Tru-Fi Rat Pack Compact vs Walrus Audio PRS Horsemeat
The Tru-Fi Rat Pack Compact and the Walrus Audio PRS Horsemeat are both pedals sharing bright. The Walrus Audio PRS Horsemeat leans transparent and mid-forward.
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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.42% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- bright
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$249via Reverb
The Tru-Fi Rat Pack Compact is a smaller-format tribute to the classic 1979 Rat distortion pedal, preserving the original's quirky backward-wired tone knob that gets brighter when turned counter-clockwise. It adds modern upgrades including true bypass and a gain-mod fix so the pedal no longer cuts out when the gain is turned all the way down, a known issue on vintage originals. A three-way toggle switches between three distinct clipping diode voicings nicknamed Frank, using LED diodes from the aggressive late-80s Turbo Rat for extra grit; Dino, using germanium diodes; and Sammy, using the silicon diodes of the original circuit. Reviewers rate all three modes highly, with the silicon Sammy mode specifically praised for nailing the classic vintage Rat sound. Suited to players wanting classic Rat-style distortion with vintage character and modern reliability fixes in a pedalboard-friendly size.
The PRS Horsemeat is a transparent overdrive designed from scratch by Paul Reed Smith after he found no existing overdrive gave him the sound he wanted. It uses germanium diodes for clipping, lending a throaty midrange without turning nasal or shrill, and the circuit boosts both low and high frequencies for a harmonically rich, full-spectrum voice. The goal is the sound of an amp pushed just past its clean threshold rather than an obviously pedal-shaped distortion, so it sits well as an always-on drive. Five controls -- Gain, Level, Voice, Treble and Bass -- give more shaping than most transparent overdrives, with Voice adjusting the overall character. The name is a wry nod to the Klon Centaur, the reference point for the transparent-overdrive category.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- Rock
- blues
- alternative
- indie rock
- transparent
- mid-forward
- harmonically rich