The History of the Rat ! – From the very beginning, the RAT was destined to define “The Sound of the Underground.” It was, after all, born underground in the cavernous basement of the Pro Co Sound factory in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. From these humble origins, the RAT has evolved from a single, hand built prototype into a family of the most versatile and most recorded distortion pedals in the world.Do you want to see how the RAT has evolved? The RAT Family Timeline details the expansion of the RAT product line throughout the years. Goto the Pro Co Site!

The Return of Tokai Guitars ! – The where very popular in the 70s and have been the rage on the internet as imports from Canada and the UK. Now in a new creative body style they are available again in the US AND Music Toyz.com ! They have beautiful Burled Maple tops thats are truley 3 dimensional ! The rosewood setnecks are the perfect ’60 profile, killer guitars ! GotoTokai Guitars !

Focus- Hocus Pocus (live ’73) – I wanted to stay away from another oldie video this week, but I found this one and I just remembered it from when I was a kid. Little did I know how ahead of his time this guy was in terms of chops. The video is pretty funny but man does he just scream lick after lick. Great faces by the keyboardist, seems to get faster as the song gets going ! Click On the Picture and watch the video RIGHT HERE !

The REGAL is an original Victoria design loosely based on the amplifiers manufactured by the Valco Co. in the 50′s and 60′s. It is powered by one 6L6 in single ended class A operation. The Regal’s controls are Volume, Treble, Bass, Reverb, Speed and Intensity. The single 6L6 is perfect for discriminating tube swappers allowing for many hours of spirited conversation in the differences in tonal character of the many different brands and vintages of this workhorse of a power tube. GotoVictoria Regal Amp