How Do You Create A Violin Sound With A Guitar Multi Effects Pedal?
A very interesting and fun guitar effect to create is the violin effect. This is something that has gained popularity through players like Jimmy Page, who would actually played his guitar with a violin bow at certain times. This article is going to highlight how to create this effect without having to wreck a violin bow. All you need is a decent multi effects pedal. The type of violin sound that we are going for is a long, sustaining note with a gradual attack, meaning the beginning of the note is a soft, quick volume increase similar to when a bow is moved across violin strings. There are two basic ways to accomplish this kind of attack. If your multi effects pedal has an option that lets you set the attack rate of notes, you can play around with that until you have a satisfactory sound. The other method is to use the volume pedal to manually execute a gradual attack on each note. While this may take some practice to be effective, performing the attack manually will give you more expr
