You are great. Sorry there aren’t any other comments – it’s like you wrote this just for me.

Multi-effect units are usually suited to either type of pickups.

As to individual effect pedals, there can be differences especially when it comes to overdrive/distortion/fuzz pedals (not so much for chorus, flangers, delays, reverbs, etc.). I find some overdrive/distortion pedals to be more suitable to either single coil pickups or humbuckers. This does not mean these pedals are bad, just that they are more geared towards a certain a type of tone. It is really a matter of trying it out. For instance, there is an ongoing belief that the Ibanez Tubescreamer (THE classic green overdrive pedal) is better suited to single coil pickups. It is true if you want that Stevie Ray Vaughan sound but it does not mean it won’t yield interesting results with a humbucker based guitar. It is the same with amps actually, a humbucker will drive an amp harder (usually) than a single coil and will give you more natural amp distortion.

In conclusion, It really matters for the type of overdrive/distortion/amps you are using associated with the type of overdrive/distortion sound you are after (to take an extreme example, it will be difficult to get a death metal tone out of single coil pickups).

Since there’s just soooo many pedals around, my choice was to try for an all-in-one effects unit (Digitech Genesis 3) which seems to meet my needs pretty well (I’m a learner) and I quite like fiddling with the settings.

Do you think most pedals suit one guitar model (or pickup type) or do you think the good ones will suit anything? BTW, the Genesis has a parameter to match its settings for single pole or humbucker pickups. I’ve played with it (both my guitars have humbuckers) and there is a noticeable difference but frankly I couldn’t say which setting I thought sounded best, so wouldn’t say that it’s a must-have feature.

Cheers………..Kevin.