Slow Gear and other swell pedals

[Faldoe]

I'm currently using my HOG for some swell stuff but I'm looking for something in addition to that for auto-swells - the HOG has the Envelope function to do attack swells. The reason I want something else is that the "original" slide on the HOG - that is supposed to the replica of the clean/dry signal, isn't a very good replica, it sounds too filtered. I'm hoping the Slow Gear or something like it will keep my guitar's tone less altered - so the swells sound more like an actual volume swell.

Does the slow gear do this well? I realize that at more extreme settings, the guitar's tone may be altered more, which is ok. Also, is there any volume drop with the Slow Gear? I'd be building a clone, so I could probably mod it to fix that if there is.

Thanks.

[sonidero]

Slow Gear is ok, the Guyatone one is better, the Pigtronix Attack Sustain is best...

[PetZounds]

I have the shitty Behringer slow gear clone and it's fun to goof with.
It is not very good at doing anything though.

[Faldoe]

Slow Gear is ok, the Guyatone one is better, the Pigtronix Attack Sustain is best...

Pigtronix seems cool but more than I need, both in terms of money and space.

I'll look into Guyatone.

[backwardsvoyager]

VFE Bumblee is ok for this

Strymon Mobius autoswell is probably the cleanest/most precise one but its not the sort of effect anyone would buy that whole unit for. The Timeline can cop it in the swell delay mode too.

[goroth]

Slow Gear is ok, the Guyatone one is better, the Pigtronix Attack Sustain is best...

Truth.

try and find the newer SVm5. Bypass is waaay better than the SV-2. VFE bumblebee is good but the trigger is freaking hard to set right.

[spacelordmother]

I've had the best luck with the auto-volume echo from the DL4 and M series.