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Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
Welcome to the Chasing Tone Podcast! Join Brian Wampler, Blake Wyland, Richard Oliver, and a variety of special guests as they dive into the world of guitars, pedals, amps, and other guitar gear. From answering your burning questions to discussing bands, gigs, and the latest trends in the guitar world, we cover it all. Expect plenty of off-topic banter and a behind-the-scenes look at our work at Wampler Pedals. If you enjoy guitar podcasts that feel like hanging out with your musician friends…
Episodes
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
281 - Fender’s new guitar, YouTube trolls and NGD
Brian and Blake are back with another episode of the Chasing Tone podcast. Apparently Fender sent out a little teaser for a new guitar they are ready to…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
280 - New Pedals, New Cameras and a creative reboot
Brian and Blake are back with another episode of the Chasing Tone podcast. As we were speculating about Strymon’s latest creation last podcast, they released…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
279 - New Pedal Leak and Sgt Peppers….chicken??
Brian and Blake are back with another episode of the Chasing Tone podcast. So it was an unintentional mistake or a stroke of marketing genius, but Strymon has…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
278 - Classic Pedals, forgotten but not gone
Brian and Blake are back with another episode of the Chasing Tone podcast. Over the years there have been a lot of pedals introduced to the market, but have…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
277 - The future is fuzzy
Brian and Blake back with another episode of the Chasing Tone podcast. So Brian has been in “fuzz state of mind” lately toying with some fuzz circuits. This…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
276 - Are the days of the “Rock Star” Over?
Brian and Blake are at it again with another episode of the Chasing Tone podcast. Just when the dust had seemed to settle on the drama surrounding Gibson they…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
275 - Giving Away Pedals is Hard
275 - Giving Away Pedals is Hard Brian and Blake are back for another Chasing Tone podcast. You put together a video and put a little surprise pedal give-away…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
274 - Do gear companies have unique personalities?
Brian and Blake are back for another Chasing Tone podcast. Do gear companies have a “DNA”? Would it be too much of a shock if Wampler dabbled in the tc…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
273 - Guitar recording tips
Brian welcomes Blake back for another Chasing Tone podcast. Whether you are recording your guitar tone for a video or a track for an upcoming EP, there are…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
272- A $61,000 Pedalboard?!
In this very special edition of Chasing Tone Brian joins Mitch Gallagher (Sweetwater) Robert Keeley (Keeley Electronics), Josh Scott (JHS Pedals), Ryan Dyck…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
271- An intriguing talk with Sara Dietschy, guitarist and Youtuber
Brian welcomes YouTube sensation Sara Dietschy in this episode of Chasing Tone. She has traveled a very similar road that a lot of us have. From a star-eyed…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
270 - What is your favorite Boss Pedal?
Brian and Blake are back for another episode of Chasing Tone. Every guitar player has probably owned a Boss Pedal at some point in their history. A DS-1, Metal…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
269 - Change in the world of guitar gear is inevitable
Brian and Blake are back for another episode of Chasing Tone. The gear world is ever changing and keeping up with your audience’s viewing habits and the latest…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
268 - Not all tone is created equal
Brian welcomes Blake Wyland back for another episode of Chasing Tone. You get your rig all set up for your tele, and the single coils sing gloriously through…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
267- Buying & selling gear, and NAMM is dead
Brian welcomes Wampler’s own Jason Wilding and Alex Clay for another episode of Chasing Tone. It has been a mixed bag Summer NAMM weekend for Brian. From…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
266 - A NAMM Announcement and Pawn Shop Gear
Brian and Blake are back for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Brian has been on the road of late for some business travel. You will not believe the…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
265 - Dear Gibson, we need to talk
It’s Brian. It’s Blake. It has to be the Chasing Tone Podcast. More drama from Gibson? This time a video from Mark Agnesi has re-ignited the controversy…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
264 Chasing Tone REWIND: #001 Overdrive, Distortion, and Fuzz
Take a trip back to the very first episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. In the premiere episode Brian sits down with Travis and Max and discusses the…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
263 - Shipping gear internationally, Twitch gear podcasting, and the new Boss 200 series
Brian welcomes Blake back for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Another social media platform. Twitch. Do you use it? Would you watch a gear stream…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
262 - The 9 levels of G.A.S.
