Aldrich for me! I've had an Ocean, HG/LG Jose, and my Aldrich is still here. They all sounded and recorded killer so it's probably more a matter of personal taste. Ocean was smoothest but clearest through the full range of a 7 string, the Jose had more bite and was tighter, the Aldrich is somewhere in the middle but actually sounds more like what I hear when I think of a Marshall. Could've just been the amps I had so ymmv.