two of our favourite Rat style pedals and the Woodcutter Rat…maybe one of them might work for you?!?
th-cam.com/video/EhaQc2PpzrE/w-d-xo.html
Woodcutter was just a guy who stuffed boxes with the same parts kits every other Proco employee used. They don’t sound any different than any other rat because of him.
Should reissue the Turbo Rat love it... excellent video thanks!☺👍
You can still buy them new - they are still making them
@@TSFAHTPSwhat country are the reissues made in do you know ?
rats. we're rats. we're the rats. we creep at night we stalk at night we're the rats
oddly, my Mosky Black Rat has a much more pronounced difference between the Turbo and regular Rat modes. These sound pretty similar!
Moskey make some kick ass pedals
and they’re affordable
When will we see a comparison between fatrat vs this one? :)
FatRat vs standard Rat? We can do that...give us a couple of weeks but we will do it
@@TSFAHTPS Nice! looking forward to that :) Btw, your old RAT, was it a woodcutter? if so, if even possible, it would be fun to see a comparison between your woodcutter vs Big ear Woodcutter, which is based on the creators own one :)
Cheers
We’re you not under a different nom de plume?
Not that I know of?!?
I have a “woodcutter” turbo rat.
But… my Turbo Rat is a WOODCUTTER. So?
ProCo did a thing where the people that assemble the pedals put their “tag” inside of the pedal…and one of the people who assembled RAT pedals in the 90s was someone with the tag “Woodcutter” and lots of people consider those to sound better than others! People refer to those as Woodcutter Rats…
@@TSFAHTPS it does sound very good I must admit.
🐭🧀🐁
New sub I want you to try smoking weed then try rapping
Would help if you knew how to play
I run an overdrive into a turbo rat, great stoner sound. I don't think these guys are rock / metal oriented enough to do a decent review. excellent players, but I don't think they get it.
You should have learned how the circuits work prior to making the video. Bad show
🤷🏻♂️
@@TSFAHTPS Adding volume on a RAT circuit, adds brightness... Hence why you thought the Turbo was less bright
Sorry, your voices are really low and mumbly. For a non-native speaker this makes it reeeeally hard to understand what you're saying. Just open your mouth when you're talking, thanks.
Sounds more like your ears are broken, I can hear them just fine!