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:
Re:Everything We Can't Describe in Music
by cromniomancer on Thursday April 18, 2024 @10:54AM
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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
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.