For guitars (and bass) I used my fernandes ravelle deluxe baritone [dual emg 81s only using the bridge,though] through a podxt pro using the big bottom amp model (I think). I forget which cab/mic but I know the mic-distance was 50.
For bass, I used the middle toggle switch position to get the clean track and then pitch shift/eq/compression to taste.
Cheers for the suggestions guys!!! I'll have a look at the snare & reverb settings.