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

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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, you'll love Chasing Tone.

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Episodes

423 - Its all about the Boost, baby!

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Blake has mahoosive internet lag so the guys are beset by a whole new level of latency - apologies for the 40,000ms of delay you may experience from the Oregon connection. Richard reveals that he is inexperienced in another area of American culture and Brian sighs himself to death whilst the guys attempt to discuss the new JHS Solo boost. Richard spotted the new fender Kingfish artist model and it causes quite...

Aug 24, 202252 min

422 - Invasion of the guitar

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Blake introduces us to the Wyland car bomb, something that may or may not be illegal in 14 states, and instructs us on the special methods he employs when it is in play. Richard has fallen in love with Jazzmasters and Blake tells him I told you so in a much nicer way than if the tables were turned. This eventually turns into a conversation about Squier's 40th Anniversary range via ridiculous torque wrench pres...

Aug 17, 202245 min

421 - The Wampler Moxie - It's New Pedal Time!

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Wampler Pedals have announced the new Moxie overdrive pedal and it makes sounds! Lots of different sounds! Well, according to Blake anyhow. Brian explains the topology of the circuit to a somnambular Blake and an ever sarcastic Richard. Did anyone mention John Mayer? Brian then goes into the modifications in detail before Blake brings the conversation to food again and Richard talks a bit about origins of the ...

Aug 10, 202256 min

420 - Richard changes his name...well this is awkward

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! It seems that a certain British gentleman made a rather unfortunate mistake in the misty haze of the morning after, and he explains his calamitous schoolboy error in a single improvised monologue of utter idiocy. He will never live this down - well not while Brian and Blake draw breath at least. Richard makes up for this slightly by telling us about his Birthday where he decided to go roadtesting a few incredi...

Aug 03, 20221 hr 6 min

419 - Brian's got a whole new reason to buy more Telecasters

Brian, Richard, and Blake are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Brian has finally blown his top after a multitude of issues with software and so we have leapt from platform to platform like a team of skilled adventurers in an 80's arcade game. There is also BIG news from the Wampler Family and Brian breaks it down for you and you alone dear listener! Blake was barely alive in the conventional sense of the word as we recorded this show but he is definitely on the mend as he...

Jul 27, 202255 min

418 - The Micropig Overdrive and a podcast first!

Brian, Richard, and Blake are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Brian attempts to pay Richard a compliment but falls flat and then breaks out some devastating goat related news before the talk is returned to happier farm based topics such as pork rinds. We are then treated to a blast of Black Sabbath 'a capella' before Brian invents a new drinking game based around his love of prog rock. Richard has finally pulled the trigger on a guitar that will definitely divide opinion...

Jul 20, 202256 min

417 - Definitely the Worst Episode Ever...

Brian, Richard, and Blake are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! The guys are a little bit stressed, as they recorded this show, and then realised that thanks to changes in the software they use to record this, they had lost all of Blake's contribution, and so immediately had to re-record. So it's fair to say that their energy is a little weird and this show is offered with a warning to all listeners - it is of variable quality and anger levels. Welcome to the world of Buff...

Jul 13, 20221 hr

416 - Awesome plugins, those are words, and Brian shares his new regime

Brian, Richard, and Blake are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Blake has been a travellin' and has tales of wonder and merriment for us all to enjoy, but first, wrestling talk! Yeaahhhh! Brian on the other hand has been ruminating over his musical discipline and has come up with a new plan to boost his creativity. Richard has a vision for a new law firm and it definitely sounds like a watertight plan. Richard has been experimenting with the new Metaverse plugins in his DA...

Jul 06, 202252 min

415 - Enter the Metaverse and yet another Major announcement

Brian, Richard, and Travis are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Wait, what, Travis? Again? What the deuce? All shall be revealed in this episode with big BIG news from the gear world, while Portland Blake is away at the Sweetwater Gearfest hanging with all the cool kids and eating pedal shaped pizzas. Wampler Pedals are super proud to have released the new Metaverse multi-delay pedal and the guys address some issues that they know are gonna come up before breaking down wh...

Jun 29, 202247 min

414 - Rage against the farm machine, Stranger Things, and stop getting Bond wrong

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Richard finally caught the Covid, he obviously doesn't have enough MetalZones in his arm, and he has lost his taste completely...and thats why he now likes Bro Country...but apologies in advance for everything he says as some of his brain cells appear to have deteriorated. Brian's made a new Tik Tok and he is mightily upset that a certain someone hasn't watched it yet. Unless you have been living under a rock,...

