I want to get a tone just saturated with overdrive and sustain, like Vai on "The Animal" for instance. I'm having trouble getting this without getting a really muddy sound though. I should mention that I only have a POD in terms of effects however. I use a rectified setting with a little chorus and a fair amount of echo. I realize the echo causes some muddiness but it helps give me teh sustain I love. Maybe I need to change my pickups? I have stock ones that are in my yamaha eg303 (don't laugh) :(. Any other suggestions?