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Motorheader
Published on 06/09/08 at 01:11
Best value:
Excellent
ProCo RAT2, a distortion pedal very well known
three knobs: Distortion / Filter / Volume
analogue
opportunity to tap into the power supply (9V standard), and thankfully because the battery is not accessible!
metal housing (not plastic like the Boss for example) so indestructible
LED that lights when the pedal works (useful for the stage)
Switch easy to reach
So no complaints
UTILIZATION
Very easy to use:
- The distortion knob changes the importance of distortion: it is a slight crunch perfect for blues or funk to a good big hard rock distortion (not metal)
- The filter knob is very important, much more than other pedals, it changes a lot the sound by filtering, it provides a distortion "dirty" and noisy, very 60's, or rather a warm and clean distortion
- The volume knob is used to compensate the decrease or increase in distortion
the knobs are easily accessible (relatively large, convenient to the scene) and damn well: there is a good race (ie the sound changes a lot when they are running) but also the sound is not completely transformed in less hack, the transformation is gradual, giving a wide range of sound and the ability to choose its distortion with great precision
SOUND QUALITY
I use the pedal with my two guitars, a Start and a Rickenbacker 620 Mex, and a marshall amp transistors (unfortunately). I also use a Boss chorus pedal that makes a lot aditionnée to RAT2 to do solos.
Distortion is very effective, as I said, and very varied. it can play very different styles of music. I like it much when I use it with very low distortion, plus a boost to play the rhythms of funk snapping well, when I use high gain to the rock.
not only can go from one style to another but also from one period to another: the versatility of the RAT2 is impressive, we may as well have a very 60's vintage sound like a modern rock sound.
OVERALL OPINION
What I like most is I think the versatility of the pedal: it is able to adapt to almost anything you want to play in a minimum of settings. the use of knobs is very simple and instinctive in one evening you have mastered its operation
some say that when we increase the saturation you lose bass and high gain as it has a lot of treble. possible but personally I like a lot of Rickenbacker basses, it makes up for it.
the price / quality ratio is excellent. it is quite possible the purchase without any problems, it is a pedal designed to be indestructible ... I paid 70euros hand and it seems to me a good price, and it is even possible to find cheaper.
I had several distortion pedals, a Zoom, and an MXR RAT2. I sold the others, but RAT2 I'm not about to do! The Zoom sounded too synthetic. The MXR pedal was a good vintage too but really, it was hard to get out of Clapton and the Beatles. The ProCo is the most versatile.
three knobs: Distortion / Filter / Volume
analogue
opportunity to tap into the power supply (9V standard), and thankfully because the battery is not accessible!
metal housing (not plastic like the Boss for example) so indestructible
LED that lights when the pedal works (useful for the stage)
Switch easy to reach
So no complaints
UTILIZATION
Very easy to use:
- The distortion knob changes the importance of distortion: it is a slight crunch perfect for blues or funk to a good big hard rock distortion (not metal)
- The filter knob is very important, much more than other pedals, it changes a lot the sound by filtering, it provides a distortion "dirty" and noisy, very 60's, or rather a warm and clean distortion
- The volume knob is used to compensate the decrease or increase in distortion
the knobs are easily accessible (relatively large, convenient to the scene) and damn well: there is a good race (ie the sound changes a lot when they are running) but also the sound is not completely transformed in less hack, the transformation is gradual, giving a wide range of sound and the ability to choose its distortion with great precision
SOUND QUALITY
I use the pedal with my two guitars, a Start and a Rickenbacker 620 Mex, and a marshall amp transistors (unfortunately). I also use a Boss chorus pedal that makes a lot aditionnée to RAT2 to do solos.
Distortion is very effective, as I said, and very varied. it can play very different styles of music. I like it much when I use it with very low distortion, plus a boost to play the rhythms of funk snapping well, when I use high gain to the rock.
not only can go from one style to another but also from one period to another: the versatility of the RAT2 is impressive, we may as well have a very 60's vintage sound like a modern rock sound.
OVERALL OPINION
What I like most is I think the versatility of the pedal: it is able to adapt to almost anything you want to play in a minimum of settings. the use of knobs is very simple and instinctive in one evening you have mastered its operation
some say that when we increase the saturation you lose bass and high gain as it has a lot of treble. possible but personally I like a lot of Rickenbacker basses, it makes up for it.
the price / quality ratio is excellent. it is quite possible the purchase without any problems, it is a pedal designed to be indestructible ... I paid 70euros hand and it seems to me a good price, and it is even possible to find cheaper.
I had several distortion pedals, a Zoom, and an MXR RAT2. I sold the others, but RAT2 I'm not about to do! The Zoom sounded too synthetic. The MXR pedal was a good vintage too but really, it was hard to get out of Clapton and the Beatles. The ProCo is the most versatile.