Yeah I’m all down for taking guitar to new territories. Julian Lage is a great example for sure, he’s a monster.
I personally think a magnetic pickup sounds really boring and bland without the harmonics created from a tube amp or a good solid state one. I’m a tone snob about vco’s too, I’ve tried digital stuff but I only use analog as well because there’s just something about idiosyncrasies of harmonics created from different components.
That’s just my preference.