Hard to go wrong with a real/warm tube amp tone. :)
I do a bunch of Guitar Rig amp simulation stuff, but for the clean surf/instrumental type stuff I do, a real tube amp with spring reverb sounds way better than the guitar Rig stuff.
Also, I must say that the Palmer PGA-04 speaker simulator is an awesome product for recording live amp tones without a mic and all the pitfalls that goes with live mic recording.
