We’ll admit to being disappointed that 2007 isn’t going to be the year of the Digital Modelling Brain Implant after all. Still, you have to admit that the Pocket POD is an interesting development in the miniaturisation of guitar technology. Of course, there’s nothing new about the concept of the pocket-sized effects unit. Back in the 1970s, Dan Armstrong produced a range of (now reissued) tiny effects units that attached directly to your guitar’s jack socket, and the digital technology of the nineties saw Zoom’s strap-mounted 9002 followed by Korg’s feature-laden Pandora range.