your'e using a Fender Strat with stranger amps?? MIM or MIA strats might i ask? IMHO one should forget dist pedals and just buy a good amp which has a good overdrive channel. if you want more dist.. just get a od pedal to boost it. but the best distortions come from (GOOD) amps.
a proccy is good for time based and phase effects, especially at a tight budget, although stompboxes rule the roost there.