I would like to have a danelectro. They sound great for certain tones. I still have a 1960's univox super fuzz but it is a one trick pony because even in its least-distorted setting, if you happen to play more than one string at a time on the guitar, it sounds like digital ring modulation.
Horses for courses and of course a matter of taste. No right or wrong taste but the tonal distinction I was trying to describe something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKaK4xojQ3Q
Versus Gibson thru a Marshal stack turned to 11. The only time I saw Cream in 1968 IIRC he was playing a Flying V at one point and an SG at another, but there may have been an Explorer onstage as well. For the impatient the sonic illustration really kicks in about 1:28.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF5fQXVZGug