Members valvestate Posted May 19, 2008 Members Share Posted May 19, 2008 So, I'm on my one hour office break and nothing to do so I went down to our local guitar shop here to check out the pedal I've been GASsing for weeks now... MI Audio Crunchbox. The setup in the guitar store was a Vox AC30 through an American Fender Stratocaster. Clean sound is totally awesome as to what to expect in a VOX. Stepped on the pedal at all the knobs at noon and the sound is rich and full... lots of gain on tap.. This is for gain freaks.. Fender's single coil made it sound so big. When I'm about to leave, I then saw a RAT II sitting (I assume it's the newer version).. stepped on it... and WOW! The chords are more full... open...can do Blues lead to full out ROCK! Gain is also acceptable. Filter really is something... though setting it @ 9 o'clock is too trebley for my taste. So 12 to 2 o'clock I think is where it should be set. Now, which do you think is better in terms of just regular rock sound. I mostly play church songs and sometimes Incubus... old 90's rock sounds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wood Chuck Posted May 19, 2008 Members Share Posted May 19, 2008 The Rat has enough of the right stuff & is simple to dial in a great tone. I have to be more careful with My CB due to the gain structure. I enjoy the Rat 2 more really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGareth Posted May 19, 2008 Members Share Posted May 19, 2008 You know what I'd like to hear? Someone doing a good quality demo of the Rat. A lot of people talk about this pedal but most of the demos I've heard suck really bad. Like a guy playing a Rat and letting us hear his clean amp signal then with the Rat turned on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members monkeyland Posted May 19, 2008 Members Share Posted May 19, 2008 You know what I'd like to hear? Someone doing a good quality demo of the Rat. A lot of people talk about this pedal but most of the demos I've heard suck really bad. Like a guy playing a Rat and letting us hear his clean amp signal then with the Rat turned on.... go to my bands myspace page. every song on there uses the rat as the main source of dirt. every now and then there is a boss SD1 stacked on top but it's largely just an old large box rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wacopacco Posted May 19, 2008 Members Share Posted May 19, 2008 You know what I'd like to hear? Someone doing a good quality demo of the Rat. A lot of people talk about this pedal but most of the demos I've heard suck really bad. Like a guy playing a Rat and letting us hear his clean amp signal then with the Rat turned on.... i JUST posted my vid in the other Rat thread.... and no you don't hear my acoustic tone with the pedal turned on. It's pretty loud. Yea it's a crappy camera mic but it still gives you an idea what the pedal does. To each his own if you think it's crappy, but lets see your vids then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wood Chuck Posted May 19, 2008 Members Share Posted May 19, 2008 i JUST posted my vid in the other Rat thread.... and no you don't hear my acoustic tone with the pedal turned on. It's pretty loud. Yea it's a crappy camera mic but it still gives you an idea what the pedal does. To each his own if you think it's crappy, but lets see your vids then... I thought it was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wacopacco Posted May 19, 2008 Members Share Posted May 19, 2008 I thought it was great! :hugz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGareth Posted May 19, 2008 Members Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thanks Waco! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wood Chuck Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 :hugz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sikor Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 Power CB with 18V, set gain lower (10:30-11:00) and do the test once again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Small Stone Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 ^ I did that! You can check the links in my sig, big box RAT galore! (the Dasvolt tunes have the RAT on the left channel, and during leads; the other stuff has RAT on "Gros Truck") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Orwell Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 I had a CrunchBox but preferred the overall tones & tweakability of the Rat instead. In fact, I find the gain on the Turbo Rat to be the best of the bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members toneforhire Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 I have a proco rat II and an MI audio crunch box...have had the crunch box for over a year and the rat for a few months so the honeymoon is OVER love them both but I use the rat more...classic to hard rock,,,humbuckers into a DRRI...they are both on my pedal board as the crunch box takes up NO space but if I had to choose Id go with the rat...but the crunch box is a close second... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawzrd Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 I can't fit a rat on my board, but I'm about to get a crunchbox so we'll see. If I switch to a rat, it will have to be one I build myself, in a MXR box, for space reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules-RM Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 My settings: Dist: 11 o'clock, Filter: 2 o'clock, Vol: 1-2 o'clock. The filter takes getting used to, it's like a tone control on steroids. Once you learn what that's all about you can pretty much get flavor of gain you need from it. It lacks some bottom end, but that's what the bass player is for. I've gone through so many pedals, but he Rat is the one that wins in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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