Mine can do the standard Rat sound, like Spud's but has more bottom end and a lot more options. It is a great pedal, and a hugely versatile distortion unit. With the Viking, it gets a great "Woman" tone. I would not mess with a stock Rat and order one from DVM. I heard Spud's Rat at his house last weekend through the gear he mentioned, and it has a good sound, but the one DVM built has so much more. Worth the extra in my opinion. :
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson