Ok, I recorded a couple of sound clips. It's late here so I couldn't actually play bass, so I used a recording I made a while ago. The original recording was my bass being played with an Ebow, into a ring mod, then I think my old Premier spring reverb. Can't remember if I mic'ed the cab or just input the signal from the Premier, but it doesn't matter for these purposes, since the sample isn't recognizable.
So, both clips started out as the same sample. I ran the sample into Guitar Rig, and the signal in there was Twin Reverb, chorus, Whammy. In one clip, the Whammy is after the amp model (and therefore post-distortion), and in the other clip, it is at the beginning of the chain. I won't say which is which yet. There are certainly differences (I'm playing with the settings throughout), but I can't say that I think one is better than the other. This illustrates what I mean, which is that, especially when you are making experimental music, there should be no boundaries, and there should be no right or wrong. Enjoy yourself! Also, AFAIK, there is no actual tracking going on in the Whammy, so it doesn't need to know what note you are playing. I believe it is a phase-locked loop.
Also note that this is not the kind of music I make, so there's no need to make fun of me for not being good at it. Hope this is somewhat interesting to you, even if it doesn't help you decide what effects to get. Let me know if you'd like me to try some other effects setup.
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Edit: you might want to skip the first 1/4 of the file. Also, I realized it's definitely a mic'ed cab, since you can hear the click of my 2880's footswitches. I was using an omni mic, so what? Wanna fight about it?
When i opened the tracks up in my iTunes the Genre was labeled "christian gangsta rap." That's hilarious
