NAMM 2018: The Rat Tail gives you vintage Rat distortion tones in a guitar cable

NAMM 2018: Guitarists the world over love the sound of the Pro Co Rat distortion pedal, and now they can get it without a stompbox in sight, courtesy of the Rat FX Rat Tail distortion guitar cable.

Built using the same clipping diodes that feature in vintage Rat pedals, the Rat Tail boasts two range of distortion, accessed via an “easily accessible” dial; three settings are onboard: true bypass, distortion overdrive with unity gain and distortion overdrive (+3dB of gain).

There's no price or availability info yet, but you can colour us intrigued – we’ll have more from the show.

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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.