Alternatives to the ProCo RAT 2

Donner Dark Mouse

Shared character: warm, dark, filter

Boss DS-1 Distortion

Shared character: distortion, versatile sound, staple

Tone City Golden Plexi

Shared character: dark, bright, crunch

NuX Drive Force

Shared character: high gain settings, crunch, smooth

NuX NOD-3 Morning Star Overdrive

Shared character: bright, dark, thickness

Mooer Black Secret Vintage Turbo Distortion

“built as a tribute to the ProCo Rat, packing both the Vintage Rat and Turbo Rat circuits into one compact enclosure”

Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

similar tone character

Fulltone Fulldrive 2 MOSFET

similar tone character

JHS PackRat 9-Way Rodent Distortion

“offering nine distinct RAT circuit variants in a single enclosure, spanning the major production eras and revisions of the ProCo RAT”

ProCo Sterling Vermin

Shared character: filter, thickness, fuzz

EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold

Shared character: thickness, simple, clarity

Dophix David Overdistortion

Shared character: boost, bright, subtle

Pigtronix Disnortion Micro

Shared character: noise, boost, subtle

Wampler Paisley Drive

Shared character: dark, bright, subtle

EarthQuaker Devices EarthQuacker Devices "Acapulco Gold Limited V2

Shared character: volume, boost, thickness

Menatone None More Black

Shared character: dark, thickness, simple

Vertex Steel String MkII Clean Drive

Shared character: filter, boost, bright

EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter Rancho de la Luna

Shared character: high gain settings, thickness, fuzz

Dunlop MXR Jail Guitar Doors Overdrive JGD2

Shared character: thickness, crunch, aggressive playing

Fuzzrocious Dark Driving V3

Shared character: high gain settings, dark, thickness

JAM Pedals Rattler V2

“The Rattler V2 delivers a refined version of the ProCo RAT character with excellent harmonic complexity”

JHS Ross Distortion

“that used a circuit topology closely related to the ProCo RAT and the MXR Distortion+ family.”

Joyo dark flame

Shared character: high gain settings, dark, noise

JHS 3 Series Distortion

“Based loosely on the ProCo RAT circuit architecture, it produces a versatile distortion with wide gain range”

Catalinbread Katzenkonig

“combining elements of the Rat-style distortion with a Super Fuzz-inspired gain structure to produce a massive, harmonically complex distortion”

Sonicake Rude Mouse Distortion

Shared character: high gain settings, fuzz, alternative

Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion

Shared character: staple, noise, lead playing

Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom

Shared character: simple, fuzz, boost

JAM Pedals Rattler mk.2 Distortion

“The mid-present, open distortion quality is faithful to the vintage ProCo RAT topology with improved consistency.”

J. Rockett Melody Overdrive/EQ

Shared character: high gain settings, noise, crunch

Walrus Audio Fundamental Series Distortion

Shared character: dark, thickness, distortion

MXR Super Badass Distortion

similar tone character