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Dual (2-footswitch) OD/distortion pedals?

My current rig (KXB500 head through 2x Genzler BA12-3 STR's) has no onboard distortion. I not only miss my drive, but I'd like more versatility with gain staging than a single footswitch would offer me. However, I only want one pedal to worry about having to plug in.

So I'm looking for one drive pedal with two footswitches/channels. Any recommendations? Advice? Anybody want to sell me something?

I've considered the Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet and the JAM Lucydreamer V2.
 
The Effectrode Blackbird have 3 channels:
- Green: clean tube
- Blue: overdrive
- Red: distortion
One EQ (B/M/H) for the green channel, and one (B/M/H) shared by the blue and red channels
The pedal is designed for 6 strings guitars, but I think it works nicely for bass too (some people dissagree). I had to do some tube rolling in order to lower the gain of the blue and red channels, but it's very easy (check my demo on youtube).

The Barefaced Machinist runs 3 circuits in parallel: clean, OD/Distortion, and fuzz. 3 footswitchs. Designed for the bass from the start, beeing able to blend the clean sound with the OD sound is very usefull for low enders.
 

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