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Assuming you're using standard guitar stompboxes:

1. Compressors / EQs
2. Wah Pedals / Envelope Filters
3. Distortions / Synths
4. Modulation (Flanger, Phaser, Chorus, Tremolo, etc)
5. Reverbs / Delays (Delays and Reverbs are usually run through an FX Loop which is on a different circuit from your main signal)
6. Preamp (Tube preamps work great for Clavs, makes em nice and fat)
7. NoiseGate (Which may not be needed if your gear is in good shape and your preamp doesn't suck)

The more FX you have in your signal chain, the more noise you're going to introduce to your overall signal, increasing the need for a Noise Gate.

Hope this helps

- Mike