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Any idea whats in the rat 2?
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I had 2 US made Rat2's at one point, one with an LM308 and one without, and they sounded the same. I have also had Turbo Rats with and without and they also sounded the same, I even fitted LM308 chips to 2 that didn't originally have them are there was no noticeable difference in sound. The difference in the sound between the US and chinese Rats are, IMO, down to other components, the pots being one of them.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
I said maybe.....
Not probably - massively. It's the single biggest difference between any of the versions, although there are also other less important component value changes.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Does anyone know when they changed to the god-awful reverse-taper pots? Same time as the crap 3PDT and the different chip, or some time after that? I've got a later RAT II here for a repair - turns out there's nothing actually wrong with it other than it being built by idiots. The reason for the 'fault - that all the controls have all their useful range over the first quarter turn and then do nothing all the way to the top - is because some cretin decided to change the Audio Taper (Log) pots to reverse Log.
I don't remember having come across this before, so either I'm just dense and have been living under a rock, or it's something relatively new.
It's shit, anyway. It makes the controls *very* touchy if you want anything other than loud high gain mud. My favourite setting on the old Rats was with all three controls at about 1 o'clock - to get the same(ish) sound on this one, they're all at under 9 o'clock and it's difficult to dial in.
Sorry for the rant. This kind of stupidity just annoys me . I'm going to suggest he sells it and buys a proper Rat, actually.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Completely agree on the best sound - on mine it's everything dead on 12'oclock but I figure that's a very similar thing with different tolerances.