I know this thread has been idle for 4 months now, but I've got a jam session coming up tomorrow, so it might become relevant again. The guy I'll be jamming with tomorrow is the closest thing I've come to a perfect match in my search for band-mates. We both play a mix of Rock, Hard Rock and Blues, we're both inspired by older music (his primary influence is Springsteen, my primary is GNR), and we both have the same level of ambitions and the same dream of being famous rockstars (though I know that's gonna take a while first). I don't know how his tone is, but he doesn't seem to mind that mine heavily relies on Treble and some kind of distortion. From reading earlier posts in this thread, I can tell that I have changed a lot in just 4 months. Back then, I used a mostly clean tone, now I play something, hear how it sounds with a neutral tone and then adjust the tone to make it sound better, and use effects where necessary. It helps that I've since then watched a few rig rundowns to get some ideas for my own gear and tone, though.

I don't know much about the guy I'm going to try jamming with, though. He sings and plays the Guitar and possibly knows a bassist who could be interested in starting a band as well. If it goes well, we might meet again and start a band officially, and if not, I'll see it as a chance to become better. I'll let you know how it goes when I get home tomorrow :)