any audiophile guitarists out there?

i will say the Blues Jr can spank out a range of tones...heck, i overdrove the preamp volume (10+) and when the pickups are 8+, oh man i can get the crunch that you hear in mick ronson (david bowie) and uncle pete (townshend).

using dual P-90s by Fralin. limited in harmonics, but not in steel boot to the head crunch action. guess i need a diff guitar for diff tone.

btw, i find myself gravitating away from heavy use of distortion pedals (though i will keep my keeley TubeScreamer)...pedals i've tried all sound distorted in an unnatural way (IOW: Solid State clipping!) vs when i crank the Blues Jr into distortion (tube clipping) which rocks hard in a natural way.

one of the things i'm finding my audiophile ears are telling me is that most pedals are absolute crap and shouldn't be used.

granted, i've tried about 4. only one i liked was a $200 modified keeley tube screamer 808. pretty awesome.

that said, i like straight into the amp (and overdrive distortion) much better.

any other pedals to watch for>? i just ordered an area 51 wah. we'll see on it.