[schwartzworld]

> when deprived of their attack transient, the sounds of two different instruments may become hard to tell apart

A neat trick is playing guitar through a volume pedal. You mute the sound, pluck a string and then swell in the volume pedal. The rest of the ASDR envelope can be created with other effects like delays.

[CPLX]

The song Cathedral by Van Halen is a particularly brilliant example of this. Except even more remarkable he used the knob on the guitar to do it rather than a pedal:

https://youtu.be/3OqrWUooOJc?si=NJDoNGkSfJu0gM6X

[cromniomancer]

And reportedly killed the volume pot on the second and final take:

"Eddie did two takes, and the volume knob froze completely at the end of the second take due to the heat generated from rolling it on and off."

https://www.vhnd.com/diver-down/cathedral/

His signature Peavy Wolfgang guitars later featured low-friction pots that are still available for sale as individual components

https://www.vanhalenstore.com/page/VH/GG/EVHPOT