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As primarily a metal guitarist, I see my fellow players almost always using some kind of OD "in front" of an amp. Whether it be used as a clean boost in front of a high gain amp or as a gain boost in front of a medium to high gain amp (I'm guilty of the second scenario), there sure are what seems to be a million different options nowadays. Going back to the 70's, from there came the start of the OD808 and later the OD-9, both by Maxon, and the array of Tube Screamers by Ibanez. Are modern OD options really that different and/or better than these originals, or are they an oversaturation of the modern market by products that just put a different look on the same thing? I'm not a TOTAL gearhead, might be if I could afford to, and I haven't gone around looking for the "next best thing" in overdrives (Got a Mesa Flux Drive and haven't even wanted to look elsewhere since). For some of you that have tried a large array of OD's/Boosts, what has your experience been?