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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
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 Posted - 09/03/2009 : 21:13:50
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Are there any Boss mods around that sound pretty close to a Rat? I used to own an LM308 no-LED small-box, but sold it. Doh! My main overdrive these days just changed from a BB Preamp (For sale now in the Marketplace! LOL) to an SD-1 Eternity Mod - both medium-gain, fairly transparent overdrives. I need an over-the-top kind of distortion to complement the SD-1E.
Although it wasn't perfect (a bit too compressed) I loved the way the Rat had those sort of random, bubbling, mid-range harmonics. Also, I liked the distortion-at-max, nearly-infinite sustain thing it would do at almost any volume; great for pinky-volume-swell cello parts. (Obscure 80's album reference: check out Martha and the Muffins' Dansparc album or CD. Classic Rat-through-a-JC120 stuff, especially the song "Sins of Children".) Who needs an E-Bow?
Yes, I could just buy a clone kit or a GGG board and build it myself. But I'm sort of locked into my "junky modded mostly-Boss pedals" thang. So, what do you think? What DS-1 (or other) mods do the 80s nasty Rat sound?
P.S. I've owned both the Keeley SEM/Ultra and the Monte Allums Recto Mod. Both great pedals, but they ain't "it". |
Edited by - Rich_S on 09/03/2009 21:50:51 |
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Dingus
Silver Member
USA
472 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2009 : 23:05:34
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| Personally, I'd just buy the BYOC kit. I have their version of the rat, and love it. I also find your "Classic Rat through a JC120" comment interesting, as I've never thought of that as a classic combination. I have both the pedal and the amp though, and will try both together again tonight. |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2009 : 02:14:18
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| why don't you just buy a rat pedal, they are cheaply priced |
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Rich_S
Silver Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2009 : 14:39:43
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| Well, my board only has room for either a Boss pedal, or a normal-MXR-sized box. So the GGG or BYOC kits would be better than a real Rat. |
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Witloofboer
Gold Member
Belgium
513 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2009 : 23:02:51
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| Have you tried a MXR Distortion + already? |
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Boss mod for Rat sounds?
