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Thanks, Cuki! I prefer 3) Pickup + EQ + IR made of Impulse + noise above 900Hz. One of the reasons I used effects very sparingly was because they added that "distant" tone and feel to the amplified guitar tone. This would be especially noticeable as a solo act when stepping on a pedal to add an effect during a song. Although I played around with chorus, reverb, and delay on guitar, and used the MXR Pitch Transposer for a while for harmony on some vocals. I played mainly "bareback" back in the day, and if anything I used a little reverb on only my vocals.