There's lots of praise for this pedal & collab. Am not entirely familiar with Fuzzrocious themselves, but heard great things. & I knew this was a take on the famous RAT circuit with its own distinction, however some of my own findings are based on the unit I own (not to be taken as a whole as i've no chance to compare multiples of the same effect).
While the distortion itself is very nice & rat esque, between both the SIL & LED modes (silicon has more oumph where LED is hairier). The one grippe i've got with the unit i own is; with the clean volume engaged makes the unit sound like two separate signals rather than one in unison. I've had experience with mxr's bass overdrive & it's what made me enjoy their blend capabilities for bass fx (over most where the blend is either clean, 50/50 or dirt on a single knob.)
Maybe it's my unit which has a defect in the clean blend signal not acting as one with the dirty side. However, if i just rate it on the distortion - it's pretty good. Kinda difficult to obtain that RAT overdrive tone sadly, it's much more geared towards distortion/fuzz, as opposed to the all aroundness of a RAT (again, am not ubber familiar hands on with any Fuzzrocious products, am going solely based on the proco rats i've played). There's an internal volume for the LED mode to balance out with the SIL mode. perhaps also differs from units, but if set as factory (clockwise to +7.5db), i did back mine off about half way to get a nice balance between both modes volume wise (even though LED was perceived a smidge louder, probably cause it cuts through more than SIL mode).
Overall distortion side of thing, pretty good. I'd recommend if you're more inclined to having a mid-heavy distortion. I'd suggest testing out the clean volume balance - maybe your unit won't have the problem i've experienced with mine.
While the distortion itself is very nice & rat esque, between both the SIL & LED modes (silicon has more oumph where LED is hairier). The one grippe i've got with the unit i own is; with the clean volume engaged makes the unit sound like two separate signals rather than one in unison. I've had experience with mxr's bass overdrive & it's what made me enjoy their blend capabilities for bass fx (over most where the blend is either clean, 50/50 or dirt on a single knob.)
Maybe it's my unit which has a defect in the clean blend signal not acting as one with the dirty side. However, if i just rate it on the distortion - it's pretty good. Kinda difficult to obtain that RAT overdrive tone sadly, it's much more geared towards distortion/fuzz, as opposed to the all aroundness of a RAT (again, am not ubber familiar hands on with any Fuzzrocious products, am going solely based on the proco rats i've played). There's an internal volume for the LED mode to balance out with the SIL mode. perhaps also differs from units, but if set as factory (clockwise to +7.5db), i did back mine off about half way to get a nice balance between both modes volume wise (even though LED was perceived a smidge louder, probably cause it cuts through more than SIL mode).
Overall distortion side of thing, pretty good. I'd recommend if you're more inclined to having a mid-heavy distortion. I'd suggest testing out the clean volume balance - maybe your unit won't have the problem i've experienced with mine.