Electric Guitar Sounds:

Before moving on. Please consider the image at the left. Maddonna rocking a nice barre A chord. On a les paul. At Coachella. Rock.
Here's a list of folks who have an electric guitar sound that makes my brain melt.
Paul Westerberg - (see: mr rabbit, merry go round , waiting f somebody)
Constantines - (shine a light LP)
Keith- can't you hear me knocking {gonna do a whole post on this intro}
early Who {1.37 seconds in to Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere this pop song turns scary.}
live Superchunk - driveway t' driveway
Richard Thompson - least distorted of the bunch, but his sound has been a razor.

Now, on the flip-flop:
Not awesome guitar but you'd think they should be:
early Superchunk - {nasty sounds}
Smashing Pumpkins - really, they don't sound gorgeous to me - they're brittle on Gish and sludgy and monolithic {which is bombs} on Siamese.
Jimmy Page from ii on. { on zep I - he rocks. and the rest, his guitar sounds like it's played through a brach's butterscotch wrapper, it's even MORE noticiable on the new remastered discs}