I have owned several Rat distortions by ProCo including the famed ProCo Rat LM308 model, but I will tell you that Big Ear's Wood Cutter smokes them all. I always found the Rats to be bottomless and noisy, sometimes with no clarity, or unusable high mids for bass. If you have ever had a love for distortion but were never truly satisfied with your Rat, look no further.