Mooer Black Secret Vintage Turbo Distortion vs RHC Audio Ydrat
The Mooer Black Secret Vintage Turbo Distortion and the RHC Audio Ydrat are both pedals. The RHC Audio Ydrat leans compressed and fuzzy. Current prices: $57.84 vs $159.95.
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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.39% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$57.84via Reverb
$159.95via Reverb
The Mooer Black Secret is a dual-mode distortion pedal built as a tribute to the ProCo Rat, packing both the Vintage Rat and Turbo Rat circuits into one compact enclosure. It uses the same LM308 chip as the original Rat circuits, with diode clipping engaged in Turbo mode for higher gain and more aggressive distortion, while Vintage mode delivers the smoother, more classic Rat-style distortion character. Having both classic Rat variants in one pedal lets players switch between the two distinct vintage voicings without needing separate pedals for each.
The RHC Audio Ydrat is the ProCo You Dirty Rat (YDRAT), a Rat-family distortion pedal sitting between distortion and fuzz, with germanium clipping diodes giving it a warmer, more classic character than the standard silicon-diode Rat. It includes the legendary Rat Filter control and roughly 3dB more compression than the original Rat, adding extra sustain and tube-amp-like warmth. Its sound sits in classic 1960s garage-rock and early-punk territory, the most vintage-voiced of the Rat-family distortion pedals. It suits players wanting a warmer, germanium-flavored take on the classic Rat distortion circuit.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Garage Rock
- Punk
- compressed
- fuzzy