Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. There has been a meme floating around about the age old question of where the tone comes from. It opens the door for a great conversation. A new piece of gear came out that was a bit “clonish” and it kind of struck a nerve with Brian. Find out why it got under his skin. Richard asks which British...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. Richard asks the question, who is the best living Strat player? It brings an interesting answer and a even better conversation. There was a time when the Soviets banned music from the west. So the people found a way to get their hands on tunes and it is a fascinating technique to rock on. Local ra...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. Our friends over at JHS have produced a musical about guitar pedals. The guys talk about the production and their take on what the sequel should look like. Fender has released their version of the Acoustasonic Jazz Master. Blake has his opinion but the conversation swerved into a look at the spect...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. Kings of Leon are the first rock band to release their album under the NFT crypto currency. What is a non-fungible token and why could it be a benefit to musicians? The guys look at it. Line 6 is releasing a wireless Helix midi controller. The guys have strong opinions on the whole wireless idea....

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. MXR has released what may be the first artists signature mini pedal. The Eric Gales Rawdawg overdrive started an interesting conversation about the surge of mini pedals and peoples strong opinions about them. Covid 19 is finally showing promising signs of slowing down and things are opening back u...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. Wampler Pedals is about to launch their brand new take on the classic Rat pedal. The Ratsbane is Brian’s interpretation of the popular dirt circuit with some cool Wampler twists. The guys talk about it. Blake just finished an interview with JHS’ own Josh Scott that led to a conversation about digi...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. You may have noticed a delay in this weeks podcast. Well you see the United States has been slapped with a deep freeze. Brian and Blake discuss how they have been affected. Blake got his paws on a Silktone 12 watt amplifier. It has an interesting power tube set up. The guys talk about it. Universa...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. Did you catch Phoebe Bridger on SNL? Did you see her attempt to destroy her guitar? The guys have seen it and share their amusing reactions. Then there is the guy who has made a guitar out of his deceased uncle’s skeleton. That’s right. You can imagine the reaction our trio has on this one.  Engla...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. Ed Sheeran recently achieved an incredible feat in the streaming world. This started a conversation about the intricacies of the world of streaming content. The guys talk about some new gear they picked up lately. Blake grabbed a new germanium fuzz pedal with some interesting tech, and Richard cau...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. Brian is doing a little project for an outside entity and it involves distortion. Intriguing isn’t it? And did you know pink noise is different from Pink Floyd? The guys talk about where they would direct a new player in starting out with gear, and some of the mistakes they made in there early pur...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. Blake has a ghost story about a local theme park he and the family frequent. It even made an episode of Ghost Hunters. You will be surprised at the software the hunters were using.  Strings. Six, seven or eight? The guys talk about their experiences with more strings and what the differences are l...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. Fender introduced their new line of guitars, amps and power supplies for 2021. The guys take a look at the offerings and share their thoughts. Brian picked up a new Epiphone 335 last week and really likes it. Now he wonders what Epiphone model to pursue next. Blake and Richard chime in with their...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. There was some news in the gear world this week as Gibson bought Mesa Boogie. The guys talk about the implications of the acquisition.  Brian picked up a new Epiphone 335 this week and is really digging it. This leads to a conversation about the brand and how far it has come. The conspiracy theori...

Brian and Blake are back and once again joined by Wampler’s own Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. The guys take on some questions from our Wampler Tone Group. Everything from pedal settings to favorite movies and some of the interesting podcasts that they listen too. It is quite a ride. it’s all in this week’s Chasing Tone Podcast. DIY mods: https://modyourownpedal.com/collections/books Find u...

Brian and Blake are back and joined by Richard Oliver in this weeks episode. There is an artist that has built some great success and has gotten the attention of a former manager. The ensuing lawsuit triggers an interesting conversation about how budding artist need to protect themselves and even relationships. Both Richard and Brian have grabbed new axes. The guys talk about the acquisitions and...

Brian welcomes Henning Pauly to this weeks episode. Henning is known for his highly polished gear demos on YouTube as well as his energetic personality. He shares what it is like to do what he does and shares some insight into what makes good content.  If you are thinking of diving into the gear demo world Henning Pauly has some advice to push you in the right direction. it’s all in this week’s Ch...

Brian and Blake join forces for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. True Bypass, buffer, gain vs volume? What gear terms are confusing to you? The guys talk about these and many more. Shure has introduced a new USB podcast microphone with a lot of nice built in features. It has grabbed Brian’s attention and he shares some of the info on it. it’s all in this week’s Chasing Tone Podcast. Sw...

Brian and Blake join forces for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. DeVon Blue is a musician and YouTuber that Blake is working with on a whole new marketing idea. The new twist on this media outlet use makes for an interesting discussion. The age old question about starting up a gear demo YouTube channel came up recently. How do you get the gear companies send you stuff to demo? Brian an...

Brian and Blake join forces for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Derek is an IT security guy and a fan of the podcast. He recently reached out to Brian about some concerns over the use of the TikTok app. The guys talk about it. A recent post on the Facebook group Pedalboards of Doom pointed to some frustration over “limited Run” pedals. Is it an unfair marketing ploy by companies? Bria...

Brian and Blake join forces for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Blake recently got his hands on a Big Ear Albie pedal. It is an 8 mode “ambient modulator” that is very straight forward simple with very limited user control. Blake likes it and the guys talk about the pedal. Brian went on a little road trip and his mind wandered to thinking about the differences between analog and digit...

Brian and Blake join forces for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. A recent post in the Wampler Tone group about the topic of boiling guitar strings came up. It is said to be a way of rejuvenating old strings and was a technique used by old blues players and maybe even EVH. Blake tried it and the guys talk about the results. Amazon has wandered into the gear world with a line of Amazon B...

Brian and Blake join forces for another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. How many remember Jiffy peanut butter? They just changed the name to Jif recently, right? Nope. It has always been Jif, but many swear it was once Jiffy. This is called the Mandela effect. The guys talk about it. Rick Beato recently put out a video talking about “The TikTok effect how social media is reviving rock music”....

Brian and Blake are joined by Andy Wood and Richard Oliver for this episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Last week we sadly lost a legend in the guitar world. Eddie Van Halen revolutionized the way we hear and play guitar.  Join us for a great conversation about what EVH meant to each of the guys and where they think the guitar world would be if Eddie never existed. it’s all in this week’s Chasing...

Brian and Blake are back with another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Our good friends over at JHS have released a new line of $99 pedals. Josh and company cover the tone basics and Brian and Blake take a look at the line up. If you are in to guitar gear demos, you most likely know Andy “Here’s my clean tone” Martin, but if you are not following his wife on Instagram you are missing out on so...

Brian and Blake are back with another episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast. Blake’s YouTube adventure has been an eye opening experience. That leads into a conversation about content production and the differences between YouTube audiences and those who listen to podcasts. Are you using the DS-1 wrong? Are your settings using the full potential of the classic pedal? The guys talk about where your k...