stoogeMar 14

A friend suggested we try and write some thrashy hc songs as a project, so like a dork I had to put together a pedalboard before even writing a note*. I’m sure I’d still fail the “does it chug” guy’s test, but this gets pretty fuckin gnarly. Stacking a Dirty Rat into a Turbo Rat totally kinda does the HM-2 chainsaw thing

*This is not entirely true, I have a couple ideas in the bag

Show threadautomattackMar 14
@stooge the dual Rat is thing I like. Saw this at Spaceman in Ottawa last week. Didn’t buy it, but it had me scheming.
Show threadstoogeMar 14
@automattack Whoa, that’s cool but it’s crazy expensive! I got this one for a fraction of that, and it has basically all the Rat modes and the two sides can be cascaded into each other or run in stereo, it’s pretty incredible. Until yesterday I had it set up for use with a drum machine
Show threadVanisleJay

@stooge @automattack so its just 2 rats and ways to configure them in one case?

I've never tried to double a pedal but it sounds fun.

For $700 one could get two of the Dead Air Feral pedals and have even more versatility than that rack mount thing.

https://deadairstudios.bigcartel.com/product/feral

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Show threadstoogeMar 14
@VanisleJay @automattack I imagine the rackmount thing is so expensive because it’s vintage, people are weird about vintage Rats. I think I paid $200 for the Deucetone, and it’s pretty infinitely useful, here’s the back panel -
Show threadJoe MamaMar 14
@stooge @VanisleJay you ever try cascading AND connecting the out of one channel to the in of the other?
Show threadstoogeMar 14
@joemama @VanisleJay @automattack Yes, in fact the one thing that offends me about this thing is that its default signal path runs left-to-right, unlike every other effects pedal I’ve ever seen, including my other Rat, so I have often chained it B-to-A. Now I’m using the Dirty into Turbo modes though, so I have to go with the default order
Show threadautomattackMar 14
@stooge @joemama @VanisleJay I think the rack RAT is basically the same as the double pedal, but it’s in a rack housing because the 80s. I also think some older pedals had that the reverse jack order (output in the right) because nothing was standardized.