Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Rat

I have not been a Rat fan but I seem to be getting over that. When I was a kid in 1982, disappointed that I had spent all of my money on a Tube Screamer that did not get nearly as dirty as I had expected, the Rat would have certainly fit the bill.

Then, long after I sold that TS, I became enamored with that gritty sound that my brother calls half distorted. I've come to enjoy the BB Pre-Amp as the best of this club. And then I heard Chuck Prophet.

I was listening to the Focus on New Americana featured playlist on Google Listen Now. Up pops Chuck Prophet' Castro Halloween. I don't know from Chuck but the outro solo caught my ear so I started Googling. I did know that his #1 (if not only guitar) is an 80s Japanese made Squier Tele through Princeton or Deluxe Reverb amps. What I did not know was that his stomp of choice for soloing is the Rat. It has that open, gritty tone that I love. Rat + Tele. Who knew (besides Chuck).

I played my first gig with this Rat on Saturday. It was a little hot on top of my TS patch but it's sounded great, scratched that sonic itch. Mine has 3 clipping options, normal silicon diodes, JFET (BS107s as diodes) and LEDs. The LEDs light up when you play which is super fun. There is also a low gain setting.


2 comments:

  1. We grew to become enamored with this gritty seem which my buddy phone calls fifty percent altered. I have arrived at benefit from the BB Pre-Amp since the greatest of the membership. After which We noticed Throw Prophet and visit website.

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