Thank you for this video and especially for opening my eyes that Steve Vai can be played with Rat style pedal and it sounds damn close to his sound! Already got my Wampler Ratsbane :)
Seems like you had the gain up a bit higher on the Ratsbane than the RAT. But, both of these pedals sounded spectacular when it was used as more of an overdrive to tighten the tone up, and give it a mid boost. Which apparently was how Nuno Bettencourt used it on his first Extreme cd, which in my opinion was his best tone. That super tight, crips, percussive, mid-focused tone. Well done…thank you for sharing!
thanks man. maybe i did. the ratsbane to me has more gain on tap. but it feels a lot different, it has the flabby thing. maybe thats why it seemed gainy in the recording. i guess thats how Brian intends it to be too. i didn't like the feel of it though. i like the Rat better. but the gain knob on the Rat has a lot of spike even on the lower setting. and it doesn't muddy up.
@@rockyfolksy8639 Thank you for pointing that out. Maybe the RAT is the better way to go. I won't be using it to add gain, but to tighten it up, and add that percussive, mid-bump. So, that's good information....thank you.
I just got a Ratsbane and it seems like it has a ridiculous amount of gain on tap, even compared to my EQD Life Pedal. That being said, it also sound beautiful in lower gain, boost-type applications. It's a bit noisy but if you dial it in with your ears instead of your eyes, it's an absolutely phenomenal pedal.
