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Old 09-29-2009, 04:01 PM
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Pro Co Rat 2 as a boost for my bass??

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So i need a volume boost pedal for my bass, and one of my friends is selling a pro co rat 2 (guitar pedal). I havnt had chance to try it out, and i want to buy it asap before he sells it on. Would it work as a volume boost? for my bass not as a overdrive or distortion, just a signal boost!

Ps. ive heard it works as a volume boost for guitar.
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Old 09-29-2009, 04:09 PM
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It will still thin out and color your tone.
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Old 09-29-2009, 04:18 PM
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I'm not sure they'll get 100% clean, and even if they did, you'd lose some bass.
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Old 09-29-2009, 04:25 PM
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I think it would make A LOT more sense to just buy an Electro-Harmonix LPB-1. They're only $40 new which may be the same or less than your friend is selling his Rat for and it will do an infinitely better job at being a clean boost.
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ANY clean boost would be WAY better.
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You don't buy a Rat for a clean boost. You buy it for a gnarly distortion tone. On guitar. I've given up using a Rat on bass for anything but recording. I love the sound but it requires a blend to work with bass, and I hate blending now that there's bass-specific pedals that have it built in or don't need it.
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the turbo rat has better bass response from what ive heard, but i have yet to try one out. the rat 2 i played with has alot of bass loss, i wouldnt use it unless you have an eq right after it to compensate
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the turbo rat has better bass response from what ive heard, but i have yet to try one out. the rat 2 i played with has alot of bass loss, i wouldnt use it unless you have an eq right after it to compensate
Can't EQ in what isn't there to begin with.
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