Brian is joined by Jason Wilding and Alex Clay for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Jason recently put out a blog about the 9 levels of G.A.S…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
261 - Do you really need an EQ pedal? And ....
Brian and Blake are back for another top 15 episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. One thing that can have a negative effect on your tone is power. A necessary…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
260 - Gibson SG: Love or hate? With Travis Feaster
Travis stops by to visit Brian and record an episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Travis set the Wampler Tone Group on fire with one small comment. He talks…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
259 - Gear demos and angry social media
Brian welcomes Blake back for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. We all try to get a look at the latest gear demos before we make purchases, but do…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
258 - Behind the scenes with Alex Clay and Jason Wilding of Wampler Pedals
Brian welcomes Alex and Jason to the podcast. If you hang out on the Wampler Tone group or enjoy our Instagram page you are probably familiar with these guys…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
257 - Terraform update and saving the guitar
Blake is back with Brian on this episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Where is our Terraform?? That is becoming the restless question from excited fans. Brian…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
256 - Have we reached pedal market saturation?
Blake is back with Brian on this episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. So the question was posed on the Gear Page, “Have we reached pedal market saturation?”…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
255 -Behind the scenes at Wampler with Jason Wilding
Brian has a chat with everyone’s favorite Brit, Jason Wilding on this episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast Brian has gotten his hands on a Soldano Amp that has…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
254 - Noisy pedals, is there a solution?
Brian and Blake are back for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast Some of you may have seen the April Fool video for the Totally Buffed. A lot of prep…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
253 - a $4000 Pedal?
Brian and Blake are back for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast Ever heard of Quora? It is a website of questions and answers. One of the questions…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
252 - “Cheap” Alternatives for high end gear?
Brian and Blake are back for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast If you have seen Brian’s latest YouTube video, then you have seen the V-Amp 3 in…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
251 - Backing tracks on YouTube... Big no-no?
251 - Backing tracks on YouTube... Big no-no? Brian has a conversation with Justin of the YouTube channel mydarnjamtracks. If you are not familiar with the…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
250 - VHS tape delays and performance anxiety
Blake and Brian are back for an another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Brian has been checking out the Quilter Interblock 45 amp head. What does he think…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
249 - We’re getting the band back together
Blake and Brian are back for an exciting episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Some of you may have seen Brian’s unwanted addition to an older amp of his. A…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
248 - Noise gates in gain pedals, Brad Paisley, and Bonamassa is at it again
Blake and Brian are back for an exciting episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Brad Paisley recently hung out at Sweetwater and did an interview on their…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
247 - Strings, nostalgic gear and guitar heroes
Blake and Brian are back for an exciting episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Strings are pretty important. Stringjoy have a new approach to strings that gets…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
246 - Dinner with my guitar hero and NAMM craziness
NAMM is behind us but Brian and Blake share some of their amazing stories from an extraordinary show on this epic episode of Chasing Tone. (Oops, dropped my…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
245 - A Pre-NAMM Extravaganza and a new pedal from Wampler
NAMM is this week, but Brian and Blake took some time to produce a new Chasing Tone Podcast. Wampler is presenting a new pedal at NAMM this year. It is a multi…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
244 - Counterfeit gear and recording lies
It’s a new year and Brian and Blake are back for a new Chasing Tone Podcast. So imagine going into the studio and laying down tracks only to find the producer…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
243 - Learning to love guitar again
The holidays are about over and Brian and Blake are back for another Chasing Tone Podcast 2018 has been a long year full of content production, pedal design…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
242 - Are Analog Pedals Done? Over? Gone?
Blake is back with Brian for another broadcast of the Chasing Tone podcast.. EQ Pedals. Can be very helpful tools, but what trips you up when using them? Brian…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
241-Has digital Technology replaced the analog pedal?
