Barnacle-VS-Rat

FullCustom · February 14, 2012, 10:38:22 AM

Baltar · February 14, 2012, 02:42:11 PM

Wow. I shoulda bought 10 Rat pedals when I lived in Kzoo with that damn LM308 chip. I'm sure I coulda found 4 or 5 for $20-50. I never really warmed up to the pedal, but I don't hate it either.

Discö Rice · February 14, 2012, 02:50:14 PM

That Rat sounds amazing. The Barnacle is a good sounding pedal, but it doesn't have that thick, gooey feel like the Rat.

justinhedrick · February 14, 2012, 03:04:46 PM

i love my rats. if you max out the gain and turn the filter knob all the way clockwise, it gets pretty gnarly. i actually stack 2 right now (albeit with much lower gain settngs) and it sounds awesome.

grimniggzy · February 14, 2012, 03:11:01 PM

My RAT is the only dirt pedal I need. I only sprinkle in others for different flavors. My RAT is on 99% of the time I use my pedalboard.
Wish I could find older ones for $20-$50 today.
I did only spend $50 on mine, but it looks like it's been through at least a couple wars. The left & right sides have no more black paint and are now completely brown.
I use mine on a lower gain/od setting
dist @ 9 o'clock
filter @ 3 o'oclock
& volume dimed

justinhedrick · February 14, 2012, 03:25:31 PM

Quote from: grimniggzy on February 14, 2012, 03:11:01 PM
My RAT is the only dirt pedal I need. I only sprinkle in others for different flavors. My RAT is on 99% of the time I use my pedalboard.
Wish I could find older ones for $20-$50 today.
I did only spend $50 on mine, but it looks like it's been through at least a couple wars. The left & right sides have no more black paint and are now completely brown.
I use mine on a lower gain/od setting
dist @ 9 o'clock
filter @ 3 o'oclock
& volume dimed

yep, i have my lm308 rat set up basically the same as you, except i have the filter cranked all the way clockwise, then that runs into a non 308 rat (it sounds sharper, i guess you could say) that is set up with drive at noon, filter at 3 o'clock, and level at 3 or 4 o'clock.

FullCustom · February 14, 2012, 04:38:02 PM

I had no idea this video would be this popular here. I should have posted it earlier. The rat in video has the SK version of the LM308. I still have a few somewhere. We should have had the treble control on the Barnacle just a bit higher to sound more like the Rat, but we filmed nine demos that day.

grimniggzy · February 14, 2012, 04:55:22 PM

for some reason I hate the look of the slanted rat's. Mine is a straight up square box.

justinhedrick · February 14, 2012, 04:57:54 PM

Quote from: grimniggzy on February 14, 2012, 04:55:22 PM
for some reason I hate the look of the slanted rat's. Mine is a straight up square box.

so is mine. square box vintage rat.

FullCustom · February 14, 2012, 05:27:06 PM

**And then I gave up and started building rat clones**
The luthier/part owner here at Full Custom played a Rat for years.