From Modest Mike’s Mods Modified ProCo Roadkill

All of our modified pedals are warrantied as new!

This one is basically a Rat with flip-flop switching. And it has a soft touch no-click footswitch.

We were able to do the same great mods for this one as on our Phat Rat and Phat Rat 2. Also the stock pedal has no LED or power jack. Well, it does now :)

Griff Hamlin has a video on YouTube where he demonstrates different overdrive/distortion pedals, and he saves our Phat Rat 2 for last (see last pic). Griff bought one of the first ones sold, over 10 years ago. The pedal he is playing through has the same mods that we do today, only it does not have the Ruetz switch that we have added recently. Check out this video before you buy a Rat mod or a modified Rat! And I just can't emphasize this enough...USE YOUR HEADPHONES!

About the mod: A few years back I got my hands on the AMZ E-book. I studied those mods, and then more study of variations of the original Ruetz Rat mod (now we install a toggle switch so that the Ruitz mod is optional. We wanted to smooth out that harshness, and the Ruetz mod was a good start! Then we replaced several capacitors and resistors with metal film capacitors and resistors, some with different values. We added a germanium diode in series with one of the other diodes.

What a difference! This mod takes the edge off of the harshness. This pedal now sounds smoother, more like an overdrive/distortion…instead of distortion gone wild. This overdrive/distortion sound was exactly what I was looking for. When the band gets loud, you can crank this baby way up now. We have improved the bias and raised the input impedance. This modified Rat gets a full bodied sound, warm in the middle, and remains transparent when you push it. Instead of sounding like a noise in the background, your sound cuts right through the mix, and will be heard nice and clear above any band. Our modified Rat has it all...no pedal stacking needed here!

Reviews: Mike, loving this Roadkill! Use it with a boost and it’s cherry 🍒 Very quiet and super clean job! Thanks again I will check your other pedals. Adam Chaney

"Dear modestmikesmods, Hello Mike, I just finished up trying out my new modded Rat and IT SOUNDS AWESOME, nice punch and tight bottom with a very pleasant high,it also sounds a little more compressed....this is why I'm a TONE JUNKIE....Thanks for modding my pedal....Kevin"

“Hey Mike, Everything arrived quickly and safely. I LOVE your mods!! I am going to send you my wah pedal over the next week or so for your mods on it. Also, the blue light is excellent!

Thank you for your professionalism...quick turn around...and excellent playing (I have listened to your youtube Steely Dan stuff....truly outstanding! I will certainly pass along your name. Thanks again, Patrick W.”

"Your modded RAT is awesome. It will definitely find a permanent place on my pedal board! Thank you very much!!! Cheers, Markus"

"The only good Rat is a Phat Rat!"

"Hey Mike, I have an odd request from surfing your website. I had my Rat 2 modded pretty recently by another pedal maker and I'm not really digging the outcome. Is it possible for you to re-mod (if you will) a rat pedal into your "Phat Rat"?"

We did the Phat Rat mod, and replaced the switch that the other guys had put on there with our own gain switch. We just got this email back from Joseph:

"Mike, this Rat mod is incredible... that switch is great! It does great high gain, great low gain and can even be used to put some more hair on my amps dirty channel without feedback."

"Hey Mike, I just wanted to thank you again, the Rat sounds great! I used it with the whole band yesterday and this thing rocks! Much more usable than before (not counting when it was out of commission). With a little eq I can get some great Marshall-esque sounds. It can definitely create some very dynamic, versatile tones now. I'll be contacting you soon to mod my Dyna Comp and TS-9, hopefully next month. Keep doing what you're doing! Best, Charlie"

Mike, I am extremely pleased with the sound of this RAT pedal. Absolutely outstanding, just what I was looking for and more. I actually sound good, like I know what I'm doing :). I love the gain switch. I feel I got a great deal, thanks so much!

This... this is simply phenomenal. I have a Mad Professor One that was already an immaculate pedal, but this sweetheart, oh my! This thing is just otherworldly impressive. The harshness from older Rat 2's is not present and the Distortion is smooth throughout. From the moment I plugged it in I fell in love (and it took me a little bit to fall for the Mad Professor One). Wonderful job, wonderful pedal. Thank you!

From The Gear Page: I've been keeping this secret long enough and it's about time that I share it with my fellow TGP'ers. I now own on of his Tube Screamers, Rats and Vox Wahs with his mods. Each one is superb. You'll thank me.

“We make your sounds...sound good!"

Thanks for looking, and keep rockin!

Mike

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