Help choosing pedal to add grit & thicken tone

[lanceropolis]

I am looking for input for a pedal that will thicken and add a nice bit of grit to my tone. Don't really need any full blown distortion or fuzz. I guess maybe more along the lines of a clean boost. I have tried the TC Spark, several EHX and Darkglass pedals, but did not care for them. The three I have narrowed down to are:

Blumes
Big Booty Judy
Pork & Pickle

I would love to hear feedback on these from anyone who has used any or all of them. I have heard great things, but also downsides for all of these so making a decision is hard.

UA 1176 pedal. You'll see.

 

[PotsdamBass8]

On my Quad Cortex, I haven't found a model or capture that does a better job of transparent grit/gring than the Barbershop. There are lots of overdrive pedals that shape the tone along with the drive to make it sit better in the mix or to accentuate certain frequencies, and there are lots that are "full range" but turning up the gain makes the overall sound muddy/farty/messy. The Barbershop captures I use actually sound like the same sound but with a little grind, and doesn't require any additional eq or filtering. I imagine the real pedal does the same thing since that's how I've always seen it described.

The Tone Hammer DI is also good, but I do tweak a tiny bit of the eq if I'm going for the same effect as the barbershop.