DVM's Rabid Rodent BYOC Mouse v.2 Proco Rat Clone review

[sunvalleylaw]

Looking great! Can't wait to hear it!

[duhvoodooman***]

OK, here are links to a couple of quickly recorded clips. Both are recorded using my LP Std. on the bridge pickup into the Tweed 4x10 model of my Vox AD30VT. Only effect besides the Rabid Rodent is a bit of reverb.

The first clip starts out clean and then cycles through all six clipping settings of the Rodent. To reiterate what those are:

1. Symmetric silicon diode distortion
2. Symmetric red LED distortion
3. Symmetric JFET (J201 transistor) distortion
4. Asymmetric silicon diode overdrive (1x3 1N914 diode array)
5. Symmetric red LED overdrive
6. Symmetric MOSFET (BS170 transistor) overdrive

The recorded sequence that is repeated all 7 times starts with a Joe Bonamassa riff I've been learning, followed by some single note noodling. The pedal settings in "o'clock" knob positions are: distortion = 1, filter = 3, and volume adjusted to keep the recorded volume fairly constant. (Note: The two LED settings are very noticeably louder than the other four, and were turned down to keep the volume comparable to the others.)

The second clip is recorded with the same setup, but the distortion turned down a bit to 12 noon. This one demonstrates the impact of the Ruetz modification. A familiar Neil Young riff is played first with the toggle in the Normal position and then repeated in the Ruetz mode. This pairing is repeated two times--first on position 1 (stock Rat distortion mode) and then on position 5 (red LED overdrive). You can hear how the mid-range is flattened out, making the bottom end more prominent and giving very noticeably less gain/sustain and a smoother, warmer tone.

Here are the links:

6-way clipping demo

Ruetz mod demo