I also played piano for a long time before I picked up the guitar, but I'm still more comfortable with a pick. I just feel like I've got more control. I can still play with my fingers if I have to though, just not to the extent that you can lol. I just picked up the bass a couple months ago, and am having a time getting used to using my fingers lol. It's coming though, slowly but surely. My first effects processor was a digitech RP100, then I stepped up to the RP2000. So, I can usually recognize it when someone uses digitech for their tone. They just have a certain steril digitalness to them that sometimes hurts my ears. I have heard some great tones from them though, and they are lots of fun to play with.