The BJPress Range 84 Distortion is a hand-made distortion pedal from Korea. Delicious Audio, in its product post on the pedal, describes it as "a dynamic and sparkling-sounding, hand-made Rat-inspired distortion pedal hailing from Korea"1. Its circuit takes its cue from the Pro Co Rat, one of the most familiar distortion designs, but the pedal is presented as its own interpretation of that approach rather than a straight copy1.
What it does
BJPress positions the Range 84's gain voicing at a particular era of amplifier distortion. As Delicious Audio puts it, "Range distortion is 80s~90s preamp gain type distortion"1. That places it closer to the saturated, compressed character of a pushed preamp than to the looser, more open clipping of some other distortion designs, and the description of the pedal as dynamic and sparkling suggests a response that follows the player's picking rather than flattening it1.
For a player comparing it with other gain pedals, the Rat-inspired lineage puts it in the same family as overdrive pedals and fuzz pedals in terms of where it sits on a board: a distortion stage that can cover everything from light grit to heavier gain depending on settings1.
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What kind of pedal is the BJPress Range 84?
It is a distortion pedal, described by Delicious Audio as dynamic and sparkling sounding, and hand made in Korea. Its circuit is Rat-inspired, meaning it takes its design cue from the Pro Co Rat, and its gain character is described as 80s to 90s preamp gain type distortion rather than a straight copy of the original.
Is the Range 84 a Rat clone?
Delicious Audio describes it as Rat-inspired rather than a clone. The pedal takes the Rat as its starting point but is presented as its own take on that circuit, with a gain voicing aimed at the preamp distortion sounds associated with 1980s and 1990s amplifiers.
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- BJPress Range 84 Distortion, Delicious Audio, 2021-03-18
