u/KO_Venom

I have a few questions about recording guitars I'd like to ask. I play a mix of metal and punk.

1 what pickup settings should I use? Like should I use bridge pickup for lead and neck pickup for rhythm? Also does it matter if I use the same guitar for both?

2 right now I'm using direct input and all effects in REAPER, should I be using any pedals before input, like compression?

3 speaking of pedals, is it better to use more pedals and less DAW fx or does it not really matter?