I love my stock DS-1 in a very specific way.
...With the gain all the way down.
It still leaves you with a decent amount of crunch, but about about 1/4 on the gain knob, and it does begin to lose a lot of definition.
That being said, I don't use it live. In fact, I don't use any pedals live save for my tuner -
so why can't I stop buying them?