Jun 22, 20221 hr

413 - Mick Ronson's reverb tricks and Brian May's awesome licks

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! What's kinda green and covered in lights? It's not a Christmas tree that's for sure. Brian has new toys and he has been analysing them in the manner that only Brian can and gives us his unadulterated views. Richard has learned a bit about early effects and is keen to share his findings like an over eager but slightly warped and demented puppy dog. NAMM has happened and there have been so many gear releases tha...

Jun 15, 202250 min

412 - Introducing the Pedal Pryer! Also disturbing content and live Circuit Nerd mug reveal!

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Brian tells us how he wants to kill more trees but before he does he's gonna buy a cheap knock off James Burton telecaster while Richard contemplate's opening up his own version of Ali Express. Elsewhere in the world of gear there has been the settling of an infamous law suit and the guys break this down into great and meticulous detail before figuring out they are all just as clueless as previously before Ric...

Jun 08, 202253 min

411 - Brian switches over to the Dark Side and is this the most expensive Gibson ever?

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Blake has been hanging out in Nashville and got to go visit the Gibson Garage with none other than Mark Agnesi himself - all thanks to a very generous hook up from one of the internet's fluffiest trolls - and he played a very valuable guitar. He also schools the double entendre dispatching Richard in some basic guitar construction history and gives us a bit of a look behind the scenes with some antiquities fro...

Jun 01, 202258 min

410 - The Guitar Geek takeover and Richard meets one of his heroes

Brian and Richard are joined this week by the Guitar Geek himself, Andy Ferris, for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! We welcome our good friend Andy Ferris this week as Blake has gone to move some heavy machinery in Nashville and so we find out about the Guitar Stories podcast which intriguingly, is about, stories related to the guitar. Meris have released a super cool looking pedal and the guys debate it - wait - thats almost on topic. There has also been a major announcement fro...

May 25, 202254 min

409 - The Garth Brooks education experience and "that" thread

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Brian's been to a Country (and Western) gig and it has inspired bizarre vocal transformations and we apologize in advance as this goes immediately off the rails. There is some schooling, there is some fooling, but mainly there is some fooling. Brian the reveals a little bit of insight into his connection with one of Garth Brooks' amazing guitarists, Chris Leuzinger, and Richard is taught a little bit more abou...

May 18, 202250 min

408 - Metal Lords and the correct strategy for dealing with bobcats

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Brian digs a hole immediately because the whole team is lacking in sleep and this derails into animal based nonsense early doors. Richard recommended the movie "Metal Lords" to Brian and he kinda liked it. Blake is not convinced so the guys discuss why he needs to re-evaluate his life choices. Brian's been rehearsing with his band and he is loving it but there is definitely an odorous side factor he hadn't bar...

May 11, 202246 min

407 - Pedal-makers hate him for this one trick and is Brian the next Doctor Who?

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Blake tears the roof of the sucker as we slide into another week's episode of rambling non-sequiturs and amusing musings whilst Brian dreams about wooden construction and Richard falls off a ladder. What sort of guitar picks do you swear by? Blake has ordered some fancy laser-cut picks from our good friend Rick over at Honey Picks and tells us why we all need one now but disclaims that he is never 100% accurat...

May 04, 202253 min

406 - Weird Bri Wamplervic and don't click random youtube links

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Welcome to the world's premier dot matrix and laser printer related podcast, this week we tackle important subjects like how to shake a toner safely, how to spool 300 feet of paper into an Epson Dot matrix, and Thermal Printers - here to stay or just a fad ? Sorry, my bad, normal service will resume. Richard's been learning some 80s power balladry and the guys chat about it and discover a disturbing cover vers...

Apr 27, 202253 min

405 - Settle down, circuit nerd...and the one thing that great guitarists have in common

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Richard is giddy with excitement like only an Englishman can't be at the new Pink Floyd release, Brian does his best to ignore everything he says about it, and Blake analyses the Machine Gun Kelly memes. Phews - its all go. Richard also demonstrates an embarrassing lack of knowledge about American sports people and Blake schools him before disappearing mysteriously into the ether. Some of the greatest players ...

