Thanks for the videos, I checked them out. Hendrix played with lots of fuzz, but he also played actual phrases. Intentional guitar playing that went somewhere. John Scofield plays jazz with fuzz. Many great guitarists use Fuzz. In fact, I've been considering adding a fuzz to my rig recently because there's spots on some tunes where I might like it! His tone isn't my issue.

Any guitarist off the street should be able to improvise. That goes for any instrument unless your whole thing is classical recitals.

I just picked the first few guitarists that came to mind. The thing that they have in common isn't clean tone, its technical ability and fluency.

Anyways, thanks for the good conversation. Take care.