I agree with the idea of squeezing as much out of gear as you can stand.
I spent a fair amount of time bouncing between profiles. I bought several (mostly from Guidorist). I also drove myself nuts 'chasing' certain sounds. Then I just decided to build a handful of sounds *I* like. Making no effort to sound like anyone other than what my ears liked.
I still try to mimic certain tones just because, but when I go to play....it's the same two profiles assembled in various ways, regardless of the guitar I'm using.
I still use a King of Tone and a Tumnus Deluxe in the loop. You cannot get the Kemper Drive close enough to a real KoT IMO. Then again....no one else can, either....and I waited four years on the list....so I'm using the dang thing.
The Kemper Fuzz, though? Yeah, man...that's the ticket.