Les Paul (brass nut) - i went with one HOT george lych lead pick up / one volume knob

there are a million foot pedals - i like the GSP or any 'all-in-one' type pedal
get rid of all the extra cable mess and cable noise/cross talk

i used to use a straight power amp into 2 4x10 slant cabinets (one on each side of stage for nice stereo / bounce)