Yep,I know what a noise gate is.Any suggestions on a good one?I was looking at the mxr smartgate pedal,boss ns-2,rocktron hush pedal e.c.t.What kind of gate do you have and does it do the tick?

I was also wondering about compression/sustain pedals.Once again ive never had experience with any compressor/sustain pedal.I was looking at the mxr dyna comp,tech 21 comptortion and such.

One more thing.I want some nice amp modeling(make my solid state halfstack sound close to a tube stack).What would be ideal for this...also note that I will be playing live.I was looking at the line 6 pod,line 6 amp modeler pedal,tech 21 tri A.C,behringer v-amp/pro,johnson J-station and stuff.Anyone have experience with a good amp modeler?