Tough thing about these units is the general inablilty to try before you buy. Once you get beyond Boss, Digitech and a handful of others, they're only available online (for us folks in "flyover country", anyway). I'm diggin' the Wampler Pinnacle, Suhr Riot and Cmatmods Brownie based on 'tube demos, but I'm sure some (many) nuances don't translate. Nearest dealer for some of those units is 3 hours one way. I'll gladly do that trip to look at dropping $500-1000+ and a guitar or amp, but it's a little much for a pedal.