Yassss!!! Hum will change your life! As will Rat Pedals ❤️ if you haven’t heard it yet listen to “Step Into You” off the newest Hum album “Inlet” the only way I can explain it is I can NOT possibly turn it up Loud Enough… I just want MORE!!! Cheers 🍻 thanks for watch/commenting… it’s Very appreciated!
I feel you there man. So many times I’ll write a riff and then listen to an album I love and be like “Damn so that’s where that came from!” Regardless it’s still a great demo.
i never liked the "RAT" to screechy, too shreddy , too metal. but i soptted one of these one day at the swap meet, missing it's battery cover, so naturally i held it up, with the battery wires hanging out of it for the slrller to see and asked "how much " i got it for ten bucks, and unlike the "RAT" i looooove this pedal .
Whoah! Nice find! The Big Box is where it's at for Rats. I know exactly what you mean and I think it's because these really sound more like a Fuzz than a "distortion" Also if you get a chance, check out The "cat tail" or the "Cat King" from Fuzzrocious, it sounds like the Big Box but with extra features that really let you shape the sound, they're killer!
I have this pedal and still love it after owning it nearly 30 years! All you need is a proco big box reissue rat, a tiny terror and a les Paul.. keeps the neighbours annoyed for hours!
@@JobyP I didn't find the Tiny Terror to have near enough headroom to work well with gain pedals, especially a RAT. Maybe I like more articulation instead of different gain stages mushing into a muddy mess.
I have a lead on a later model one ('03 to '05) of these with OP07 chip as opposed to the LM308, not sure whether the chip will make that much of a difference in the sound? Either way this one sounds AWESOME.
Thanks... the chip is not a HUGE deal but it does sound a tiny bit different. If you can get it cheap check it out! Thanks for watching and commenting! Much appreciated!
I also have the later one with OP instead of LM chip , and yeah it sounds fantastic. Who cares if the chip is the OP or LM if it sounds good ? I guess I'll never sell it.
I have this pedal and love it, the tone I’m chasing doesn’t sound much like this demo but I use it w compression, bucket brigade chip fx65, delay and plate reverb and it just sings, love mine, I have a bk butler tubedriver also great pedal but tbh the rat can cover more ground and sounds very natural, and I find myself using it more.
Sorry for the slow reply, seems like UA-cam picks and chooses what to show me and when :( Sounds like a fun rig! And the rat rules but I bet that BK is pretty sweet too! Cheers thanks for watching and commenting it’s appreciated!
Hey men what type of power supply are you using? I have one of this pedals and I have been trying to make it work with my one spot power supply, as far as I know, I need to use a DC power supply instead, but I´m not sure. :L
I'm using a voodoo labs... And it is DC But these pedals were Center Positive where most pedals/power supplys are now center negative... So I'm using a polarity converter. they make one for a One Spot as well and I think they are less than $5 from Sweetwater.
Joshua R. Deal Rats are weird like that I had an original 83 big box and it was super close to this one. I've had a couple small box rats I didn't like as much and a turbo rat I loved. Thanks so much for watching and commenting, it's appreciated.
I even bought the pedal (proco rat 2) for that kind of sound and honestly i was dissapointed, had a weird like electric buzzing and didnt sound anything like the rat from this video
jobyregrets I came across a '91 reissue for cheap at my local pawn shop. I didn't think to check it's guts but I'm going back tomorrow to hopefully pick it up. Anyway, nice video/ sounds!
Joshua Runyon Plug it in and see if it makes you happy dude! Rats are weird... they seem to all be a little different. I've had a few now, some I've really loved, some not so much. My favorite was honestly a turbo rat (no idea what chip it had) but it was killer and I kick myself every day for selling it. Also check out the FUZZROCIOUS cat tail. I have a demo of the "cat demon" on my channel. It's the best "rat" I've very heard and far more usable. But if you can grab one of these cheap... do it! Thanks so much for watching/commenting.
volume knob in the correct position
Joseph Yonkers could not agree more :) Thanks for watching!
Bought an oldish rat pedal recently, largely because of this video - sounds fantastic. Started listening to Hum as well - great job sir!
Yassss!!! Hum will change your life! As will Rat Pedals ❤️ if you haven’t heard it yet listen to “Step Into You” off the newest Hum album “Inlet” the only way I can explain it is I can NOT possibly turn it up Loud Enough… I just want MORE!!! Cheers 🍻 thanks for watch/commenting… it’s Very appreciated!
My first dirt box and fave pedal of all time - been through a hundred or so different things I've tried - this one does it all magnificently.
The Turbo Rat is my Favorite flavor of Rat… Everyone should own one at least once! Cheers my friend!
That one riff in the beginning totally sounds like the opening riff to Isle of the Cheetah by Hum.
Currently Shoegazing while I wasn't directly trying to rip off Hum.... it's just sort of in my DNA to do so lol.... well and Failure...
