I got my RAT. Thanks for your input.

geddyleedog · January 15th, 2005, 08:03 AM

UPS just delivered my EBay RAT. I'm so happy I got it. Thanks to all of you who gave your input to my post about a RAT giving good classic rock sounds. This one is exactly what I wanted (tonewise). I use it through the clean channel of my Traynor amp. I set the distortion on the RAT right where it just starts to break up. Perfect! I was using my old RAT for heavy distortion stuff. It was too compressed and muddy for that. At that time I didn't have a need for a pedal that could give that "just slightly dirty" sound. So, 1) I never tried to get that sound out of it, so I didn't know that it could, and so, 2) I sold it without ever knowing. Anyway, I have one now and I could't be happier.

MV80 · January 15th, 2005, 05:57 PM

Wich model do you buy? Vintage RAT or RAT 2 ?

geddyleedog · January 16th, 2005, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MV80

Wich model do you buy? Vintage RAT or RAT 2 ?

It's a RAT 2. But it must be a very new RAT 2 because the last RAT 2 I had (and didn't like) was a square box with all ninety degree angles. This one is a square box and it angles slightly downward from back to front. In other words, the front of the pedal is shorter than the back of the pedal.

January 15th, 2005, 08:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
geddyleedog Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 583	I got my RAT. Thanks for your input. UPS just delivered my EBay RAT. I'm so happy I got it. Thanks to all of you who gave your input to my post about a RAT giving good classic rock sounds. This one is exactly what I wanted (tonewise). I use it through the clean channel of my Traynor amp. I set the distortion on the RAT right where it just starts to break up. Perfect! I was using my old RAT for heavy distortion stuff. It was too compressed and muddy for that. At that time I didn't have a need for a pedal that could give that "just slightly dirty" sound. So, 1) I never tried to get that sound out of it, so I didn't know that it could, and so, 2) I sold it without ever knowing. Anyway, I have one now and I could't be happier. __________________ (.o)==:::

January 15th, 2005, 05:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
MV80 Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada Age: 51 Posts: 136 16 Photos	Congradulations Wich model do you buy? Vintage RAT or RAT 2 ?