ProCo RAT 2 vs RHC Audio Ydrat
The ProCo RAT 2 and the RHC Audio Ydrat are both pedals sharing fuzzy. The ProCo RAT 2 leans low gain and full. The RHC Audio Ydrat leans compressed. Current prices: $86 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.41% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Punk
- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- fuzzy
ProCo RAT 2
Proco · pedal
RHC Audio Ydrat
Rhc Audio · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$86via Reverb
$159.95via Reverb
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.
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
- Experimental
- Grunge
- Metal
- Hard Rock
- Garage Rock
- low gain
- full
- gritty
- harmonically rich
- dynamic
- saturated
- compressed