Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
Tasty playing! I normally run my Les Paul straight into a cranked Marshall type amp, and the Telecaster into a Fender/Vox type amp, either clean or on the edge of breakup.
FX is for used for variation, or when you are trying to get a specific sound. The FX pedals are usually run into a clean amp.
For something like this you definitely need FX pedals ..