Guyatone SV2 Slow Volume

What can I say? Two knobs: Speed and Threshold. It's stupid easy.

Never used the Boss SG-1. But this pedal sounds pretty darn close to using my volume pedal (have a Morley little alligator). Retains my original tone pretty well.

I use this clean in before gain. After gain the swells don't kick in very well. Before? Perfect.

I don't have a problem with notes fading (abruptly or slowly) on me as long as I have the threshold around 10 oclock. They sustain pretty well.

I'm a slow gear fan nowadays for ambient music I'm writing. I have a Pigtronix Attack/Sustain, Ebow, Volume pedal and this little guy. For ease of use and sound this is my favorite.

Volume pedals are nice but I like to play progressive swell leads and it's hard to sync my foot with my playing. Plus the fact of wear-n-tear on the pedal. Had 2 volume pedals before and they didn't last very long. Don't want to break this Morley.

Pigtronix ASDR has a more synthy envelope quality which I have use for but clips easily if you're not careful and tends to end abruptly.

Can't imagine anyone not liking this. Works like a charm and so easy.

super easy, great small pedal.
about 2 inches by 3 inches.

if you don't have a lot of space get this.

if you have a volume pedal already don't waist your time.

worked well but it's like an auto volume to give you sweeps.

if can also get the sound by turning down the volume on your guitar hit a note then turn the volume back up.

so you will just get the sound from the middle, off when you hit the string on when you let the note ring then off before it's out.

great pedal, strong and reliable just don't need 2 or 3 of the same thing.

never tried

if you don't have anything else like this get it, i heard that the BOSS slow gear is almost the same thing but this is a better value.

2 knobs - very easy. One for signal input, the other for output.

Didn't squash my tone, but the effect is very poor. Works well for open strings, but is very problematic otherwise. Notes that are still ringing may disappear when run through the Slow Volume, regardless of settings. Seems that the 'processor' isn't very intelligent.

overall, it's useless. if I can't count on it to perform properly 100% of the time, then what's the point?

Two knobs, standard power supply jack, couldn't be any easier. The knobs aren't really there to give you a variety of sounds; you use them to get the effect working the way it's supposed to with your setup and playing style, then leave it there. This is not difficult at all.

It's a one trick pony -- either you want this sound or you don't. But if you do, this little box delivers. I hear no added noise or any other degradation when it's on; I just get a violin-like swelling attack, which is just what I wanted.

Any quibbles one could have about the sound produced are really quibbles with the nature of how it is done (threshold-triggered volume envelope); you can't really blame the SV2 for that. For instance, if you're holding a note and pluck another, it obviously will not swell in.

Does anyone here seriously buy two of everything and bring spares to gigs? Are you rich? I really have never seen anyone doing that.

It looks as reliable as any other Guyatone.

No clue.

Like I said, it's a one-trick pony; if you need that swelling violin-attack sound for something, and you don't care to become an expert volume pedal dancer, this little guy is just what the doctor ordered. And as far as I can tell there is no other option for it on the market.

Only giving an 8 because, well, it's just the one trick. Might have been nice to maybe throw in an envelope lowpass filter while they were at it.

This is an improved copy of the Boss SG-1 Slow Gear. If you can use that you can use this. this one is easier but it still takes some time, thought, and tweaking for best results.

Set the threshold for the volume at which the swell will be triggered. Set the speed for how long it will take to reach max volume. Easy enough if you have a steady signal source, however you're probably playing a guitar. It's up to you to keep your playing dynamics controlled for predictable results. This is not an easy pedal to use. You must play into the pedals strengths.

It is NOT an envelope follower. An envelope follower is a filter that that responds to the volume of your playing by sweeping a filter. If you where modulate volume by that method you would have an expander and it's not an expander either. It is a triggered envelope plain and simple. It only reacts by opening at a preselected speed when the threshold is passed.

This is somewhat like a noise gate, and you can use it like a noise gate by setting the speed very fast and the threshold to only close at the level of background noise.

Has much better clarity than the SG-1 on longer swells. Classic uses are violin sounds and backwards sounds. You can also use it to clip of you initial attack which is great for organ and synth tones when used w/ other pedals.

I have to say that most of the bad reviews tell me more about the intelligence of the user than the quality of the product. There is a reason the SG-1 got discontinued: guitar players are stupid for the most part and want the pedal to do all the work. If it's not bone-head easy they will get all upset and cry. A poor workman blames his tools.

