I put a couple auctions on ebay if you don't already have a couple tube screamers and a compressor. These will be a good start. Then sell them as you upgrade.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280551697016&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280551700779&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
I'll be listing a couple more with ts9's and ts10's next week
If you need to cut some tone suckers out of your signal path, ths will work http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280553049984&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT