Pro Co Crams a Distortion Classic in the Lil Rat
January 26, 2021 · 2 sources
Pro Co announced the Lil Rat, a smaller take on its classic Rat distortion pedal. It is the smallest Pro Co Rat yet, fitting into a pedalboard slot just two inches wide1.
Tonally, the Lil Rat takes after the Rat 2, with Pro Co noting that it sports the exact same components in the smaller enclosure1.
"at lower gain levels, the pedal has an open, overdrive-like character. Increasing the gain takes your guitar into full-on distortion and, eventually, something approaching fuzz"
That range puts the pedal across overdrive, distortion and even fuzz territory, all from one gain control1.
The pedal keeps the familiar Rat control set2:
- Distortion
- Filter
- Volume
At the time of the announcement, the pedal was yet to be listed on Pro Co's website, and pricing had not been announced1.
Sources (2)
- Pro Co shrinks a distortion classic with the Lil Rat, Guitar.com, 2021-01-25
- Pro Co Lil' Rat review, MusicRadar, 2022-02-06