For starters, all of your footswitches can be lined up conveniently close to each other in a row at the same height; you can set up a loop to turn two or more pedals on at once with one footswitch; and you can keep certain pedals out of the chain so they don't contribute to signal degradation when bypassed.

One Control is a Japanese company specialising in pedal-switching hardware and the Chamaeleo Tail Loop V2 is a simplified option in comparison to the company's top-of-the-line Crocodile Tail Loop OC10.

The Chamaeleo Tail Loop Mark II offers five separate loops and can handle 15 presets in three banks of five.As a bonus, it also features six nine-volt DC outputs to power a tuner (accessed via its own footswitch) and five pedals.

The Chamaeleo has a particularly workable footprint, coming in at 55 x 440mm, it could easily slot into a small pedalboard while taking care of power distribution.