21% of 53 verified Morning Glory V4owners don't recommend it — based on real owner comments from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
For balance: 45% recommend it. This page collects the complaints so you know what you're signing up for — read the full owner report for both sides. How we score
“I find the MG too bright, so I end up using only a small fraction of the tone control’s range.”— LaOnionLaUnion on Reddit
“I do not like the Morning Glory, although that could be me being a cork-sniffer wrt bluesbreaker pedals. There are better options out there for that type of circuit, especially these days”— Mojo_Jensen on Reddit
“There were times I thought it sounded great but I'd go back to it the next day and the Morning Glory would always sound too treble forward for my setup even with the side switch engaged so I sold mine on.”— Clever_Fox_81 on Reddit
“The Lightspeed sits better in the mix and doesn’t have a weird harshness that the MG sometimes brings to the table, depending on your guitar/amp setup.”— someguy192838 on Reddit
“Maybe I just don’t know how to best use it but I’ve never had any luck with my morning glory versus my Glove or Green Rhino.”— MaleficentOstrich693 on Reddit
“I've owned all three and the Lightspeed is the best. I found the JHS to be a little thin and trebly sounding.”— TheRealGuncho on Reddit
“The morning glory just didn’t do “it” for me, while the others won’t be leaving the stable.”— SpHj86 on Reddit
“I personally really disliked the MG. It has a mid hump that was really unappealing to me.”— MattSk87 on Reddit
“I've had all three. Very different. I didn't care for the MG for my bluesbreaker sound”— Twinningses on Reddit
“The Morning Glory is the one I like least. I'd take the Blues Disorder over that.”— LocksmithConfident81 on Reddit
“I sold mine. It just wasn’t getting used much and I preferred my other options”— __get__name on Reddit
Not complaints — practical notes from owners that didn't affect the score.
“The morning glory was one of the few pedals, out of 400 tested, that when hooked up to my oscilloscope tripped the over voltage warning constantly until turned down to 9 oclock.”— try_altf4 on Reddit
“I have a warmer drive before my morning glory, and I've set everything so I can use the morning glory separately (for a brighter sound) or the 2 drives stacked together (fuller and thicker together)”— minto11 on Reddit
“I just got a MG for christmas and I’ve noticed a slight delay as well when pressing the foot switch. I haven’t heard of the issue before so either just ours are defective or that’s how they all are🤷🏽♂️”— turkey-on-wheat on Reddit
“Weird. I'm late to the party looking into things after my first session with a MG and I found the with the gain all the way down, unity was like 1 o'clock. AS I turn the gain up, obvs I can back off the volume a bit.”— eldritch_cleaver_ on Reddit
“Greer Lightspeed gets my vote. Dynamic and sounds good across the dials. MG has more bite to it, if that’s what you’re after.”— Andrewski86 on Reddit
“The MG does cut a bit of lows on bass. That's the nature of Bluesbreaker circuits. But the MG Clean fixes that. The only concern is if you have a high output bass that can clip the clean side. Two of my basses do, but they are hot, active basses.”— Cautious_Bobcat_1101 on Reddit
“I use the morning glory at around 11 o'clock drive on the low setting as my always on drive, then a Rat clone as my heavier drive. I know Josh from JHS likes Klon styles with heavier gain settings, might be worth trying the MG into a higher gain Klone.”— Walnut_Uprising on Reddit
“I had this exact issue recently. It was intermittent, and playing with/jiggling with the footswitch sometimes got some signal to pass. I ended up replacing the FS and all is well now.”— Jimisweets on Reddit