I'm impressed with the design. Good pots, jacks, switches. Solid housing. The rubber ring that holds the bottom on will not last though.

If you want the classic SG-1 sound this can't be beat. It outperfoms the original at a much lower cost. I wish it had a release knob, but that would just further confuse the people who can't figure out how to use it with two knobs.

Only two knobs and an on/off button. However figuring out new ways to use this pedal could take a life time.Nonetheless EASY. Much of the use of this pedal depends on your picking technique. I don't think it even came with a manual.

Dillion dr-500 into 2 Fender Deluxe 112's or a Laney gh50l II with a fender cab loaded with eminence legend speakers. Dimarzio pick ups in the Dillion and electroharmonix tubes throughout the Laney head. It's not noisey. Expect Jeff Beck like volume swells and some Steve Morse like violin bowing tones from this machine. Truly cool. NOTE: you must use a stacatto picking technique to get the most from it. When you get the picking down and playing at high volumes (which I do more often than I should)This small box can send chills down your spine. It can truly be breathe taking . If you goof your picking up no biggie the effect just goes away. You can leave it on play and get lil or no change in tone and then whip into some stacatto lines and bingo the effect is there. If you have ever listened to Jeff Beck Steve Morse or Eric Gales and heard their volume swells or violin like tones or reverse reverb type effects then you know what this box will do for you. I leave it mostly on a variation of the bowing effect that they demonstrate on their web site. It sounds lame on thier sample demo. I suppose they just wanted to give you an idea of what the effect actually does. In my rig it sounds heavenly. If you are just honing your axe or have not figured out how you want to sound yet, you might not be ready for this pedal.

It's not failed in the year I've had it Guyatone is reliable stuff. Should be no need for a backup.

never had to..Their web site is great.

I play whatever I feel like playing. This machine can be a very creative tool. I've been playing for 22 years now. I've only taken myself seriously the last 5 of those years. I love the bowing/violin like tones this lil box can produce. It's a lot of fun. Not something you want unless you're ready to get very creative. Beats the heck out of wearing your pinky finger out on the volume knob. I don't have pinky cramps any more since I bought this lil item. If it were stolen I would buy another in a heart beat. It's that much fun.

theres an input and output, two knobs, and a footswitch to turn it on and off. easy as pie. oh yeah, an AC adapter hole in the back too, better get out the book.

I give this a 7 for a few reasons. I dont have any huge complaints though. First of all, I swear my tone gets killed a little bit. Second of all, I hear a tiny bit of 'static buzz' when its used. And third, it cuts off the notes early sometimes when letting them ringout real long. On second thought, that might be due to the threshold knob...im not totally sure what it does.

I do have excuses for this though. I'm using a crap AC adapter. The manual and unit say to use a certain kind, 9v 200somethings. I plan on getting one, and then updating this review. Im sure this will help the buzz and tone, but I dont know about the note cutoff. Maybe I need a compression pedal, and maybe its that knob.

Nothing has happened to it yet, and i did get it used off ebay. Its small, and its metal, so I think it will be okay, except for the knobs and jacks. Theyre all plastic...so they could get hurt pretty easy. They havent yet, but they could. But seriously, what pedals dont run this sort of risk

haven't used it. i can say though that the paper it came with was in pretty broken english. not like it matters.

Overall I LOVE this pedal. Its my favorite pedal, next to something basic like reverb. You can really get some very very cool effects with it. I play some weird music, and it comes in handy for both my guitar and keyboard. Even one of my bandmates hear me playing some crazy stuff with it and he was asking me how i was making such cool sounds. Couple this with some reverb and delay, and watch out! Seriously, this thing is so cool. My main complaint though is that the speed knob doesnt go further. When its turned to 100%, I wish it was at about %60 or so, so you could get the effect even further. That does not mean that the effect doesnt go pretty far though, I'm just really into effects that can go insane distances. Anyway, go buy this! If I lost it or some asshole stole it, I would get another one ASAP! I cant live without it.

estremamente semplice da usare: nelle intenzioni del costruttore, il potenziometro "speed" dovrebbe determinare la rapidita della salita del volume rispetto all'attacco della nota; il potenziometro "threshold" la sensibilita dell'effetto rispetto alla pennata: a valori piu alti, l'effetto risponde a colpi di plettro (o dita) progressivamente piu intensi ma...leggete il resto...

