Don't be ashamed; a lot of us have done worse. Do the words "Mix Mic" or "headphones microphone" mean anything to anybody?
What 4-track are you using? Doesn't it have pres on it? I'm assuming it's a mixer/recorder. And if it has AUX SENDS and AUX RTNS, then you can use your FX pedal for FX after you track (record).
As far as large vs. small, it depends on the application (usually; there's still exceptions though). Some people say to only use small diaphragm condensers on an acoustic guitar; I don't subsribe to that theory at all.
Here are some general consenus' which do have a lot of unmentioned exceptions though:
1.Small diaphrams will not color off-axis pick-up and a large diaphragm will.
2.A large diaphragm will pick-up the low-end better than a small diaphragm; especially on vocals, bass drums, toms, bass guitar cabs, uprights, etc.
And, as far as the mics you mentioned, the MC011 is really designed for live vocals (not to say I haven't got a nice sound out of a live vocal for recording something it wasn't specifically designed for), but I've never heard or used a MC011.
The C1000s is a nice beginners mic; that's not to say I don't still use and prefer them on a few things over others. The older version was mine, but I feel the MC012 is twice as good. And believe me, it's not just a beginner's mic. Besides, the multi-caps keep you full of options. It's live having a natural EQ. Plus, when you want to buy a large diaphragm, you can simply upgrade for $400US and buy the M1 and have a beautiful sounding large diaphragm mic which sounds better than a lot of large diaphragm mics costing twice that. But I'd forget about
the BG4.1 though.
Another thing is that if you ever do any kind of stereo recording, you'll thank yourself later for buying a matched-pair.