I have the Align EQ and Q-strip that I go back and forth with my Baggs M80 / J45. The Align is really clean and transparent but doesn't quite let me dial out the treble 'zing' that I get from the M80. The Q-strip lets me tame the highs but definitely has a more saturated sound than the Align (which is kinda nice if your guitar is thin!) They're both really nice pedals and I'm going to keep them.
I also had an MXR 6 band silver box that was really clean which I ran after my Red Eye and K&K setup, along with a Wampler Ego compressor.
I finally got tired of fussing with EQ and pickups and bought a Takamine P5DC with the cool tube preamp. It sounds better all around plugged in, with *zero* effort.
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