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    Spin Doctor

    May 04, 2021 3 minutes
    BY DAVE HUNTER

    MOST GUITARISTS WHO have plugged into a whirling, sound-warping, Doppler effect–inducing Fender Vibratone can recall the major impression that playing through a rotary-speaker cabinet made on them. It’s unlikely any compact electronic rendition of the effect will fully satisfy them.

    The occasionally crosspollinated worlds of vibrato and chorus have been immensely popular with guitarists in their many forms since they first became available. From the late-’60s Univox Uni-Vibe to the mid-’70s Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble and today’s contemporary re-creations of those

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