In a huge, forehead-slappy piece of holy-shit-why-has-this-not-been-done-before news, there are now Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers with built-in wah pedals—no external hardware, just move your foot and voila, psychedelia. The concept goes back a few years, to a “Chuck Hack” event, when the design firm Critical Mass unveiled a prototype. That version was wired—you had to plug the shoe in, as the videos below will show. Since then, CuteCircuit has made a Bluetooth version.
We’re unable to find any information on when these will be made available to the public, but since half the guitarists I know wear Chucks anyway, I can’t imagine this product would fail.
Here’s Critical Mass’ concept video, followed by a demonstration by J Mascis.
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
The Electric Prunes want to tell you all about the fabulous new ‘Wah-Wah’ pedal
There are Andy Warhol Chuck Taylors now