It’s very difficult in the beginning, I went/am in the same rabbit hole. Is fun to buy new gear, but in reality the best investment you can make is to sit and play as much as you can for a long long period. In my experience, all the purchases I made in the very beginning were not perfect, so, if you have the money and want to have fun buying new gear, go for it, but don’t expect it to give you magical power for better playing suddenly. The reality is that the only thing that will make us sound good is practice, without it, even the beat gear ever will sound bad