il set up con cui ho testato il prodotto e il seguente: ibanez "artist" elettrica - SV2 - testata pearce G2R connessa a due casse MESA BOOGIE: e stato usato il reverbero della testata.
SV2 non ha alcun fruscio o rumore di fondo (non ho usato un alimentatore ma una pila).
Il prodotto evidenzia pero due grosse carenze:
1) il controllo "speed" non e realmente progressivo: nel senso che, a valori piu elevati non corrisponde un aumento realmente progressivo del volume, ma solo un intervallo temporale maggiore tra attacco ed emissione del volume (non so se rendo l'idea)...insomma, tra attacco ed emissione del volume, con il potenziometro a 10 c'e .......il vuoto.
quanto al controllo threshold, il mio giudizio e anche peggiore: nel reclamizzare il prodotto la Guyatone non avverte i potenziali clienti di un aspetto a mio parere essenziale: e cioe che il controllo threshold praticamente taglia arbitrariamente la nota senza attendere il naturale decadimento della stessa conseguente al terminare della vibrazione........una cosa simile e semplicemente inaccettabile!!!! Guyatone avrebbe dovuto descrivere la cosa mettendo in guardia ogni potenziale acquirente: tanto valeva che continuassi a sfruttare l'auto swell del DL4 della Line 6 che non produce un orrore simile.

ho acquistato il prodotto per sperimentare un' po'....non e essenziale per cio che faccio (jazz per hobby)...suppongo sia meglio provare ad usare un pedale del volume.

le funzioni sono descritte in un foglietto che riassume le funzioni di tutti gli altri micro pedali Guyatone: naturalmente manca ogni cenno ai difetti (o, se vogliamo chiamarli in altro modo, alle "caratteristiche") da me riscontrate. Inoltre non viene dato alcun consiglio o suggerimento su set up ideali con altri effetti...e date le caratteristiche del prodotto (nato per essere usato non da solo, ma accoppiato a delay, riverbero ed altro) il mio giudizio non puo che essere fortemente negativo.

Se ne avessi conosciuto i difetti non lo avrei certamente acquistato:.....il taglio arbitrario della nota e semplicemente .....antimusicale: tra l'altro mi chiedo come mai nessuna ditta abbia pensato a produrre un semplice auto swell, magari digitale come quello del pod (che, per inciso, funziona alla grande)....magari la Line6 potrebbe farci un pensierino.

this is NOT a bass pedal. it might work with guitar but not bass. the tracking is TERRIBLE. you have to play inside a very narrow zone and have NO other notes ringing to get a swell. if you play too fast, or too quietly, NO sound registers. it is very selective. half of what i played didnt come through. it acts more like a bad noise gate by cutting off your sustain. the speed pot didnt allow me to get any of those whale song swells that i heard on the website.

i play bass in a space rock band.

Ease of use is a 10. The manual is basicly a folded one-sheet with general directions for all the pedals in the line, & is useless. I'm taking off on this because nowhere does it say on the pedal or in one-sheet what kind of power adapter to use. The pedal basicly says "Only use a Guyatone 9V AC-2 power adapter." I had to go dig thru the web site to find out it was DC 9V 200 mA -- basicly a BOSS style power adapter will do. Why not just wright this on the bottom of the pedal?

I'm running Washburn PII/'94 Mexican Strat -> BOSS TU-2 Tuner -> SV-2 Slow Volume -> Line 6 FM-4 Filter Module -> BOSS PS-5 Pitch Shifter-> BOSS OC-2 Octave -> BOSS SD-1 Overdrive -> BOSS DS-1 Distortion -> BOSS CE-2 Chorus -> BOSS PH-1r Phaser -> MXR Stereo Chorus -> Analog.Man modded BOSS TR-2 Tremolo -> BOSS DD-20 Giga Delay -> BOSS RC-20 Looper -> Alamo Futura Valvestate Combo.

The advertising says it makes whale sounds... um, ok. Reverse delay? ....I suppose. What this unit is really good at is taming the velocity sensitive presets on my FM-4. The SV-2 takes all spatter sounds caused by the pick attack, for smoother transitions into synth swells & the whole lot. Definately a usefull alternative to using a compressor in front of the FM-4, since I don't care for compression. Work best at the beginning of your chain, or before a distortion unit as the gain monkeys with the threshold settings of the unit.

