Looks like you already know what you want. I have a BOSS DS-1 and I like it just fine.

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the drinks you pour,
the tables you dance on,
and the friends you roll with.

These all do the job nicely (I prefer the ones with tubes in 'em) :

1.Zonkin' Yellow Screamer MK II
2.Maxon OD-9
3.Way Huge Pork Loin
4.LovePedal Eternity
5.Menatone Red Snapper
6.Danelectro Transparent Overdrive
7.Danelectro Drive
8.Hermida Zendrive
9.Hermida Mosferatu
10.Analogman TS-9/808
11.Keeley TS-9/808
12.Maxon 808
13.Ibanez TS9
14.Ibanez TS808
15.BYOC TS808
16.Analogman TS-9
17.Analogman TS-808
18.Analogman King of Tone
19.Electro-Harmonix XO Germanium OD Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal
20.T-Rex T-Rex Twin Boost Overdrive
21.Hughes & Kettner Tube Factor Overdrive Pedal
22.Krank Krankshaft Overdrive Pedal
23.DOD 250
24.Boss OD-3 OverDrive Pedal
25.Carl Martin PlexiTone
26.Plush Noxious Overdrive
27.Fulltone GT-500
28.Radial Bones R800-7110 Texas Overdrive
29.Lovepedal Purple Plexi
30.XOTIC BB Preamp
31.TREX Alberta
32.Digitech Hardwire Tube Overdrive
33.Timmy
34.Tim
35.Delta Labs Tube Driver
36.MI Audio Blues Pro
37.Klon Centaur
38.Fulltone OCD
39.Barber LTD
40.Damage Control Womanizer
41.Visual Sound Jekyll and Hide
42.Reverend Drivetrain 2
43.Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive
44.Keeley TS9DX FLEXI-4X2
45.Boss Blues Driver
46.Keeley BD-2
47.Radial Tonebone Hot British
48.Blackstar HT-DUAL
49.Blackstone Mofset Overdrive
50.Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor
51.Banzai Cold Fusion
52.Crowther Audio Hotcake
53.Digitech Bad Monkey
54.DigiTech Screamin Blues
55.Vox Cooltron Big Ben
56.Boss FBM-1 Fender Bassman
57.Behringer VT999

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Thats quite the list! I use an Danelectro Cool Cat Distortion and Transparent OD...both good pedals.

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Fulltone OCD

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

try a marshall pedal if you can get a hold of one , theres the jackhammer , bluesbreaker and guvner , i like the bluesbreaker as it has a boost section , it keeps your tone and you only have control of the volume , great for playing through my jcm800
the jackhammer is a bit of a beast , plenty of variations in tone and odand the distortion modes , as well as vol , gain , bass and treble you also have knobs for freq and contour ,
hth

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Forum member "dolphinstreet" demo'ing the Zonkin' Yellow Screamer MK II :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd59URhPAWE

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Like my esteemed colleague from over the pond I heartily recommend Marshall pedals.I picked up a used metal bodied Guv'nor for $60 and I can't say enough good about it,it's like having a 1lb Marshall stack,it's that good.The plastic jobbies aren't quite as good but still are excellent pedals.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

I liked the original bluesbreakers but they were somewhat limited in the drive department.

The digitech badmonkey covers a lot of ground for not much money. I swear by mine. I got the MXR zack mild and despise the noisy rubbish thing. I use it as a doorstop.

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You seem to have it narrowed down , just go in and let your ears be your guide.

just a heads up , the marshall jackhammers are going cheap on e bay just now

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EMMA ReezaFRAzitz...one of the best there is.
Fulltone GT-500: combination Booster/OD and Distortion.

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Current Gear: Ron Kirn Barnbuster Tele,
Marshall: 1971 SuperLead 100>1997 1960-TV, bunch of pedals
and a 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera coupe named Veronica

Make sure to try them with your amp. Overdrive pedals can sound VERY different with different amps (especially tube vs solid state).

Also check out:
www.tonebrick.com