If you're considering adding a distortion pedal to your rig, the Rat is a great starting point. Take a look at our guide below for an overview of the various old and new Rat options currently available on Reverb.

The Pro Co "The RAT" is a distortion pedal produced by Pro Co Sound. The original RAT was developed in the basement of Pro Co's Kalamazoo, Michigan facility in 1978. [1]

The Pro Co RAT 2 is the modern iteration of this classic pedal. Whether you use it to hot rod your British high-gain head, send your on-the-brink American-style combo into sweet overdrive, or inject your squeaky-clean high-headroom amp with heavy-duty, fuzz-like grunge, the RAT 2 yields the filthy, harmonic-rich saturation that has graced a ...

Jul 20, 2008 · RAT Guitar Pedal - classic sounding distortion! The beauty of the RAT 2 lies in its versatility. Used as a primary distortion, it excels at arena rock rhythm tones and soaring leads. Do you have a powerful amp with too much headroom for the gig? The RAT 2 nails that sweet spot where a tube amp goes from sparkly clean to warm overdrive.

High-fidelity 18-volt operation rounds out the FAT RAT's impressive enhancements. The Pro Co FAT RAT includes the same intuitive top-panel controls as its forerunners: Distortion, Filter, and Volume. You use the Distortion knob to dial in the total amount of saturation.

Mar 8, 2019 · While the original Wave Cannon was a sort of hybrid Rat/DOD-250 type pedal using a single OpAmp. The newer MKII version essentially takes the Quad OpAmp core from the Haymaker and beefs it up with cascaded gain stages to push the hard symmetrical clipping towards Super-Distortion levels.

For over 40 years, the ProCo RAT2 distortion pedal has been the secret weapon of iconic guitarists. This stompbox packs a punch with its hard-clipping distortion circuit that injects tube …

The RAT2 will be your go-to distortion pedal for every gig, whether it’s rock, blues, punk, or jazz. This is the standard that all other distortion devices are measured against. Heard on thousands of recordings, it has helped define the sound of the past three decade’s most influential bands.

Apr 13, 2004 · This pedal is the perfect middle ground between distortion and fuzz, combining the characteristic cutting RAT tone with the warmth of a classic fuzz-tone. The You Dirty RAT also provides 3 dB more compression than the original RAT.

Do you love the sound of the RAT's hard-clipping distortion, but wish it spanked the front end of your amp a bit harder? Pro Co has the solution to your conundrum: the Turbo RAT. This dirt pedal houses a modified RAT circuit, utilizing red LEDs instead of silicon clipping diodes.