I suppose one could overlook the plastic input/output jacks & nuts, but can you overlook the bottom plate being held on by a rubber gasket? Sure, it's sound as a tank now, but what happens 5 years from now when these babies are out of production & the rubber has desintigrated? In the future, I think this design feature alone will put them right up there with all those DOD units with their missing plastic battery covers. You'll wind up finding them in pawn shops with the only thing protecting the exposed circuit board from a beer soaked stage is a layer of duct tape.

Never dealt with them.

Their web site gets a plus for its Flash demonstrations of the pedals.

All in all, this satisfies almost every twitch that the BOSS completist has ever had watching SG-1's go for ungodly prices, lacking the funds to buy one, just for the experience.

I'm sure in time this effect will go the way of the Gonkulator -- get overlooked by most, then discontinued & deemed collectable when some metal dork starts using it.

For noise makers like myself that are too lazy to use a volume pedal, and for those with a penchant ambient swells, this is a definate keeper.

Two knobs. Its simple. I have not read the manual.

Fender Roudhouse=>EHX OCtave Multiplexer=>Dunlop Crybaby=>Boss Xtortion=>Voodoo Labs Proctavia=>Ibanez Phase Modulator=>Guyatone SV2=>Cheap-ass Squire Amp

This pedal is not noisy. It works better than I thought it would. I loose some volume with this setup. I wish there where different waveforms for the volume swell. It sounds cool with the Proctavia on. I can get a sound similar to the hook twoards the end of NIN's "Into the Void". I can also get a decent violin\chello\upright bass sound.

It gets a 9 for exceeding expectations in the area of easily producing the sound I want.

Its seems to have a decent stregth encloser. It is, however, still made of plastic. Certain sounds would be near imposible to get if it broke. I do not gig. It gets a 7 because its plastic.

I play experimental. This is a good tool to do that with. I've played my ass off for 4.5 years -play by ear. If it were stolen I'd deffinitely buy it again. I don't think there are any other products on the market that do what this does. I just wish is had different swell shapes. This pedal is tiny - probably 1/9 the size of my Octave Multi-plexer.

Altough there are only two knobs and a bypass switch on the unit, you will need to do a lot of tweaking to get a consistent slow volume effect; this is normal, since the dynamics of what you are inputing will vary. I never needed to look at the manual, not even to figure out which kind of adapter to use (that information is clearly indicated on the back of the unit).

The unit is transparent sounding, with no hiss or hum added (using a Boss PSA-120) The bypass switch is very quiet, allowing you to switch the effect off during silences. I had had previous experience trying out a Boss Slow Gear, and I did not really notice anything different about this box except its physical appearance.

The construction of the unit is good enough, but the back plate that covers the electronics and battery compartment is only held on by a rubber ring, which in time could probably be broken. If you take care of your stuff, you shouldn't have any problems. I like the size of Guyatone pedals, and I also appreciate the fact that they have put the connections at the back, rather than at the side, making it easy to wedge the pedal between two other boxes.

I have never had to deal with Guyatone. However,I would like to thank the people at Buzzfox.com for their prompt service: I ordered the SV2 at 4:30 in the afternoon, and it was in my hands the next morning at 11:00. The reason I'm bringing this up is that Guyatone pedals are kinda hard to find in certain "local" music stores who claim that "If we don't have it, you don't need it".

I'm using the SV2 on my Korg Electribe EA-1 since there are no amplitude envelopes on the synth. The SV2 allows me to simulate bowed synth patches, and it also really helps when feeding the synth through a huge reverb to make pad sounds that do not "click" in. I'm fully aware that there aren't too many pedals out there that do the same thing, and there is no way I would pay the asking price for a Boss Slow Gear. My advice is to grab an SV2 before they become as rare as the vintage Boss model.

This pedal is similar to using a volume pedal conceptually; you have to play in a way that maximizes the effect. You can get nice violin
like sounds, but you need to play slowly and cleanly to get max effect. If you play fast 64th-note runs the effect really can't be heard, but this is an advantage in a way! You can leave the pedal on
as you play and the effect is minimal until you accent with slower notes, where the effect will be stronger! This way you don't have to
think of switching in & out as you play your solo! Lemon s to lemonade! Manual is not much help, but experimentation is easy! Also
it doesn't work that well with distortion, which washes out the effect.

Gibsons, Yamahas, Carvins thru Carvin X-60 heads and 412 cabs. Not noisy at all, sounds great for the intended effect. With echo, does
the intro of Xanadu from RUSH beautifully! That's what I wnted it for
and it also does the Cathedral from EVH which is the same idea really!

