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The rat is good for overdrive, distortion and fuzz.
For fuzz, though, the ones that play best are the zoom ultra fuzz and the boss DS-2 in turbo mode. It's very different to the df-2, loads of sustain and made mostly of midrange frequencies. Does a great lead fuzz tone. Not so much rhythm fuzz...
Vox amps are pretty picky with pedals. Marshall in a box types don't seem to work well, nor do tubescreamer types, although they're not completely rubbish either.
A favourite of some others is the Nobels odr-1. I like this one, but don't own it - I would like to get another one though.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
I used to have a DS-2 back in the day! May have to get one again to try that!
I did try one, once, but I think it was into a fender amp.
But yes, everyone goes mad for this one. To be honest, I can't imagine a better low gain distortion effect than the df-2 so I pretty much stopped looking after I got one.
Then the second spare.
Rockett Archer
Bearfoot Honey Bee, Uber Bee, Baby Pink Booster, Red Rooster Booster and Model H
Proco Rat
Lovepedal Lee Luis and Amp Eleven
MXR/CAE Line Driver
King of Tone Clone
Zendrive
Mason OD808
Suhr Koko Boost
If you run a decent dollop of gain and want more, seriously, get hold of a treble booster and enjoy!
Also, I've got some great sounds with a Joyo Ultimate Drive through the AC30 at our rehearsal studio so anything in the OCD mould should work well.
- Top boost channel sounds better if you want to get overdrive from the amp (either turning amp up or boosting input with volume)
- Normal channel takes distortion pedals better because it's more transparent, but it's a bit boring on its own.
- Volume boosts go a long way; AC30s like having their input stage kicked a bit.
OD/ Dist/ Fuzz pedals I liked, in no particular order:
Proco Rat (great for a wide range of gain from light overdrive to fuzz)
Fulltone Fulldrive II (flat mids mode)
Fulltone OCD (nice tone if you got the output impedance right)
OD-3 (nice tone)
Zvex Distortron (thick crunch, dynamic, bass control helps)
SS/BS Fuck Overdrive (yummy light overdrive)
Marshall Drivemaster (yummy heavy overdrive)
Madbean Klone (yummy cheapness)
Fuzzface (both knobs at max)
Line 6 DM-4 (I expected to hate this but a rat model with separate treble, mid and bass controls is SO, SO flexible)
Timmy (Transparent, EQ is flexible... hard not to get on with)
Didn't get on with;
SD-1 (though I did use one to boost some of the above pedals, it was fine for that...)
DS-1 (too fizzy/ weird mids. Tried a Keeley Modded one too)
BD-2 (I just don't like this pedal at all, no idea what people hear in it)
TS-9 (same as SD-1 - not bad stacked with a less mid boosted pedal)
Seymour Duncan Lava Box (not terrible and I loved the aesthetics, but it's like a boxy rat)
MI Crunchbox (wasn't bad, just too instantly compressed high-gain with no nuance)
Little Big Muff (vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv)
Big Muff (vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv)
Russian Big Muff (vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv*crackle*vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv)
Danelectro Daddy-O (*weeps tears of blood*)
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al