sunvalleylaw
Yep.
@Help!I'maRock! From your new pedalboard thread. Wanted to geek out some more on Rat clones and options. But didn't want to overrun your thread with it.
Expanding upon the capabilities of the original Mouse kit, the new version now offers a total of 6 distortion and overdrive modes. The three distortion flavors all use the Rat's clipping stage configuration, but vary in the components use to actually clip the signal. In addition to the stock Rat's silicon diode pair, the v.2.0 Mouse adds two more--a pair of red LED's and an asymmetric silicon diode array. But the pedal doesn't stop there, adding a second clipping circuit in the feedback loop of the opamp, a method used in the Tube Screamer pedals and their many derivatives and imitators. Symmetric and asymmetric silicon diode arrays and a pair of MOSFETs provide the signal modification here, for a more subtle degree of distortion, a.k.a. "overdrive". This gives a total of six different distortion modes, selectable via a 6-way rotary switch.
Never one to leave well enough alone though, I decided to make a few changes. First, with four of the available stock clipping modes based upon silicon diode combinations, I opted for a little more variety. So I substituted a pair of red LED's for the asymmetic silicons on the distortion circuit, and replaced the symmetric silicon diodes with a pair of J01 JFETs on the overdrive portion of the circuit. This widens the variety of tones available and gives a choice of silicon diode, LED and FET signal clipping on both sides of the 6-way switch. I also installed a switch to activate a gain reduction/EQ flattening modification called the "Ruetz mod", after the guy who invented it. This gives another whole set of six different sounds, doubling the pedals tonal capabilities.
Most of that above is technical stuff I barely understand. But I know it makes sounds I like. As I said, I really like second setting, which is the first of the red LED settings. I also favor the LED setting on the overdrive side, playing it set low, and using it as a lead boost. I like it better than either of my tubescreameresque pedals. I never use the Reutz thing. I just haven't found sounds I like there.
So, tell me more about your GGG one?
Yeah, I got this pedal (BYOC Rat clone based, with mods, called the Rabid Rodent) without knowing much about the technical stuff, just that I really liked the demo, and trusted robert Renman and the builder). I did not know that the red LED could have been called Turbo, or I may have been initially put off (until I heard it). As it was, with no real preconceptions, I was originally drawn to the Red LED setting, over the other clipping settings. From the description of it:
Expanding upon the capabilities of the original Mouse kit, the new version now offers a total of 6 distortion and overdrive modes. The three distortion flavors all use the Rat's clipping stage configuration, but vary in the components use to actually clip the signal. In addition to the stock Rat's silicon diode pair, the v.2.0 Mouse adds two more--a pair of red LED's and an asymmetric silicon diode array. But the pedal doesn't stop there, adding a second clipping circuit in the feedback loop of the opamp, a method used in the Tube Screamer pedals and their many derivatives and imitators. Symmetric and asymmetric silicon diode arrays and a pair of MOSFETs provide the signal modification here, for a more subtle degree of distortion, a.k.a. "overdrive". This gives a total of six different distortion modes, selectable via a 6-way rotary switch.
Never one to leave well enough alone though, I decided to make a few changes. First, with four of the available stock clipping modes based upon silicon diode combinations, I opted for a little more variety. So I substituted a pair of red LED's for the asymmetic silicons on the distortion circuit, and replaced the symmetric silicon diodes with a pair of J01 JFETs on the overdrive portion of the circuit. This widens the variety of tones available and gives a choice of silicon diode, LED and FET signal clipping on both sides of the 6-way switch. I also installed a switch to activate a gain reduction/EQ flattening modification called the "Ruetz mod", after the guy who invented it. This gives another whole set of six different sounds, doubling the pedals tonal capabilities.
Most of that above is technical stuff I barely understand. But I know it makes sounds I like. As I said, I really like second setting, which is the first of the red LED settings. I also favor the LED setting on the overdrive side, playing it set low, and using it as a lead boost. I like it better than either of my tubescreameresque pedals. I never use the Reutz thing. I just haven't found sounds I like there.
So, tell me more about your GGG one?
