It just sounds great

There are a bazillion Tube Screamer clones out there. JHS is advertising this pedal as "an overdrive that colours your tone in a good way", and I must say that's exactly what I wanted.

I didn't played that many Tube Screamer iterations in the past: a TS-9, a TS-808, a Behringer clone. Before going any further you need to know that even that Behringer TO800 will give you that Screamer gnarliness and will sound just about the same as an original TS-808. The TS-808 mini is also another great option and it sounds so much like the full sized version even Danish Pete couldn't tell if it sounded like it was worth more than the Moonshine, or full sized TS-808. So if you're looking for a Tube Screamer, but also want to be able to afford other pedals in a near future you should look elsewhere than the Moonshine. Seriously, skip your money and just buy whatever iteration you like at the best price you can find. In the end, the original Tube Screamer circuit is still one of the most popular pedals to this day. I could play the Behringer TO-800 all day, it just does the Screamer job.

When choosing a Tube Screamer variant, only higher-end products will give you something more than the original. The style of music you play could also impact the iteration you want. So if you're on a tight budget, I suggest the Behringer TO800. If you have a little more slack, go for the 808 mini. Next the original TS-808 and ONLY IF you want extra controls you should look for higher end.

Then comes the Moonshine V2. First impression: the pedal is built like a tank and the switch while not a completely soft one feels great. It doesn't have a super long travel without clicking, and that I appreciate. The Clean knob is what makes it stand from other iterations for me. It lets you blend the exact amount of clean signal so the Moonshine colours your sound while keeping harmonic integrity. It really makes my Friedman BE-OD Deluxe roar, even so I now find myself using the lesser-gain Blue Channel, crank a liiiittle bit of gain on the Moonshine, blend just the right amount of clean and I get a beast of a Hot-Rodded Marshall Plexi tone that sounds just like a 100w stack.

I've yet to hear a huge difference between the + and - switch, maybe once I'll try it on a cleaner setting I'll find better use for it.

I must say the second I put all knobs to 12 and hit On, I knew I was gonna love this pedal. It stacks very well with my other pedals.

AGAIN: I bought this pedal because I wanted to treat myself. If even looking at the price of the Moonshine makes no sense to you, you shouldn't even think back and get any other reknown clones. If you want something with more options than a traditional Tube Screamer but don't want to pay premium price, I recommend looking at the GupTech Honker Hot Rod, superb boutique pedal!

One of the best JHS´s

Great sounding overdrive. It is really powerful and pretty versatile. The JHS website says the Moonshine is a tribute to some green pedal; tubescreamer? I compared the Moonshine V2 with the Maxon OD808; no one is better than the other. The thing is that the Moonshine can sounds almost equal to the OD808 in the less drive mode. Moonshine provides much more volume and much more gain; it is near to be a high gain overdrive. It also gives more gain than a Xotic BB Preamp, not more volume (I own the MB version; they are very different things, but I mention that trying to provide a close idea about the gain options).
But it can be a soft and sweet blues overdrive too. Then, there is the CLEAN control; it mixes the overdriven signal with the clean signal of the guitar. It is very useful to get an organic, warm crank amp sound. So, Moonshine is great, powerful and sweet at the same time; pretty versatile because that pedal begins in a real Tube Screamer flavor and can go far beyond, covering blues, rock n´ roll, pop, loud classic rock, easily, Definitely a shining overdrive stompbox, tasty and corpulent with single coils and humbuckers. Love it... it is alwais in the chain.