The dirtbox world tends to split into those pedals that work really well at pushing an overdriven amp but don't sound that great into a high headroom clean channel (i.e. When pushing the amp to drive ain't going to happen) like the Tubescreamer and those which sound awesome in to a clean amp, but sound muddy into a dirty channel for example the Crunch Box.
What pedals do you know of that work equally well in both situations?
The closest thing I've heard is the Prince of Tone which is magic into a driven channel and still pretty good into clean.
The Liquid Sunshine is also good at both, but needs to be set slightly differently to get the best out of it for each application.
Things I'm interested to try include the AC Boost and the Signadrive.
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I've always thought the OCD works well in both situation. Also the beastly H&K Tube Factor.
Have you thought of adding an Xotic EP to your overdrive and using it to push/thicken the sound rather than it acting like a solo boost or possibly the Wampler Dual fusion, which would be an all-in-one/best of both worlds solution because of the Euphoria and Paisley (TS) side.
I really didn't like it into an overdriven amp, it is however one of the best into a cleanish one.
The MXR Distortion 3 works very well into a clean amp, less so into a driven amp.
Having said that, I've recently had some pleasing noises fron a Boss SD-1 into a Marshall Valvestate (set clean)
Or a Boss SD-2, set crunch/lead into a clean amp, gives the best of both worlds (within limitations)
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)