Fuzzrocious Pedals Baby Furnace vs ProCo RAT 2
The Fuzzrocious Pedals Baby Furnace and the ProCo RAT 2 are both pedals sharing fuzzy, saturated, full. The ProCo RAT 2 leans low gain and gritty.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.34% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Metal
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- fuzzy
- saturated
- full
- transparent
ProCo RAT 2
Proco · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$88via Reverb
The Fuzzrocious Baby Furnace is a compact fuzz pedal from Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based Fuzzrocious Pedals, featuring a Tone control that sweeps the character from angry, buzzy, tight fuzz toward heavier doom-style saturation with thick cab-like body, and a Blend control for mixing in the clean signal. The clean blend preserves low-end definition and note attack under heavy fuzz saturation, making it practical for both lead and rhythm work where fundamental clarity is needed beneath the fuzz layer. Hand-built by Ryan Ratajski in small batches.
The ProCo RAT 2 is a classic hard-clipping distortion pedal whose circuit dates to the late 1970s, built around an LM308 op-amp and silicon diode clipping. Its three controls are Distortion, Filter, and Volume, with the distinctive Filter knob acting as a reversed tone control that runs from bright and cutting to dark and warm. Capable of far more than its name suggests, it spans gritty low-gain overdrive, thick midrange distortion, and nearly fuzz-like saturation while keeping notes present and clear even at high gain. It is a staple of punk, grunge, garage, stoner, doom, and alternative rock, and has been used by players from Jeff Beck and Thom Yorke to countless heavy and experimental guitarists. Dynamic and harmonically rich, it cleans up with guitar volume and stays articulate rather than overly compressed.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Experimental
- Punk
- Grunge
- Hard Rock
- Rock
- low gain
- gritty
- dynamic
- sustaining
- mid-forward