And here's those timestamps for you people on phones: 00:00 Hello! 00:11 Introduction to the Sonicake Rude Mouse and the Rat 01:21 The Rude Mouse’s controls 02:01 Today’s rig and plan 02:36 Clean reference tones and turning on the Rude Mouse 03:18 Classic rock riff 03:34 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff 04:10 Groovy classic rock rhythm tone 04:37 Hendrix inspired classic rock riff 05:09 Another AC/DC inspired classic rock riff 05:25 Hendrix inspired fuzz riff 06:08 Indie rock rhythm sound 06:37 Indie octave chords 07:06 Kings Of Leon inspired indie riff 07:21 Indie surf pop riff 07:55 Upbeat indie rock barre chords 08:20 Indie rock octave chords riff 08:44 Classic hard rock riff 09:19 Hard rock riff 09:36 Glam rock riff 10:02 Foo Fighters inspired modern rock riff 10:37 Alternative rock riff 11:02 Pop punk riff 11:29 Pop punk melodic lead sound 12:00 Green Day inspired punk rock riff 12:29 Nirvana inspired punky grunge riff 12:55 Punk rock power chords 13:09 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning) 13:41 Modern rock chunky palm muted power chords (Drop D) 14:05 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy rock riff (Drop D) 14:37 Metal chugging riff (Drop D) 15:08 Hardcore punk riff (Drop D) 15:23 Lead Sounds 15:48 Classic heavy metal/sludge riff (Drop D) 16:22 Rude Mouse as boost into a dirty amp 17:03 Fender Telecaster indie rock loop with Rude Mouse tweaking 19:07 Epiphone Les Paul classic rock loop with more Rude Mouse tweaking 21:50 ProCo Rat 2 vs Rude Mouse loop 24:04 My thoughts - the Rude Mouse does the Rat thing! 24:20 What I like: tones and versatility 25:47 Price, quality and practicality 26:19 It doesn’t squeal! 26:55 What I don’t like: that typical Rat problem 27:58 Who’s the pedal for, and should you buy one? 28:25 Other Rat pedal alternatives 29:11 Final conclusion and goodbye
The Sonicake Fazy Cream Fuzz Pedal is also quite usable and is one of the cheapest pedals I own. The Jam Rattler and Walrus Audio Iron Horse pedals also get a lot of love although they are both in the boutique pedal price bracket..... They are both seemingly better than the Proco Rat 2 pedal. Thanks for the review!
Good tip on the Fazy Cream fuzz, I'll see if I can pick that one up too! I've also heard so much about the Jam Rattler, but have never had the chance to try one. The Iron Horse is also pretty great - I need to try the new V3 of that. So many Rats, so little time!
They're very, very similar! (I guess they are made in the same place and are almost 100% identical in terms of the circuits. I have both here in my hands right now and they feel identical in terms of quality as well.) It will be very hard to tell the difference between the two in terms of tones... so I say just pick the one you prefer the look of, or the one you find at the best price :) You have inspired me with this comment to compare the two... I will make a video about them (and some other cheap Rat pedals!) soon :)
@@RichWordsMusic Really interested to buy one of these to boost my rat2. I also think that the sonicake maybe just rebranding of the mooer, but idk. Thanks!
Sounds great but the volume pot goes from blistering loud to more blistering loud. Every time I stick it on the board, it comes off just as fast. Too bad.
That's a shame... maybe there's an issue with yours somehow. I always find the volume very manageable on this pedal for me. It's the gain I have to worry about as there's so much of that on tap! Hope you manage to find a solution, because there's great tones in this pedal if you can get the volume thing sorted somehow.
@@RichWordsMusic I 've just had the same issue with the Donner Dark Mouse (I think it's 99,9% the same pedal but with Donner cover). The pedal sounds good but it's loud as hell. At 9 o'clock the volume is already pretty unusable, you gotta keep it just above 0 or decrease the gain. I'm sending it back. It's pity... I'll give the Mosky Black Rat a try, hoping to avoid any issue
Rats are smart lil vermin that make good a familiar/ pet, not as smart as crows but they do well for the size of there brain, like this pedal it’s just big enough to hold all the bits it needs to chew through a mix. Pizza rat would be proud of this lil cake.
@@PooNinja They do! Like pigs, they're underestimated for their intelligence. And I totally agree. Are you also suggesting I should pair this pedal with the Slice Of Pie fuzz and see what happens?!
