A satirist who borrowed heavily from varese. a marketing master. a guy who knew how to choose good players.
Yes to all of the above, and a guy who not only could play that strat right along with any of the best of them, he WAS the best of them. A consumate guitarist and bandleader who brought a new dimension to rock music that wasn't heard before or, unfortunately, since.
No funny effects or pedals or synthesizers that do weird things. Just that Stratocaster picked up straight through those Marshall amps, showing all the rest of them how it will be done someday in the next world.