Ha!! Thanks for the welcome - and yes, I can deal with a bit of S&V (big Star Wars fan actually lol).
First of all, I am a home player hack - I just have fun learning a playing songs I like, but not very good. The music I play varies a bit - a lot of STP, Soundgarden, AC-DC, Def Leppard, Rage, and other classic rock stuff. I have been working lately to get better with scales/shapes (theory in general) and playing more lead parts - definitely a work in progress and a lil frustrating at times
Update on amp/pedals: Been playing on a Peavy VYPR, but I just picked up a Marshal DSL40 and some used pedals - Boss Super Chorus and Ocean's 11 Reverb (only drawback on DSL is reverb isn't very fat and love messing around with a lot of delay settings).
Thanks again for the welcome and hope to learn a lot from the community.