I mean listen to the cheesy synth sound on Led Zeppelins All my love. It works becuase it's a great song. A great song is always most important. The guitar tone doesn't matter so much as guitarists like to believe.
Absolutely.Back than you could do everything as long as it sounded good.But this changed during the 90s.Guitar solos became as "cheesy" as 10 minutes intros and psychedelic sounds..
I believe after many years of "cheesy" being a deadly sin today musicians again go for "if it sounds good for me I don't care" attitude again..finally..