Favorite Rat

[Chistopher]

I bought this Rat looking to modify it, but I'm struggling to find any issues that need resolved. Maybe it has a tad too little bass and a tad too much gain for what I usually do, but not enough to change it from stock. The beauty of these things are their flexibility, and I feel anything I do to improve it won't be an improvement so much as narrowing it's scope.

Maybe I will put a 220 nF capacitor in parallel with the clipping diodes to thicken up the clean portion of my sound, but that's all I can think of

[RanchManSandy]

I've never been able to get along with my Rat but then again I've never put much effort into trying. What does it stack well with, how do I dial it in?

It stacks well with a 6505 amp with the pedal drive set to, like, 4 and the amp gain set to 3 and the filter knob at about noon.

[devastone]

I'm have a Rat 2 and a JHS Series 3 Distortion which is basically the same thing with a switch which I think basically switches diodes for Rat or Turbo Rat. The form factor just fits better on my board. I love Rats as boosters with the gain low and the volume high.

[Chistopher]

Yeah, they definitely have a very narrow sweet spot where you can very quickly go between too much gain and too clean

[solspirit]

[Driver Blues]

This thread got me looking into RAT clips and I spent maybe a little too much money on a whiteface reissue.

This thing rips! With just 3 controls and the knobs on my guitar I can do just about anything with this thing! Especially with the interactivity that was mentioned earlier.

I could do a whole set with this thing with just the onboard controls on my guitar!

Definitely holding onto this one

[BadAspen]

I'm looking at a used 1981 DRV at my local pawnshop but I'm unable to get a chance to play it. And No Refunds.

Has anyone here tried it and how does it compare to a vintage rat? I remember the rat having some big areas of the controls where nothing happened, not a lot of bass, and being pretty bad at low gain. Has tbe DRV addressed this?

[Chistopher]

I couldn't tell you, but I see them a lot, so people like them.

[Aceman]

I remember the rat having some big areas of the controls where nothing happened, not a lot of bass, and being pretty bad at low gain.

Your opinion is your opinion, but I'm thinking you remember wrong.

[JMP/HBE]

Modified RAT w/ NOS LM308 and some tweaks.

[treyhaislip]

Have to go with the Proco SOLO. Most versatile to my ears with amazing searing tones. But...I do feel that I've never had a bad experience with a Rat.

[hamerfan]

I have a Sonicake Rude Mouse (same factory as Mooer) and currently building a rat variant with bass pot and a blend for the hard clippers. I like the Fat Rat with a strat.

[Chistopher]

I have been toying around with the idea of replacing the stock tone control on my Rat with a James tone stack, but that would require a daughter board.