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

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 535 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Nothing but a good time, how pedals work, and a skateboarding legend Richard has been breadboarding pedals with some success and he is keen to talk to the guys about his attempts at building a modified LPB1 booster pedal. Blake struggles to stay awake. Brian talks us through his modification and talks a little bit about this classic boost circuit and this turns into a little bit of a primer for guitar ...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 534 of the Chasing Tone - Welcome to the chug spectrum and some major pedal hinting Brian attempts to immediately cancel Richard as the guys talk about the podcasting life and some recent ill feelings against the podcast world. He has been moderately outraged by a recent thread on Tubescreamers and the guys try not to wind him up further. Blake tests the sound of cardboard. Brian is a defender against misinformation. Richard has ...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 533 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Fuzz news, a summit of guitars, and behold - the QuieteningBrian is goading Richard once more and provokes him into an admission about some tickets he has bought. Blake has attachments. Do you ever calibrate your string bends? The guys talk about how they practice perfect bends. A feller smashed a guitar with a hammer and it made the news. Richard is upset that he didn't get invited to the party.There's a new Phi...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 532 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - The Supreme Wah and the Hans Zimmer shimmer Richard and Brian indulge in a ridiculous trade off of barely coded statements as a certain guitarist is banned from being mentioned. Blake ignores them roundly and tells us about his new vintage guitar purchase and Brian admits that he is finally beginning to love his Stratocaster...sorta. He has also been compared to someone and that has disturbed him but not as...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 531 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Tube based Pedals, Tuna Fuzz, and On-stage Punch ups We have a rare musical treat as Brian and Blake serenade our listeners with a country ode to one of Brian's most favorite substances in the world...no not that one...or that one. He got a flat tire and Richard is shocked at his lack of preparation and surprised by a pedalboard with wheels. Richard has also received a brand new pedal and he is very excite...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 530 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Brian checks in with uncle Brad and is this the ultimate portable practice rig? Brian is in cowboy mode and Blake tells us about his cattle rustling days. Brian tells us about how someone he know likes to try and wrestle sedentary bovine creatures - yes you read that correct. Richard is suspicious. Richard also has views about the new David Gilmour Album, Luck and Strange, and he can't wait to tell us...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 529 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - A legendary Les Paul and the Circle of Wahs We open up with an international weather report from the guys and Brian tells us about his mini vacation that saw him make a wild return to nature. Kinda. The big news across the pond is all about Oasis (still) and their ticket prices so the guys debate the policy of surge ticket pricing and supply and demand. Do you have an upper limit to how much you would pay f...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 528 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Blake is definitely not mad for it, but Brian is all about the Even FlowBrian is feeling somewhat civilized and Richard has a magical revelation. He is an idiot though. Brian has been to see one of his favorite bands and tells the guys all about it and how he managed to get tickets to the hottest show in town. He has some odd observations that seem to revolve around hygiene. Richard tries to lay some major m...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 527 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - The most important electric guitar performance ever? Also New Guitar Day! Brian teases a "special private show" and Richard discovers something about his American brethren and it has upset him - but then a lot has this week. More importantly Brian has a brand new guitar! He tells us all about it and some of the unexpected features it has and the guys notice a special twinkle in Brian's eye. Brian also said someth...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are joined by Gabe Dalporto, the CEO of Guitar Center for Episode 526 of the Chasing Tone Podcast This week the guys have an exclusive episode for you with a very special guest - Gabe Dalporto. He is the new CEO at Guitar Center and he has probably seen more amazing string, valve, and transistor based toys than most of us can dream of. Gabe's story about his musical family roots, his rather excellent first guitar, and his passion for music is a great story you will w...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 525 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Sometimes the right song at the right time can impact you like nothing else...Blake has been blessed with luck in the form of his son's predictive skills and so is immediately buying a lottery ticket. There have been other pedals released with Germanium components within and this also sparks some conversation. Those pioneers of pedal perfection, Electro Harmonix, have released a new POG. It looks insanely good so...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 524 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Mine some more Germanium! Well it has been a week! We check in with the guys post the release of the Germanium Tumnus Deluxe and it's fair to say that said pedal is the main subject matter of the episode. We told everyone it was coming. It made no difference! The pedal sold out in record time and it caused some website availability issues and Richard and Brian talk about how they got through a crazy w...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 523 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - A new pedal and we broke the internet again...Picture the scene. It is a beautiful summer Tuesday night. The guys are chatting away merrily about a load of random nonsense. Richard is congratulating himself about the launch of the new Wampler website. Brian was farming goats. Blake was, well - the less said about that, the better. Little did Richard realise that 24 hours later his world would be shattered by craz...

Brian and Richard are joined by Ryan Burke for Episode 522 of the Chasing Tone PodcastBlake is out of town on string business so the guys are joined by Ryan Burke of 60 Cycle hum and his haunted mannequin...yes, you read that correct. This naturally means there is some offset guitar insight - 'offsight' if you will - and Ryan has great advice for anyone weighing up their options. Do you collect pedals as an investment? The guys chat about the ramifications of where the collectable pedal ...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 521 of the Chasing Tone PodcastAnnouncement: We are now in real time! We have decided to try and record the show and put it out the same week so we can be on the cutting edge of breaking news - hang on to your hats. Richard has been away on his vacation and has some tales to tell, but starts off with a debate about vinyl collecting...Meanwhile Brian has been on a live-stream with the intellectual giants behind Two notes and Neural Amp Model...