Sorry, I couldn't resist the cheesy title. But seriously, if you're a player who prefers pedals, you could easily spend thousands on boutique models (I've done it) and still not do that much better than the reasonably priced and unbelievably tough Boss pedals. I've talked to tone purists who say that these steal tone, muddy up the signal, etc... Eh, maybe there's some validity to this argument. But unless you're looking for ultra-pure, uncolored tube tone heaven, you would do well to go with a Boss rig, in my opinion. Here are some basic reasons why: