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Im not at all familiar with the amp you use, so I cant judge that overdrive, but I can say that Boss pedals tend to be much better overdrives than alot of amp overdrives. However it sounds like you have a pretty good amp, so this may not be the case. Take a look at the Boss website and poke around .They have an interactive pedalboard that lets you listen to their pedals in action.

Agreed. Boss and Electro-Harmonix make some of the best pedals around. Can't forget Ibanez either, sometimes they put out a solid pedal for dirt cheap. One of the best shows I ever played, I used nothing but a $10.00 used Ibanez Powerlead for the solos. I'm not sure if Ibanez's quality stays consistent, my only beef.

I find that DOD pedals are the least reliable, very prone to breakage and weird problems. I also used a Wasabi distortion, which sounds kind of canned. Not too impressed, but it worked a lot better than the DOD Death Metal I attempted to use. You at least get a choice of four mediocre distortions. Maybe it wasn't that bad, I don't know. I like my current E-H gear better though.

If you're looking for something exotically weird, try http://www.4mspedals.com/index.html

At the moment, I'm playing my Boss MT-2, and I have to say I like it. Very robust, and very customizable. That's my two cents, at least.

I really want a harmonizer. Does anyone know of any decent ones?