241- What has digital technology done to music? Travis stops by the barn for a chat with Brian in this latest epidition of the Chasing Tone podcast.. The guys…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
240 Tone Tips -Vintage Vs Modern Fuzz face Pedals... is there a difference?
Brian's good friend, cohort, and ex-wampler employee Travis Feaster stopped by and brought two fuzz face pedals... one of them being vintage, one being newer…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
239 - Who will save guitar music?
The turkey and stuffing are but leftovers and the pumpkin pie has been long gone. The relatives have hit the road and Brian and Blake can finally sit down and…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
238 - Wampler releases a new fuzz?
Brian and Blake are back with another fun filled episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. There is a brand new pedal out from Wampler. The Fuzztration is the new…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
237 - “Tone Tips” Where to place your boost pedal
Ever wonder what is the best placement for your boost pedal in your signal chain? Before dirt? After? In this special “Tone Tips” episode of Chasing Tone…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
236 - Do you think the “dream tone” you’re chasing is unrealistic?
Brian and Blake are here. You are here. Lets do another Chasing Tone Podcast. Blake produced his first demo video for YouTube. How did he capture his audio?…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
235 - Why do some pedals hate buffers?
Brian and Blake are at it again with another Chasing Tone Podcast. Blake has noticed that some of his fuzz pedals react differently to buffers in his rig. He…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
234 - Gear that got away
It’s Brian. It’s Blake. It has got to be Chasing Tone. We all have that piece of gear that somehow slipped through our fingers. Brian and Blake look back at…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
233 - Wampler History, and Brent Mason plays an SG?
Travis drops by the Barn and chats with Brian. Travis has plans to record a new album, but he has a very interesting strategy to get the content into the hands…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
232 - SD-1 Vs TS-9, Joyo Resurgence, And DSP for Beginners?
Blake and Brian are back and tired. That may be what kept them kind of on topic? A little? <p> So which came first? The Boss SD-1 or the Ibanez TS-9? And what…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
230 - What does a Presence Control Do?
Alright Tone Chasers, sit back and absorb knowledge as Brian educates Blake on the ways of the presence control found on some amps and pedals. (Including a new…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
229 - First pedals and breaking down tone
Brian and Blake are back with another Tone Chasing adventure. Brian is chasing a certain tone, but as he dissects recordings of that tone he finds that to be a…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
228 - A visit with Travis and Max
Travis AND Max join Brian for a special reunion. Hold onto something. Max sold his PRS and his amp, what did he get? He shares the new gear choices. Local bars…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
227- Fun with isolated guitar tracks
Blake is back and he and Brian have a bit to catch up on. Blake got a chance to hang with one of his guitar idols. And it turns out he’s a fan of the Wampler…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
226 - "Tone Tips" - 2 ways for better stereo guitar amp tones
Running dual amps is a ton of fun and ultra-inspiring. In this special Tone Tips edition, Brian demonstrates two different pedals you can use to make the sound…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
225 - Q&A with Travis, former chasing tone host
Travis is back and answering listener questions with Brian. All players can feel like they are in a rut. What is the remedy? Travis and Brian have some…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
224 - New Gear, New Inspiration, and Bored with Guitar?
Blake and Brian are back together again and have some serious catching up to do.. Brian has acquired some new gear and talks about how a certain piece sparked…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
223 - The Samurai Guitarist
His name is Steve Onotera, but you likely know him as the YouTuber Samuraiguitarist. Brian has a conversation with Steve about his channel, his background and…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
222 - Interview with Sara Dietschy of the Creative Exchange
Brian spent some time in New York City. While there he had a chance to sit down with YouTuber Sara Dietschy. Sara shares her journey, so far, to get to where…
- Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
221 - Chasing Tone Rewind Eps 8- First Influences In Tone- Wampler Pedals
In this special "Chasing Tone Rewind" we throw it back to August 11, 2014. Episode 8. In this early episode Travis, Max, and Brian talk about some of the songs…