Check out Techmoan on You tube . Couple of weeks back he covered this very subject and demonstrated some of the later machines which considering they only have a little speaker system sound really good . Interesting indeed .

Great picture . Looks like an Alembic but it's not , Ebow is there though something I've written to Santa for .

When I first started using Cubase I went crazy with instruments . I had maybe 8 different reverb echoes etc etc .. I soon realized it was plain crazy . For the last 10 yrs I've used the same software ..added nothing and it does me fine . Battery Mutron mellotron Edirol Orchestra Moog modulator Wavestation Trinity Ampeg svx Yamaha dx 7 8 all effects are stock .

Jimi Hendrix would be my choice . The freedom to improvise ( something you dont get anymore ) and turn up to 11.. and use the Marshall as intended without any idiot lights knocking the power off .