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Altering the angle & pressure of the blades on the strings changes the depth of the effect.
I have used this technique for many years to get effects that are not exactly the same, but not dissimilar to the Gizmotron.
I call it the 'handheld electric mandolin technique' © me
Or, use a handheld rotary tool like a dremel with a smooth-ish shaft tool to stimulate the strings near the bridge.
As far as pedal options go, the original mid-Eighties Maniac Music Sustainiac system is probably the only one. Even then, it is necessary to attach the inductor/transducer device to the guitar headstock - from which runs a big ol' cable.
Older forumites may recall the MM Sustainiac being reviewed in one of the American guitar magazines and demonstrated on a flexidisc.
This product is not to be confused with the Fernandes Sustainer™ which relies on magnetic induction.
The old BOSS DF-2 Feedbacker & Distortion compact pedal has a mode that generates simulated infinite feedback, pitched one octave above the note you were just playing. This effect is monophonic and sounds horridly fake.
By now, granular audio technology ought to have come up with something.
@Kittyfrisk do you have any recordings of the effect you achieved?
I can't even find the fan I used to use & having looked online, almost all the styles have changed from the unguarded flexible plastic blade type, to fully enclosed or EVA foam bladed types which cut out with any pressure. Ridiculous...
Anyway I found some cheap multi pack ones on eBay & ordered them, so if they work alright I can send you one to try
I also wondered whether something like a cassette pinch roller or similar might work if attached to the fan spindle.
This isn’t that much more than a lot of pedals.
I'm enjoying ensemble mode on the Couldburst using the expression pedal an expression pedal controlled parametric eq.
Very versatile and vocal/string ish