Seems pretty rugged except for plastic jacks, but then Marshall has the same plastic jacks and they're alright. I'd use it without a backup but I do have a volume pedal, and also have done the same thing
with guitar volume for the last 25 years, so I has my feets and thumb
and forefinger for backups! Made of metal but lighter than Boss.

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I give it a 10 for price, ease and sound. Although my RP-3 and RP-7
have the effect built-in too, I like stompboxes sometimes, and multis
at others. I like to have both options, and this little "Guy" is cool
and takes up very little space as well! Why pay ridiculous "vintage"
bucks for the Boss when this is made now? $40-$50 on Ebay if you're patient! You can't beat THAT with a stick!

With 2 knobs (speed & threshold)you'd think it would be pretty simple to get a sound, but like previous posters have noted, the slow volume pedal is like an envelope follower (or auto wah)in that how hard you pick, your pickup's strength, etc. make a difference. And you do have to mute a note, or let the note die completely, or the next note might not get the effect added to it. So it can be a little tricky to use, a little unpredictable.

The sound quality is good...does not make noise of it's own. It sounds good in front of a distortion pedal and/or echo. I'm not sure if too many famous guitarists use this effect, so copping someone's sound, I don't know. People like the late Roy Buchanan and Dickey Betts used volume knobs on their guitars to get a similar effect, and Larry Carlton used a volume pedal, so this effect aims for the same kind of thing, only the pedal may not be as predictable.

Just got it a week or so ago, used it on 4 gigs and it's reliable so far. I got the adapter with it too, just because I try not to use batteries for anything. Since it's a very unique effect that I haven't used on many songs yet, I doubt I'd get a backup.

Haven't dealt with them yet, and I hope I don't have to...their website gave some tips on how to use it, which seemed cool.

So far I'm happy with it...it's not the kind of effect you can use on every song, and it is a little tricky to use. But the few times I used it and it seemed like the right setting on the right song, the other people on stage smiled approvingly. Not too many companies make this (are there any others besides the discontinued Boss Slow Gear?) so comparison shopping was out of the question. If it were stolen or lost, I probably would buy another, but it wouldn't have to be immediately.

this only has two knobs, so it's pretty easy to figure out what it can do. but as far as i can tell it's more of just a noise gate with a fancy name than something new.

the sound quality is pretty clean, but the way it gates thing can be pretty annoying. basically to get it to do anything that you want it to do, you need to write using it, not apply it later.

i haven't had any problems with it, but the unpredictability of this effect as you start playing fast & hard makes it a little weird for live use.

if you get a noise gate you can do most of the things i've gotten this to do & you'll save some money, but it is cleaner than your average stomp noise gate....

Very easy to use. Only 2 knobs.

This pedal can create some really interesting sounds, but you really have to play with it to get the sounds you want. Tweaking the knobs can give you some interesting sounds. I found this effect to be really useful when combined with other effects, especially delay. Throw in some tremolo, phaser, or auto-wah and you can really get some interesing, eery, atmosheric sounds. I have it plugged into an adapter and that produces some noise, but with a battery it is really quiet. Take some time to get used to this effect, you have to mute notes and let it reset, so playing with for awhile to get it down is critical.

I've only had it for a week, but it seems sturdy.

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I would give this effect a 9 because it produces some unique sounds.
It probably isn't an effect that can be used a whole lot, but when you are looking for something out of the ordinary this thing is cool

I was looking for a slow attack pedal to simulate a bowing effect, it took me about 10 seconds to figure out how to achieve it!

The manual is unfortunately a vague "basic settings for the entire line of pedals" foldout, pretty useless IMO.

But for this pedal, a manual is not necessary: you set the speed knob at the rate you want the volume to swell and the threshold at the level you want the effect to kick in and that's it! Simple!

My guitars are an Epiphone Les Paul Studio, a MIM Fender Strat and a home made DC Les Paul Junior. My other effects include a bunch of Boss pedals: AC-2, TW-1, LS-2, DF-2, HR-2 & CE-5. Non-Boss fx include an Ibanez TS-5 (not used at this time), a Dunlop Rotovibe and a Zoom 508 Delay pedal.

The signal chain goes like this: SV-2-> AC-2-> TW-1-> LS-2 (used as a signal splitter for the "detector in" of the HR-2 and doubles as a mute switch)->DF-2-> HR-2-> Rotovibe->CE-5-> Zoom 508.

