Converse’s new guitar-friendly sneaker puts a Wah pedal in its Chuck Taylors

Converse, long-appealing to counterculture and defining itself around creativity and self-expression, regularly appears in our newsletter. We love how the 108-year-old brand purposely sets out to celebrate their best customers, rather than itself, and works to contribute to youth culture rather than take from it. Its latest unveiling is a sneaker with a built-in guitar pedal that works using micro-sensor technology to track the flex of the sole, before communicating wirelessly with a Wah Box via bluetooth. Excellently named Chet Atkins All Wah after the guitar legend famed for first using the Wah pedal. As wearable tech goes, it’s almost as cool as Zungle’s ‘bone conduction audio shades’.