If you want to improve your playing, then focus more time on PLAYING and learning, instead of reading, testing and talking about guitar gear. Does this ring true for anyone? I claim myself GUILTY on more than one occasion!
I know, we all want to be happy with our tone and gear, and that’s fine. Not everyone who plays guitar wants to become better at it. I’m just saying if you really want to get better at playing, at some point, stop the gear paranoia and start practicing more.