The effect on its own is very quiet and is free of switch popping (not even a muted click). But if memory serves me right (I used to own a Guyatone "The Fuzz"), there is an increase in hiss if an AC adaptor is used.

Maybe this was an isolated incident and not common to all Guyatone pedals ... but so far, so good, great sound quality!

I've only owned it for 2 days, and I've read some varied comments on the lack of consistency in sound quality/reliability of other Micro Series pedals ... but I can't judge this unit from other comments.

It's built of metal, has a sturdy metal stomp switch, and other than the plastic jacks (not a big deal)it's a very study and compact build...

I treat my gear with respect, so my guess (it's only been 2 days) is that it's very reliable.

Never dealt with them, I can't comment ...

I play an odd mix of blues & folk Rock, with a big psychedelic Rock(here read Pink Floyd)influence. I sometimes even venture in the realm of Latin and Punk-esque music ... I like variety!

Overall, I like it a lot. While the reviews of the Micro Series pedals on HC vary a lot as far as the quality/reliability rate is concerned, I must say that the Slow-Volume 2 didn't disapoint me at all. It does exactly what I want it to do and does it well.

It's ruggedly built, light as a feather and compact; there is nothing I would change ... well ok, maybe I'd change the battery access: that plastic ring holding the pedal's bottom might stretch over time, to the point of no longer fitting snug. But changing that might mean making the pedal larger and klunkier ... so nah, I like it the way it is!

Besides, I intend on using an AC adaptor with it, so battery changes won't be a worry.

I'm glad and thankful that Guyatone took it upon themselves to resurrect 2 defunct (and in demand) Boss pedals: the Wah Rocker is a reincarnation of the Boss T-Wah (mind you, I was fortunate to find a genuine article for cheap) and the Slow Volume is a remake of the ever elusive Boss Slow Gear.

This is again not the type of effect to be used all the time on every single song, but for a bowed string effect or a reverse guitar effect when a song calls for it, this little pedal really delivers.

It fits in well in my home-made pedalboard and can be applied to many styles of music (fits my pseudo-psychedelic moods very well).

It looks way simple . . . two controls, Speed and Threshold. Maybe too simple. Unlike the average Chorus or Distortion pedal, that you can plug in and play, the SV-2 takes a bit more time to work with. If you use an Envelope Filter, you're used to folling with the Threshold or Sensitivity control to get it just right; that's what this is like. This effect was not designed for rhythm guitar, nor was it designed for fast lead riffs. Although it's billed as a sort of backwards-guitar effect, it's really a volume swell effect, and that's how it works best. You will have to let each note, or chord fade out before you can trigger the effect again. Think of slow, synth-like string sounds, or pads, and that's more what it does. If you've ever heard Roy Buchanan make a Telecaster weep by tweaking his volume knob, this pedal is the next best thing. You'll have to tweak it for different guitars, and it will work best at the front of your effects chain, where it will always get the same signal strength from your guitar. Put it before your Distortion pedal. The one-page description in the manual doesn't realy offer much guidance.

Tried with a stock Strat, Hamer Special with P-90's and an Epiphone Dot with stock pickups, through various amps as well as direct. The sound is very good, but again, it takes some fine-tuning to get the most out of it.

It's simple, and affordable. The next closest thing is the Prescription Electronics Experience Pedal, which goes for around $200, or the Slow Gear effect on the Boss multi-effects pedalboards liek the GT-3.

Great e-mail contact, very helpful folks.

I knew what to expect from an attack-delay device, so I was very pleased with the SV-2. Fans of the long-lost Boss SG-2 Slow Gear will find the SV-2 a good replacement.

its a filter operated volume pedal, two knobs speed and threshold, very easy to use.

use with fender mustang, gibson explorer, and fender twin reverb. pedal sounds great, no noise, but the filter does not sense pick attacks very well at all. to have a volume swell you must completely mute the guitar. if you have any feedback going into the pedal, it will not create a swell efffect at all. it will not work on rhythm at all.

great reliability, ive dropped it, and had no side effects at all.

dont know, I sent in the warantee card, i hope i dont need it.

good pedal, though it doesnt always do as it is supposed to. it can give some hendrix like backwards effects, but nothing like are you experienced, more like intro to castles made of sand. if it were stolen or lost i think id save the hundred bucks, because quite honestly the filter sucks.