The Hungry Robot Mosfet Rat is a modded and tweaked RAT distortion pedal with a Mosfet gain stage driving the front end, built by Hungry Robot Pedals. It belongs to the family of distortion pedals, and it is the maker's take on the RAT circuit rather than a stock reissue1.
What it does
Hungry Robot describes the pedal as "a modded and tweaked RAT with the same Mosfet gain stage driving the front end." The Mosfet gain stage sits ahead of the RAT-style distortion circuit, shaping what feeds it.1
The pedal's one documented departure from a standard RAT is a FAT switch. The maker explains its purpose plainly: "I added a 'FAT' switch to fatten up the bottom end." That gives the player a way to thicken the low end without touching the pedal's other settings.1
Where it came from
The Mosfet Rat is the last of a trilogy. On the maker's product page, Hungry Robot states: "The Mosfet Rat follows in the footsteps of the Mosfet Screamer and Mosfet Breaker. It is the last of the trilogy in my M..." The quote is cut off in the source, but the lineage is clear: the Mosfet Screamer and the Mosfet Breaker came first, and the Mosfet Rat completes the series of MOSFET mod and clone pedals.1
"The Mosfet Rat follows in the footsteps of the Mosfet Screamer and Mosfet Breaker. It is the last of the trilogy in my"
Sources (1)
- Mosfet Rat, Hungry Robot Pedals
