Btw, I´m listening your Loner at the moment...I like Gary Moore too I know what you mean "dirty guitars" I like them as well and I play a little dirty style. My "home studio" is just so poor, that I can´t get that sound on my recordings.
I was playing with my brothers heavy metal gospel band one day and there was a guy, who has recorded few albums with professional players. He told me that he liked my playing a lot, especially the dirty sound on my solos. He would have wanted that kind of solos to his album, but that his professional guitarist didn´t get that kind of sounding in solos!?