Best Blues Breaker type Pedal I've owned

So I've owned many a Bluesbreaker style pedals. The faithful Mooer Blues Crab, the NuX Morning Star, the pricey MXR Duke of Tone, and finally the JHS Morning Glory. This thing kicks ass! Has more volume, more gain and this shine that is hard to describe. I sometimes just leave it on the whole time, it just ads more of me in my signal with a bit of rick harmonic highs. It lives up to the hype around the pedal. I know there is a waiting list to get a real "King of Tone" but don't sleep on this pedal. It is in the BB family but different enough to stand out and stand up to the higher end BB style overdrives. It's built like a tank and has the Red Remote option to get higher levels of gain. Such a great pedal, definitely a must if you have the money

Essential pedal on my board

This really is one of those great 80% to 100% always on pedals for me. Rather live or in a small room, and you can’t crank to 6 for breakup without going defcon 5. This is the perfect pedal for a player that asks…how do I get that natural tube breakup sound at lower volumes? Well, this is pretty the most straight forward way. Good reason most use them, and I’m sure live FOH sound guys are happy for it!

But it’s such a great first in line transparent OD. I just turn it on with barely any gain at 10oclock to 11oclock. Then the Tone most seem to agree 10oclock or brighter at 3oclock. Pretty universal settings I see and use myself. The optional gain boost is great! With that it makes no sense to push heavy gain into it, outside another transparent low gain boost stack if you want. Or something with a different EQ flavor. Both modes sound great though on this pedal! Easy to go low breakup to medium gain.

I love to run this first followed by a Klon and then a TS808. That usually completes my basic low OD! MG, Klon, TS808 then I use heavy gains after. This allows me too cut low and high frequency of the MG, and use it to push the TS808 for a more focused sound in Choruses or solos. It kind of acts as a bit of a boost for me that way. Since both are set fairly low gain, or all 3 are on for a medium more wild overdrive.

You can use the MG last in the chain. But I’ve found as natural as it sounds, and some will want it to add back those lows and highs to Tubescreamers.. But with heavy distortion, it can squash a bit and can’t take anymore. So whichever order you choose, it’s safe to keep it before heavy distortions like a MIAB or Rat at max. Outside that skys the limit and any order will work! Great first pedal for starting your board, or those who want breakup at lower volumes. Goes great with a Tubscreamer, Klon and play around to see how you like them together. Or just use the MG with boost and go straight to your high gains. It’s just very versatile at the early stages!

The Foundation

I own the JHS Morning Glory version 4, and have been using a version 3 for several months now; this pedal stays on almost all of the time. I usually prefer more gritty/crispy drive tones, but I kept this pedal because it really excels at bringing brightness and touch of grit to one's tone like nothing else does. It sounds very natural at low gain, winding it up sounds more like a smoother, much more transparent tube screamer, which isn't really all that exciting.Using the V4's gain switch, it's a little more crisp and sustaining. Don't worry, if you liked the last MG, you'll love the new one. The output volume is more usable, and the gain switch adds flexibility. All the original tones are here along with some dirtier ones. Issues? I like to have access to the bright cut switch, and now that it is on the side of the pedal, it is hard to quickly flick it as before. Also if you have the pedal in high gain mode, and turn the gain past 3 o'clock, you can hear this dirty, almost digital sounding scraping noise in the background, that decays in a very unnatural fashion. I thought this was just my pedal, but after listening to the JHS demo, I heard it there too, and there were careful not to turn up the gain past 2 o'clock. Now for what I use it for, I never have to go up there, but in care you were planning on using the MG for higher gain, you have been warned. On bass Like the V3, the V4 excels on bass adding compression, clarity, and light grit without losing low end. The gain problem isn't really an issue for the bass user, so the only issue that remains for bassists is the price and the bright cut switch location.

This is my favorite pedal!

I love the way it adds a little bit of gain without coloring my sound. I also love using the red switch to add just a little more gain without distorting it. It is my always on pedal.

Simply the best

The best transparent overdrive I have played with. Has a unique sound and very flexible to play differente styles and genres. This is perfect to play arpeggios and not sound distorted but clear and hard. Love this pedal.

Best transparent OD on the market

For tone purists. For when you don’t want to alter the tone of your amp at all, but want to drive the front end harder to push the amp further into natural overdrive.