Violin/Cello tone: Ebow + volume pedal + ???

[Micpoc]

Any thoughts? I've used BMPs in the past, but I'd be interested in hearing of any other pedals some of you may have used to similar ends.

[m-Kresol]

maybe an Attack Decay / Rustbucket?

[jimilee]

Slow gear clone is what I use. Someone here made some boards at one time, and tagboard has it.

[Boba7]

Jimilee > Can't seem to find it on tagboard, do you have a link by any chance?

[brucer]

I think this is it? http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/cathexis/Veroboard+Layouts/Slow+Gear/Slow+Gear.jpg.html

Linked from here: http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.ca/p/forum.html

I use an EHX Freeze myself.

[samhay]

I would vote for a volume pedal over a Slow Gear.
For a violin effect, an Ebow and volume pedal with maybe some treble boost and mild distortion is probably as good as you will get.
Cello will require a bit more of a bass boost, but much the same otherwise.

[jimilee]

Jimilee > Can't seem to find it on tagboard, do you have a link by any chance?

My bad, it was sabrotone

http://www.sabrotone.com/?p=4245

[Micpoc]

maybe an Attack Decay / Rustbucket?

Hmm... I played an Attack/Decay years ago and enjoyed it, but I found it a bit difficult to control/unpredictable. I am definitely looking more towards something that takes the place of the scraping sound of bow on string - fuzz, distortion, whatnot - which the Ebow does not really accomplish. Worth considering, though.   

[Micpoc]

I would vote for a volume pedal over a Slow Gear.
For a violin effect, an Ebow and volume pedal with maybe some treble boost and mild distortion is probably as good as you will get.
Cello will require a bit more of a bass boost, but much the same otherwise.

Yeah, I am fine with the volume (swell) + ebow (sustain) part of the equation; I was just curious about something to stand in for the scraping "rosined bow on string" part (I probably could have phrased it better). As I said, BMPs are what I've used in the past... just curious if something else would be better. Perhaps I am reaching a bit. 

[gordo]

Takes a lot of practice but most of the folks I've seen do this convincingly were using a combination of palm muting and working the ebow to vary the attack.  An overdrive and delay might help but if you use the ebow you can vary the position (proximity to the pickup) and overdrive the snot out of the string.

[Matt]

https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/FtdaX54h
Should link to slow gear on oshpark

[pryde]

I had some "cello like" stuff happening with an ebow, pharaoh fuzz, and delay on this old demo at about 1:30 in:

http://soundcloud.com/jpparlier/osiris-fuzz

[nzCdog]

Ebow ftw!

[Boba7]

Thanks for the links guys!

Still unsure if I'll make one or not... It doesn't seem to be a very practical effect...

[raulduke]

Do a Jonsi (Sigur Ros) and get a bow perhaps?