Thank you for the input, I'll check out the suggestions. I have done quite a bit of plug in processing to my guitar tones in the past, however, as Kiwi mentioned, The effect on the amp, speaker and air is quite different, and most definitely effects the way I play. Often times for dead-on-synch, in a more dance-y vibe track, instead of the nice “real” sounding sound toys tremolo I’ll create a tremolo with virus, which has its place, though it sounds nothing like a pedal - that can be good in a synthy kind of way. Which is what I used on the baritone guitar on this track:
http://www.stephanierichards.com/cd/03_I_Want_You.m3u
Also, more often than not, I need to create/mix fast so it is best to get things right as I’m printing.