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Re:Everything We Can't Describe in Music by CPLX on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @09:39PM (#40072086)
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

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Re:Everything We Can't Describe in Music by cromniomancer on Thursday April 18, 2024 @10:54AM (#40076921)
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

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