Cool, would be great to have all those options. Unfortunately I don't have any and need one versatile amp I can cart around with me.
When I'm recording a get a certain satisfaction from playing a track start to finish with no fuck ups, no copy and pasting, no editing out of errors. Probably why I'm obsessing over tone so much at the moment, I just want it to be right!
You're learning though. You're learning your equipment and to me that is very important. It might seem like obsession, and maybe it is, but I think if people obsessed more and settled for shit less, we'd all be better off.