With the Wampler Ratsbane Brian Wampler sends his personal interpretation of one of the most famous Distortion circuits into the race. Based on a fully analog circuit with three gain modes and two voicings, the pedalboard-friendly mini pedal delivers a surprisingly wide sound spectrum, ranging from juicy, almost clean boost to hairiest high-gain Distortion.
The gain switch on Wampler's Ratsbane Distortion provides three different basic tones that are ideal for creating multi-faceted guitar sounds. The middle position is the "stock mode" with the typical distortion spectrum of the classic model, while the left switch position produces a decided but smooth increase in distortion in the mids and highs. In the right switch position, the Ratsbane increases the distortion enormously across all frequency ranges, delivering an extremely dense, hairy
The two selectable voicings of the
Thanks to the classic 3 knob layout, the Ratsbane by Wampler can also be adjusted quickly and intuitively. The Distortion kn ob affects gain and distortion as usual. The Filter knob, on the other hand, determines the tone via a low-pass filter, whereby the full treble spectrum is available when turned to the left, which is thinned out further and further as the knob is turned clockwise. Last but not least, the Volume kn ob adjusts the Ratsbane's volume.
There's a reason this pedal is known as the King of Distortion. Brian Wampler does it again by packing an all-in-one and fully dynamic overdrive/distortion pedal and basing it on a "rodent" type pedal first brought out in the '80's. This pedal is perfect for everything from big 90's lead tones to subtle crunch overdrive tones and everything in-between.