Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
For kicking the amp, I like a more transparent overdrive, maybe with a little bit of a presence boost and a tiny amount of hair to tighten things up. I find if you just go completely clean boost, the amp can get a bit loose and flabby. But give it a little hair from the pedal and things tighten up nicely.
Otherwise "best" is, once again, highly subjective. I like a Lovepedal OD11 (warm, loose, amplike) with a Barber LTD kicking it up the front end with a bit more drive and boost. All moderate drive levels and amp fairly clean (with single-coils). I also like my NovaDrive, with the "Tube Screamer" up front of the "Rat" and a bit of bypass mixed in (about 20%).
Alan I admire your technicality! "Eendag as ek groot is" ?