ProCo RAT 2 vs Way Huge Pork Loin
The ProCo RAT 2 and the Way Huge Pork Loin are both pedals sharing full, gritty, transparent. The ProCo RAT 2 leans low gain and fuzzy. Current prices: $88 vs $267.23.
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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.33% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- full
- gritty
- transparent
ProCo RAT 2
Proco · pedal
Way Huge Pork Loin
Way Huge · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$88via Reverb
$267.23via 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 Way Huge Pork Loin is an overdrive built around a soft-clipped BiFET gain stage blended with a separate clean path modeled on a classic British preamp, letting players mix in clean signal alongside the drive for extra thickness and definition. It adds grit without over-processing the tone or thinning out the low end, fattening single-coil pickups in particular without turning muddy, and pairs especially well with a bright Tele bridge pickup for a tone that's thick yet cutting, reminiscent of vintage rock tones like early Black Crowes recordings. Its clean-blend feature is the standout control. It is voiced on the darker side, so neck-pickup or middle-position combinations can sound overly dark on some guitar and amp pairings.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Experimental
- Punk
- Grunge
- Metal
- Hard Rock
- Country
- Blues
- low gain
- fuzzy
- dynamic
- saturated
- sustaining
- mid-forward