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Take a Boss CE-2, add a little Waza Craft and what have you got? All the sonic benefits of this celebrated brand’s vintage chorus sounds accurately recreated, including the CE-1’s fabled vibrato thrown in for good measure. In stereo. What’s not to like? Well, we couldn’t find anything! See p116 for our full review.

Sticking with a similar theme, DigiTech launches the Nautila, which combines both chorus and flanging – and more – in a single unit. If you want to change modulation speed without bending down to fiddle with controls, simply adjust it using the footswitch. You can alter the nature of the unit’s sound by switching waveforms, too – DigiTech’s appliance of science knows no bounds. Check out p118 for more details.

If boost and overdrive are more in your line of work, may we draw your attention to this issue’s foursome from Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and industry pro David Karon. Branded together as KHDK, the pair brings to the table a veritable feast of stompboxes that will take your playing all the way from clean boost status to wild and unhinged territory, stopping off at overdrive and classic fuzz along the way. We were particularly enchanted by their Ghoul Screamer – a new take on a well-known favourite. Read more on p120.