The Professional Co RAT has fairly the cult following. Designed manner again within the Seventies, it’s nonetheless treasured and used broadly at the moment. When you’ve been pondering of including one to your pedalboard, you will get one now for a reduced value of $88 at Sweetwater.

The Professional Co RAT 2 is essentially the most fashionable model of the RAT, which we price an ideal 10/10. In our 2024 overview and deep dive into this hard-clipping distortion legend, we famous that “for one thing that’s been primarily unchanged since 1978, it’s nonetheless a big a part of the bedrock of the world of contemporary dirtboxes”, and in addition celebrated its affordable pricing.

The RAT 2 hosts the identical three-knob format (Distortion, Filter, and Quantity) as its classic counterparts, together with a rugged on/off footswitch, a standing LED, and even glow-in-the-dark graphics. With controls this easy, you actually can’t go mistaken.

And but regardless of its easy face, there are nonetheless loads of methods you’ll be able to experiment with its streamlined design. As Sweetwater explains, with the Distortion knob at its minimal setting it acts as a “soiled increase”, whereas at most it delivers fuzz tones.

The Filter knob can be a core participant on this pedal’s flexibility, opening up a variety of sonic textures, from clear tones with loads of readability to heat, cranked amp-like sounds. Test it out in motion and be taught extra about its historical past beneath:

The Professional Co RAT has additionally made its manner onto some legendary albums, together with the Foo Fighters’ 1995 debut album. The one stompboxes used on the report have been the RAT, an MXR Distortion+, and probably a Boss DS-1 – a testomony to its versatility amongst such a core arrange.

The Professional Co RAT 2 is on sale now for $88 at Sweetwater.

Rachel started writing for Guitar.com in 2021 whereas ending up her diploma. A proud DIY guitarist, she has been enjoying for over 10 years and has written for the likes of Kerrang!, The Forty-5, and MusicTech. An enjoyer of all issues heavy, you’ll discover her at a competition or downtuning her guitars when away from her desk.