EFFECTS PEDALS
# 1
I recently bought a "snarling dogz" guitar pedal for £30 (about $70.) It adds a lot of distortion, and makes and incredibly throaty noise, good for using beefy palm-mute effects, in Rhythm. I'd DEFINATELY advise it. Steve Vai modeled it.
# 2
# 3
get a zoom multi-effects pedal. Some of them run for around 200 dollars, and there really isnt any tone you cant create with them.
# 4
I've been recomender to Get a DIGITECH RP 100 in an earlier post cos they're ment to be great, and Argos used to sell them for £100, which means you'll probably get them cheaper in a decent guitar shop...
# 5