Product Details
Style: Pedals
Brand: JHS Pedals
MPN: PACKRAT
UPC: 650415212408
EAN: 0650415212408
- Brand: JHS Pedals
- Style: Pedals
- Color: Black
- Product Dimensions: 6"L x 6"W x 6"H
- Item Weight: 12.8 ounces
- Brand Name: JHS Pedals
- UPC: 650415212408
- Color: Black
- Style Name: Pedals
- Item Weight: 12.8 ounces
- Item Dimensions L x W x H: 6"L x 6"W x 6"H
- Power Source: Corded Electric
- Controls Type: Knob
- Signal Format: Analog
- Hardware Connectivity: 1/4-inch Audio
- Amperage: 100 Milliamps
- Voltage: 9 Volts
- The PackRat is the ultimate tribute to the 40+ years of rodent evolution and its impact on the guitars sound
- Artists from every genre have used the iconic tones in this unassuming black box to create their sounds
- Building on our Multi-Mode pedal series that includes the Muffuletta and Bonsai, the PackRat uses the same unique digital runway system to direct the paths of 261 components through 40 individual switches
- When you choose one of the nine legendary or rare modes, you are playing fully analog circuits that perfectly replicate that mode, even down to the aging components (also known as component drift)
- Power: Uses 9V DC Negative Center. Do not use more than 9V DC. Your warranty will be voided. 100mA max consumption
In 1978, the most versatile and influential distortion pedal of all time was
invented in Kalamazoo, MI: the Proco RAT. Scott Burnham and Steve Kiraly first
had the idea after playing, repairing and modifying all the available
distortion pedals on the market. They wanted something that didn’t exist in
the mainstream product lines like MXR, DOD and BOSS. They wanted a pedal that
could go from overdrive to distortion and then all the way to fuzz. By 1979
Scott had perfected the circuit in his RAT-infested basement workshop, and the
rest is history. The PackRat is the ultimate tribute to the 40+ years of
rodent evolution and its impact on the guitar’s sound. Artists from every
genre have used the iconic tones in this unassuming black box to create their
sounds, including Nirvana, John Scofield, Pink Floyd, Metallica, REM, the
Eagles, Jeff Beck and Radiohead. Building on our Multi-Mode pedal series that
includes the Muffuletta and Bonsai, the PackRat uses the same unique digital
runway system to direct the paths of 261 components through 40 individual
switches. This means that when you choose one of the nine legendary or rare
modes, you are playing fully analog circuits that perfectly replicate that
mode, even down to the aging components (also known as component drift). If
you purchased these nine hard-to-find pedals on the used market right now, you
would pay around 4,000 dollars. When you put it that way, 249 dollars sounds
pretty reasonable. Let’s take a look at the controls. The operation of the
PackRat is about as simple as it gets. The “Volume” control adjusts the
overall volume of the pedal. The “Distortion” control lets you raise and lower
the amount of gain or distortion that the circuit produces, and the “Filter”
control allows you to brighten and darken the sound of the overall effect.
This is effectively a simple, low-pass filter. Lastly, we have “Mode” control.
This is a stepped pot that clicks into place as you scroll through the nine
legendary versions of this circuit. As you change the mode, the analog
circuitry is rewired, resulting in brand new values of resistors, capacitors,
diodes and op amps.
