Tone searching, the never ending quest

I had a (in my view) solid idea for an intro / bridge section for a song and after messing around with it last night decided it was worth keeping in a short recording so I can play around with it more later, however for it to work I need to find a specific guitar sound as that’s how it sounds in my head. I know it’s a stat sound (lucky for me) and I can hear it on the bridge/middle pickup, with a mid drive with the trebble rolled back more than average, but then there is something missing, I think it’s an octivia style pedal (thanks to a discussion with someone else) so instead of buying one, I’m going to borrow one to see if I can get the ball park sound I want, then if it works, I’ll build my own. Any guitarist will know that the tonal search is a never ending quest, so don’t expect to hear this song any time soon unless I happen to stumble across the holy grail.  I’ll get back to you on this specific sound hunt.