Mark, I kind of feel the same about Marshall emulating pedals. That's why I had my British pedal modded by Mike Putnam to be able to add more lows to it. But Marshall amps just don't have a lot of lows to them, so it's only natural that neither would the emulation pedals. They have a great sound in their own way, but they do need some help in the lows IMHO.
In other news, I got my modded Greedtone OD clone back from John on Sunday after I accidentally broke it, and while John has built 900 other pedals since then and has bumped it out of his favorites, I dig that pedal like no other overdrive I've tried. Helps that he added a 3-way switch that cuts highs a couple different ways, which makes it great for going direct. But the things I like so much about it is that the tones match up almost exactly to my clean sound despite not having a tone knob, and you can adjust the amount of drive on the fly without having to adjust the volume, so you can go from barely on to raging pretty good by turning one knob.
I bought one of those Joyo Ultimate Drives on his recommendation, and for a pedal that cost me a little over $30, it's great. But it's got more upper mids that can't be dialed out through the pedal itself, and it requires volume knob adjustment as you up the distortion level. Not complaining because it's still an amazing value, and many will appreciate the added upper mids. But when I plug that Greedtone in, it's exactly what I'm looking for without requiring any effort on my part, save for initially matching volumes.
In the future I wouldn't mind trying a couple other pedals he likes, such as the Source OFD, the Barbershop, and his Gamma pedal (an excellent sounding pedal based on his recordings). But I still find myself innately drawn to his take on the Greedtone.
Sorry to talk about you in front of you, John
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