Rat, complete with LED eye

[diablochris6]

Got the GuitarPCB Rat board from a PIF. I was interested in this circuit since a couple guitar idols (Scofield, Frisell) have used this to dirty up their jazz lines. Used a TL071 since that is what I had available. Great 80's crunch! I was playing the Holy Diver riff on this for 30 minutes, and when I stopped, I noticed I had tiger-print spandex on and Aqua Net in my hair. I have pretty much given up hope with etching with the materials I have available to me right now; the graphic is just copier toner that I ironed on after printing on some magazine paper. Because I have a disease, I was compelled to give the rat a LED eye. It is a bi-color LED; red when off, blue when on. The insides are not great; I didn't really care for the layout of the the PCB. On the plus side, this thing ROCKS. As for knobs...we don't need no stinkin' knobs! I'll get some later.

[marmora]

Looks dope!
You should update your avatar with tiger print and Aqua Net
Had no idea jazz players went near a Rat. Will have to investigate.

[jimilee]

Nice

[nzCdog]

Love it. Your origin story is equally cool.  Nice idea with the bicolour LED too!

[lincolnic]

LED eyes always make pedals sound better. It's science.

[Luke51411]

LED eyes always make pedals sound better. It's science.

+1

[TGP39]

Great job Chris.  Silver or black knobs on that would look really cool. I've never built a Rat or a Rat variant before....there's only so many PCB's I can solder in a day. 
Again, Really clean work.

Steve.

[Guitarmageddon]

I like that graphic! 

Had no idea jazz players went near a Rat. Will have to investigate.

Many of them. I think it's because it works well with a neck humbucker. A couple other notable jazz users are Kurt Rosenwinkel and Ben Monder.

[dropanchor812]

I like the diagonal sanding, very nice.