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Pro Co RAT2 Distortion Pedal

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Style: RAT2


Features

  • Used as a primary distortion, it excels at arena rock rhythm tones and soaring leads
  • Nails that sweet spot where a tube amp goes from sparkly clean to warm overdrive
  • Use the RAT 2 as a boost for solos and get the extra kick you need

Description

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. Maybe you already love your amp's distortion. Use the RAT 2 as a boost for solos and get the extra kick you need.For any further queries please contact Pro Co's Technical Assistance x1206 / Customer Service x1123 / Quality Assurance x2306.

Brand: Proco


Style: RAT2


Color: Black


Product Dimensions: 4.5"L x 3.3"W x 4.8"H


Item Weight: 1.6 Pounds


Item Weight: 1.55 pounds


Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 4.5 x 3.3 inches


Item model number: RT2


Batteries: 1 9V batteries required.


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: July 20, 2008


Color Name: Black


Hardware Interface: 1/4-inch Audio


Signal Format: Analog


Battery type: Alkaline


Voltage: 9 Volts


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    • Still a great pedal after all these years - even with the changes
Yeah, yeah, yeah...it's not the same as the vintage version. Whatever. I've owned two of the originals. Great pedals and I bought into the myth that the new version just can't stand up to them. I bought this for my kid, warning him, "Sorry, but the guys on TGP say the new version just doesn't sound like the old ones." I'm here to say that's a load of bull. This pedal has all the snot and spirit of the original RAT. It has the same personality and tone. I suppose if you had them A/B'ed, you'd hear some tonal difference between the two. Not necessarily better...just "different." Listen, if you're an older musician like me who wants to relive the original, or you're a newer player like my kid who wants to sound like his punk/hard rock heroes who used this pedal, look no further. It's super affordable and sounds awesome. Let the TGP guys buy insanely-priced vintage versions and boutique copies. This will get you all the way there and you won't sound like such a cork-sniffer when you talk about your hand-wired pedal no one has ever heard of. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2024 by ABQ_Music
    • A classic for a reason
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Pros: Versatile, Inexpensive, Great sounds, Well built, Easy to use. Cons: Ugh... It's taller than my other pedals??? Makes it harder to reach the footswitch of the pedal above it on my board. Something pedal placement would fix. The Rat 2 has been around for a long time. It does low gain to sudo square wave fuzz. It's voiced well. Just remember the filter knob works backwards from most tone knobs. I find myself turning the filter knob further clockwise with higher gain settings, but it is easy to set since there are only 3 knobs. No matter what rig I'm playing through or what level of gain I'm looking for, the Rat always delivers. A working man's drive pedal at a working man's price. Huge complements to the Proco team. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024 by Kevin Kevin
    • Everything and more that I remember it was
I don't know why I've avoided the Rat all these years. It's one of the most used, iconic distortion/overdrive pedals for a reason. It stacks well, can be dialed in from a mild "boost," to full on doom. What's not to like?
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2024 by Steve
    • An excellent distortion for 90s punk
I have a TS9, Fulltone Plimsoul, and Walrus AGES which are great but don't get too dirty. The RAT provides a great crunch and huge sustain. It is VERY reasonably priced and built like a tank. It is a little dark, but that is not bad and the filter works well to adjust to taste. It does add some noise -as expected. One minor hassle is that I had to unscrew the rubber feet and just put the screws back in and also had to remove the hex screw on the battery compartment in order for it to attach properly to the pedal board. The Velcro keeps the battery cover from coming off. I use this with my PRS McCarty which is sublime and it sounds great with my HSS Strat also. My amps are mostly the Fender Princeton and the Deluxe Reverb which love the pedal very much. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024 by chris
    • Play around with the settings and then WOW!
Review of Pro Co RAT2 Distortion Pedal: I have heard much about this pedal from the reviews and several players which have used the older/most current version. All have been extremely positive to say the least although the older version seems to have an edge up. I received it, opened it up, and immediately the quality of the build was noticeable/+. Plugged it in and……hmmmm? First two weeks I put it through its paces with a SG, LP, and Jag. Was about to return, but after much experimentation during the third week…..ok now I get it! This pedal may not be for everyone as it has a real “bite” to it and can be overdone if pushed. I play mostly “classic rock” and this definitely increases the “edge”. It is a good addition to a pedal board and for the price! As others have said…..buy it! 4.25/4.5 of 5 stars. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2023 by Mike
    • Massive tone - at mini price!
Never thought I was a RAT kinda player - til I heard how many players 'secretly' rely in it. Getting past Pedals 101, I'm now onto gain stacking, and this after my TS8 and Bluesbreaker clone puts it right over the top. A lot more meat than the DS1 to my ears. Very happpy
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2024 by Tom S. - Rough Cut Guitars
    • You need this pedal
I am a bass player who owns about 50 pedals. I collect pedals for fun, and own everything from obscure fuzz pedals to bread-and-butter pedals like much-maligned DS-1. I played bass with an older man who had a custom Marshall with hemp-cone speakers, a Les Paul that belonged to his father and a 20 year old Rat. I loved the compressed dynamics, the near-fuzz tone and the powerful highs available from the backwards-wired tone pot. I went between using the Marshall's real tube overdrive and the Rat's powerful distortion, and I really liked the Marshall's power tubes on 9 and the preamp gain rather low, with the Rat's distortion at 3:00. I loved the Rat so much that I decided then and there I needed one. I picked one up and put it on my board. As a bass player who uses a crystal-clean bass amp for lows and a dirtyish Vox clone amp for mids and highs, I have been somewhat disappointed with the dirty sounds of guitar amps running a bass through them. It sounds more like an extreme fuzz than a real distortion. I found that blending the distortion from a moderately-dirty amp with a moderately-dirty pedal sounds better than just a dirty amp by itself. I have used a DOD Gunslinger for this, but it fed back too much because of how much internal gain was in the MOSFET gain structure of the pedal. I then went to the venerable Boss DS-1 to blend and was rather satisfied, but wondered what else was there. Then I went to jam with that older man. The Rat has it's in/out jacks on the back of the pedal where they should be. The pedal case is slightly wider than the standard pedal chassis. It has a compressed tone with some fuzz overtones when cranked up to max. It sounds pretty natural, especially if the amp it is running through is fairly dirty to begin with. This pedal is perfect for blending as the volume output is laughably quiet, so running it as a booster is out of the question. The "filter" is easy to understand: It's a low-pass filter, just view it as a tone pot wired backwards. What really stuck out to me is how similar my new one sounded to the older one. I haven't played them side-by-side, but from what I remember, it sounds pretty much identical. I really can only say good things about it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2019 by Christian Mott

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