I feel you there man. So many times I’ll write a riff and then listen to an album I love and be like “Damn so that’s where that came from!” Regardless it’s still a great demo.
i never liked the "RAT" to screechy, too shreddy , too metal. but i soptted one of these one day at the swap meet, missing it's battery cover, so naturally i held it up, with the battery wires hanging out of it for the slrller to see and asked "how much " i got it for ten bucks, and unlike the "RAT" i looooove this pedal .
Whoah! Nice find! The Big Box is where it's at for Rats. I know exactly what you mean and I think it's because these really sound more like a Fuzz than a "distortion" Also if you get a chance, check out The "cat tail" or the "Cat King" from Fuzzrocious, it sounds like the Big Box but with extra features that really let you shape the sound, they're killer!
The only pedal you will ever need.
Tony Ambrosi I really couldn’t argue with ya!
Sounds awesome!
Iván Gutiérrez Thanks! And Thank You for watching!
Isle of the Cheetah! This demo rules.
I think you’re the First person to recognize this.... Faith - in world - restored... Cheers!
I just re read the comments and somebody else did notice... you both fucking rule Cheers!
I have this pedal and still love it after owning it nearly 30 years!
All you need is a proco big box reissue rat, a tiny terror and a les Paul.. keeps the neighbours annoyed for hours!
Rat + Tiny Terror + Les Paul sounds like a whole lotta fun to me!!!
@@JobyP I didn't find the Tiny Terror to have near enough headroom to work well with gain pedals, especially a RAT. Maybe I like more articulation instead of different gain stages mushing into a muddy mess.
I have a lead on a later model one ('03 to '05) of these with OP07 chip as opposed to the LM308, not sure whether the chip will make that much of a difference in the sound? Either way this one sounds AWESOME.
Thanks... the chip is not a HUGE deal but it does sound a tiny bit different. If you can get it cheap check it out! Thanks for watching and commenting! Much appreciated!
@@JobyP Awesome, yeah it was under a hundred bucks so that's what I did, looking forward to receiving it
I also have the later one with OP instead of LM chip , and yeah it sounds fantastic. Who cares if the chip is the OP or LM if it sounds good ?
I guess I'll never sell it.
i have this pedal, bought it with my firstn onths wages 1992, still works now
The GOD of distortion ....
Sounds amazing what amp are you using here?
Thanks Matt! This was the clean channel of My Orange Thunderverb 50.
I have this pedal and love it, the tone I’m chasing doesn’t sound much like this demo but I use it w compression, bucket brigade chip
fx65, delay and plate reverb and it just sings, love mine, I have a bk butler tubedriver also great pedal but tbh the rat can cover more ground and sounds very natural, and I find myself using it more.
Sorry for the slow reply, seems like UA-cam picks and chooses what to show me and when :( Sounds like a fun rig! And the rat rules but I bet that BK is pretty sweet too! Cheers thanks for watching and commenting it’s appreciated!
Hey men what type of power supply are you using? I have one of this pedals and I have been trying to make it work with my one spot power supply, as far as I know, I need to use a DC power supply instead, but I´m not sure. :L
I'm using a voodoo labs... And it is DC But these pedals were Center Positive where most pedals/power supplys are now center negative... So I'm using a polarity converter. they make one for a One Spot as well and I think they are less than $5 from Sweetwater.
Hey men! Thanks for your response! I´ll check it out then!
Those palm mutes from about 2:11 to 2:40 were TIGHT. Nothing like the Rat 2 I used to have.
Joshua R. Deal Rats are weird like that I had an original 83 big box and it was super close to this one. I've had a couple small box rats I didn't like as much and a turbo rat I loved. Thanks so much for watching and commenting, it's appreciated.
I even bought the pedal (proco rat 2) for that kind of sound and honestly i was dissapointed, had a weird like electric buzzing and didnt sound anything like the rat from this video
what guitar you usin here? sounds great
theused0321 I am pretty sure this is my Gibson SG Standard. It’s been a minute tho! Thanks for watching!
Does your model here have the infamous LM308 chip?
Joshua Runyon this one has the LM308N
jobyregrets I came across a '91 reissue for cheap at my local pawn shop. I didn't think to check it's guts but I'm going back tomorrow to hopefully pick it up.
Anyway, nice video/ sounds!
Joshua Runyon Plug it in and see if it makes you happy dude! Rats are weird... they seem to all be a little different. I've had a few now, some I've really loved, some not so much. My favorite was honestly a turbo rat (no idea what chip it had) but it was killer and I kick myself every day for selling it. Also check out the FUZZROCIOUS cat tail. I have a demo of the "cat demon" on my channel. It's the best "rat" I've very heard and far more usable. But if you can grab one of these cheap... do it! Thanks so much for watching/commenting.
Infamous? That would imply that there's something wrong with the LM308. There's nothing wrong with that chip.