BOSS CE-2W WAZA
CRAFT SERIES CHORUS
When it comes to reimagining reissues, no
one is reimagining harder than the Waza
squad at Boss. The Waza Craft Series
ushers the pioneering company’s most
beloved analog effects pedals into the
21st century with a handful of carefully
considered and perfectly executed
functionality and quality updates. The
most impressive of these releases has
been the CE-2w Waza Craft Chorus, a
brilliant reissue that makes the greatest
compact chorus pedal of all time even
greater, while also allowing it to adapt
more easily to a modern guitar rig. For
one thing, it now features a stereo output
that allows this luscious, expansive effect
to maximize its potential for implying
space, width and movement in a mix.
It also features a switch for engaging
CE-1 and Vibrato modes, which provide
a whole additional range of warm and
warbly vintage modulation tones. The
Waza Craft CE-2w is also made in Japan
to a somewhat higher electronic standard
than Boss’s standard offerings. At a penny
under 200 bucks street price it ain’t cheap,
but it is glorious.
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