Hey Chris!
Knowing you... and your style... I would say for that pushed chordal and picked stuff that you are so good at... the LA-2A would absolutely knock your socks off. (The orignal... not the re-issue). I did a session up at Quad recently and we used their's for a guitar track we did (through Kenny Greenbergs AC-30....only mic was an R121). I didn't compress a whole lot... just some. It sat PERFECTLY where I wanted it to be, and the LA-2A added so much girth... it just killed me! I played the track for Kenny later (it was for different band, so it wasn't him playing guitar) and he immediately as the song kicked off said... "now THAT's a great guitar sound!!".
The LA-2A is a bit slow, and I normally wouldn't have thought of it for electric guitars... but after that experience I have turned to the them more... and loved it! I think it might be JUST the thing for you.
An 1176 and Neve 2254 or my other favorites for bigger rock guitars (power chording, etc). However... WHEN I compress these days... I am still loving my distressor on most things. However.... for big power chords and stuff like that... I have been going without compression a lot lately.
p.s. Don't you have a special delivery coming soon?? Would love to hear that's going.