I've had these two pedals for awhile now, couldn't be more impressed. The feel is just great and the sound is just more refined, with great detail and no harsh top end. The Burnley is a distortion- a little on the dark side but it grows more and more on me every day- sustain for days. Both pedals work great with the XTC - into the clean channel with bright switches on or off,(lots of pedals suck here- bright cap messes with them) both pedals sound great- no harshness or brittle sounds- lots of low end on both pedals - love both but, give the Wessex a little more love for being more versatile- all round pedal. Cant emphasize enough- about the feel of these pedals, like having a compressor on- very easy to play