nice those are a lot of guitars
i have only ever bought 1 electric it is an ibanez and ive barely used it because it takes too long to connect / clean, end up mostly playing acoustics since its easier to just pick up and put down. with effects, ive never tried using them since i was never really interested in performing (with SA and all)
so the overall sound was not really important, i just prioritized learning how to play. i started playing almost the same age as you, first picked up at about 14, but only really started seriously learning at 16. I am turning 29 this year.
But guitarplaying has really been on and off. Times that I stopped schooling in the past and times when i was serious for a couple of months and then stopped playing because of getting busy, so all in all my improvement has been in bursts and then long stagnation.