{"id":1395,"date":"2021-03-19T06:23:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T06:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lydianengineering.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1395"},"modified":"2023-11-10T10:23:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T10:23:23","slug":"swamp-rat-page","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/lydianengineering.com\/index.php\/product\/swamp-rat-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Swamp Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Swamp Rat is inspired by the Rat pedal. It has a mid range hump but it has a lot more bass available and less gain, although there is still plenty of gain on tap.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Sound Demo<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1395-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/lydianengineering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SR-Handbrake-Compressed.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lydianengineering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SR-Handbrake-Compressed.mp4\">https:\/\/lydianengineering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SR-Handbrake-Compressed.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Swamp Rat makes an excellent \u201calways on\u201d pedal as it cleans up beautifully with a turn of your guitar\u2019s volume knob.<\/p>\n<p>When the gain is kept low the Swamp Rat works really well as a volume boost and is great for jazz.<\/p>\n<p>When the gain reaches two o\u2019clock the pedal produces a thick, rich and singing distortion suitable for most rock applications.<\/p>\n<p>The Swamp Rat pairs particularly well with a tubescreamer type pedal which further drops both highs and lows and provides a more pronounced mid-range hump for solos.<\/p>\n<p>The Swamp Rat utilises JFET buffered switching for noiseless on-off switching and the pedal powers up in the same on-off state state in which it was powered down.<\/p>\n<p>Wima caps are used in the signal chain and where that is impractical Nichicon Fine Gold series caps have been used instead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Voltage \u2013 9 volts (no provision for battery operation)<\/li>\n<li>current draw &lt; 5mA<\/li>\n<li>Input impedance \u2013 1 M Ohm<\/li>\n<li>Output impedance \u2013 10K Ohm<\/li>\n<li>Clipping \u2013 hard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Swamp Rat is an small marsupial that inhabits the eastern seaboard of Australia. It can be ferocious when provoked.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pricing is in $US Dollars. Australian customers will be charged GST. <\/strong><strong>International customers will be liable for any customs duties and other taxes imposed on arrival in the destination country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Swamp Rat is a hard clipping distortion pedal inspired by the venerable Rat pedal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[31],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1395","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-guitar-pedals","align-left","box-shadow-0","box-shadow-0-hover","ast-product-gallery-layout-horizontal","ast-product-tabs-layout-horizontal","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swamp Rat - Lydian Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Swamp Rat is an Australian made distortion pedal that uses a hard clipping. 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