Someone looked at a perfectly good RAT distortion circuit, removed the tone control, and replaced it with a six-band graphic EQ. That someone was me. Because one tone knob is fine if you like letting the circuit make decisions for you. But six frequency bands means you decide exactly how the distortion behaves. Set the EQ flat and Ironclad delivers the familiar RAT character. Tight, aggressive distortion with the bite that made the circuit legendary. Then the sliders come into play. Push the mids to cut through a dense mix.Trim the lows to tighten up rhythm work.Boost the highs for sharper attack.Or reshape the entire voice of the pedal to fit your rig. Instead of a single sweep knob shifting the whole sound darker or brighter, Ironclad lets you sculpt the distortion across the full frequency spectrum. The result is the raw character of a RAT, combined with the precision of a graphic EQ. From focused rhythm grind to cutting lead tones, the control is entirely Check out the videos for some crappy guitar playing!The offspring: Army of oneAvenged Sevenfold: Shepherd of fireSilverchair: Israel's SonNIN: We're in this TogetherRATM: Killing in the name 9V DC, center negative power only.
