01—Pedal catalog
Boss CE-2W Waza Craft Chorus
The Andy Summers 'Walking on the Moon' chorus.
The only modern reissue that gets the original CE-2 right. CE-1 mode alone makes it worth the price. Standard for any chorus-needing pedalboard.
02—On the bench
Boss's Waza Craft reissue of the CE-2 chorus — the 1979 bucket-brigade chorus that defined the sound of the early-1980s clean tone, from The Police to Kurt Cobain's clean rhythm parts. The Waza version adds two modes: Standard (the original CE-2 in mono), Vibrato mode (no dry signal — pitch modulation only), and CE-1 mode (the larger box that preceded the CE-2, with chorus and vibrato voices and stereo output). The bucket-brigade tone is warm, slightly dark, and watery in a way that no digital chorus replicates. The CE-1 mode in particular nails the wider, more dimensional Andy Summers / Roland Jazz Chorus territory.
- 01warm, slightly dark, organic — the BBD sound
- 02CE-1 mode is the canonical stereo chorus
- 03Vibrato mode is the genuinely useful third option
- 04subtle at slow rates, lush at fast ones
- 05stays musical even at maximum depth
03—Power
What it takes to run the CE-2W Waza Craft Chorus.
25mA at 9V
Low draw. Any standard 100mA isolated jack carries it with room to spare.
Typical published draw. Check the label on your unit for its voltage and polarity before you plug in.
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS →jacks 1-4 · 100mA
- Truetone 1 SPOT Pro CS6 →jacks 3-4 · 100mA
- Truetone 1 SPOT Pro CS12 →jacks 3-6 · 100mA
04—In the room
Where else this pedal lives.
- Andy Summers
- Kurt Cobain
- John Frusciante
- Mike Stern
Walrus Audio Julianna if you want more modulation flexibility; CE-2W if you want the canonical chorus.