Ok pedalboard noob here please school me

[Mike_NL]

This should be in the Gear section… That’s where you’ll find threads such as this one:

What's the deal with effects and pedals? (Also: sound in general)

OK, so before picking up the bass, I had not played any other string instrument, and I am trying to understand what the deal is with those gadzillion effects and pedals that can be found for guitar and bass. While I understand that every instrument has certain parts and certain design features that contribute to the overall “sound” of that instrument (and that let people fiddle with them to make the sound more individual), no other instrument than the electric guitar (and apparently the bass) ha…