I've had the Fender MTG:LA pedal for 4 months now and feel that's enough time to get a good sense of the performance of the pedal. I play Stratocasters in SSS and SSH configurations through a Blues Jr with a Cannabis Rex speaker in a four piece rock cover band. I've been searching for a dirt pedal that has enough grit for hard rock/heavy metal but is also warm and full sounding. This pedal does just that.If you've watched the official youtube video from Fender and like what you hear, then this pedal is for you because what you hear is what you get. After tinkering around with the knobs for a while I found a tone that I loved and after rewatching the video I realized my settings are basically the same as the start of the official video. So, my recommendation is to use those settings as a baseline. One caveat is that those settings cut the bass and crank the treble and tone, so setting all the knobs to noon might not be the best strategy here.I really like how dynamic the pedal is. I can roll back the volume knob and get on the edge of breakup clean tone and then roll the volume full on and get that roaring distortion. It's fun! Smiles for days.Fender pedals don't come with power supplies so keep that in mind. I have a Ghostfire pedal board with a Truetone CS6 power supply which has the juice to power this bad boy. This pedal requires 260mA and the CS6 power supply makes it easy. Your mileage may vary, of course, depending on what power supply you have. I have to say if you're considering this $200 pedal you should probably get yourself a nice power supply for your board ;)It seems unfair to compare, like apples and oranges, but I'll throw out a few of the pedals I've used and how they differ from this Fender MTG: LA.Vs Wampler Tumnus Deluxe: Tumnus has more midrange but they both growl when cranked. Honestly I'd still be using the Tumnus if it didn't crap out on me (for some reason I lost a chunk of the useable sweep of the gain knob from noon to 4 o'clock). Technically the Tumnus still works and I love the footswitch that it comes with (nicest feeling footswitch ever), so don't let this review deter you from picking up a Wampler.Vs Caitalinabeard Galileo: The Galileo is so bright. It's like the opposite of this MTG: LA. Gotta cut all of the treble. It's also too buzzy, don't think it's typical 60 cycle hum either, maybe a QC issue? The buzzing is annoying as heck and even though I've shielded all of my guitar cavities and run an ISO power supply at the correct 18v requirement, it buzzes. It's the pedal. When you're rocking it has a great tone.. but so does MTG: LA. None of the on the edge of breakup clean tone like the MTG:LA though... because it's buzzy.Vs Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer driving a Boss Wazacraft Blues Driver: Not a bad sounding combo and I've used it for a long time but it doesn't have that midrange/lower mid growl that the MTG: LA alone has. Plus the MTG:LA has a boost! Because of the boost feature I've removed the TS9 from my board for the first time in ages.Vs Marshall Guv'nor 2: Found this used at a Music Go Round a while back and man it's got so much bass. Too much. Even with the deep knob set to zero. It does a weird thing with the highs that sometimes I like and sometimes I hate. Think buzzsaw. In comparison, the MTG:LA is full of warmth and beautiful. I plan to mod the Guv'nor 2 so it's more like the first release but that's a someday project.Vs Behringer Vintage Tube Monster: The VTM case was robust, might've been the best feature, and I wanted to like it, but it didn't sound like the MTG:LA at all. My sense is that the MTG:LA is what the VTM wanted to be and then some.So, there you have it, I don't want to say this is the best dirt pedal of all time but for me, in my experience and for my budget, it comes close.TLDR: Great pedal that I now use exclusively for dirt.