[GuitaristZ]

I need one for a song, and am just curious.

 

[violation]

For a violin you could always pull a EVH / Malmsteen... use a delay and work the volume pot with your pinky, that's always fun. If you don't have the volume knob close enough you could always use a volume pedal.

 

[Kenmac]

I agree with what Violation said but another alternative is an EBow. It does take a while to master it though. http://www.e-bow.com/

I need one for a song, and am just curious.

 

[Yerffej]

an ebow or a volume pedal with a really thick, bass driven distortion

 

[Guest]

There's the Boss Slow Gear if you don't want to fiddle with the volume pedal. It's an envelope filter, like an auto-wah, but it swells volume instead of sweeping a bandpass filter. Guyatone has reissued it.

 

[GuitaristZ]

Ill have to check those out, thanks!

 

[Milkman]

The simplest way to get violin and/or steel guitar swells is with a volume pedal.


It can be done with the volume knob on your guitar but that takes a bit more skill and is a bit more limited.