Thanks for all the recommendations guys - I'll certainly be checking all those out. What a friendly and helpful community this is
Great plank work Plankton - very nice. Wish I was the tenth of the guitarist you are!
MISTERQCUE - thanks for your response. I do play guitar but I'm not looking to play live. Just want some good funk for my own listening pleasure! But to answer your questions - guitar preference is single coils (Tele at the moment), fx is simple - compression / chorus OD - and that's it!
Thanks again - much appreciated.