This is a great pedal at any price, I play guitar professionally and own several boutique pedals, tube preamps, etc. the Guv'nor Plus sounds great right next to my pricy stuff and in some cases better ! it is very similar to the OD1 setting in the Marshall JMP-1 rack preamp which to me sounds great, it packs serious low end punch with the deep control which adds lots of low end resonance, it is ideal if you play with typical backline amps like the Fender Twin, in front of a clean channel you can make open back combos sound like a much bigger amp (I got a twin to sound like a cranked JCM 800) and it works very good in overdrive channels as well, some folks say the Guv'nor is a bit dark sounding and I have to agree, there's not much high end sizzle and no fizz which for me it's a good thing but there's that mod where you remove the C22 part and you'll have more highs, I'm surprised this pedal is not as highly rated as other dirt pedals but I think it's as good as anything out there, hard to do better at this price, I recommend it.