Apr 20, 202257 min

404 - Beard not found - with Ryan Burke from 60 Cycle Hum

Brian, Blake, and Richard welcome Ryan Burke from the 60 Cycle Hum podcast for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! The newly shorn Ryan joins us as we consider the important issues of the day, like Austin Powers and black pudding, whilst Brian cast forth a multitude of scurrilous rumours. Richard and Blake have fallen in love with the new Marshall special edition Mini and this leads to a number of revelations about why Brian walks funny. Is a tractor a truck? What about a lawn mower?...

Apr 13, 202258 min

403 - Activating the Brian switch and what really happened at the Oscars

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Mondays are a little rough sometimes...and there was controversy at the Oscars that the guys feel compelled to discuss, including the impact on society and the impact on social media follower numbers such incidents have. Brian then dreams about cantaloupes and the guys talk about rebuilding from scratch in the light of some incredibly sad news in the music world. Richard introduces the guys to a new word - Sto...

Apr 06, 202259 min

402 - The return of the DL4 and breakdance in a day the Mel Bay way...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Brian rewrites Tolkien with an all new character and it is established early on that Brian has some weirdness within him as the guys talk about his new hobby of turning songs into country versions. Blake has been talking to the fine folk over at Chibson and tells us a little bit about the mighty meme wizardry that they produce. Richard is impressed with Mark Tremonti and discusses why the world needs more nice...

Mar 30, 202252 min

401 - Is there a tube shortage and should you panic?

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Blake's had an odd week and is fatigued but the guys have zero sympathy as they are more worried about the news regarding vacuum tube availability. EHX came out with a statement and the guys chat about their perspective on this before Brian reveals an amazing solid state replacement for tubes as Richard brings up the subject of high end solid state amps. This in turn sends Brian off onto a schematic treasure h...

Mar 23, 202256 min

400 - How to market your music - Katie Zaccardi joins us for our 400th episode bonanza

Brian, Blake, and Richard are joined by special guest Katie Zaccardi for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! We wanted to give all our listeners a little gift for our 400th show so we asked the hugely knowledgeable and inspirational Katie Zaccardi to join us and tell us a little bit about herself, about her career, and give us some insight into marketing a music act in the age of Web 3.0 (ugh), social media, and viral videos. Once again, Brian will indulge in some TikTalkery. But not...

Mar 16, 202254 min

399 - Wayne Sabbath, the new JHS pedal, and the Mantheon Deluxe

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Blake is having issues with his computer peripherals so has jumped onto the TikTok train temporarily and so the guys open up the conversation with more algorithm analysis and other random TikTalkery, This then develops into a conversation about Blake's new camera and cameras in general before the guys figure out this is a guitar podcast. Well, kinda. Our buddy Josh at JHS has launched a new pedal and he sent o...

Mar 09, 202250 min

398 - This is one of the most expensive pedals on the internet

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! BOSS have released a new version of the Space Echo in a compact pedal form and the guys get a bit excited, Brian makes some wild boasts, and Blake gets very excited until...well until Richard pops his balloon by talking about the nefarious gouging of the Slice of Pie pedal. It all gets silly and Richard suggests a ritual to cleanse the situation. How do you power your pedals? The guys talk about a stalwart of ...

Mar 02, 202258 min

397 - You all forgot this one thing about the half time show...

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Brian's been hanging out with Cory Wong and tells us a bit about it, the hip and happening part of Indianapolis that he got to visit, and why he loves sound checks more than actual concerts. Meanwhile in merry olde England, Richard tried to watch the Superbowl and is less informed about the rules of football than he was before, but he did enjoy the half time show. Of course we discuss the Silver Silver Sky too...

Feb 23, 202254 min

396 - Mysterious high end sheen and massive failures

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! Firstly, an apology. We tried something on this episode and it didn't work. Consequently the people who are responsible for this atrocity have been fired. And the people responsible for hiring and subsequently firing them have also been fired as a precaution. We apologise most profusely and it wont happen again. Richard has a few minor but controversial rants after not feeling the love on various internet foru...

Feb 16, 202257 min

395 - Blake's Pizza Pedal and the all new 41 Watt Podcast with Phillip Carter

Brian, Blake, and Richard are joined this week by Phillip Carter, the host of the 40 Watt Podcast, for an all-new episode of Chasing Tone! If you haven't yet heard the 40 Watt Podcast you really should - Phillip is an awesome musician and a great interviewer and his shows are well worth checking out. He joins us this week and almost certainly regrets it immediately. Richard attempts really hard to stop his fellow hosts talking about NAMM because he feels left out and, well, he fails. So we chat ...

Feb 09, 202249 min

394 - What does KTR stand for? and are Gibson about to release NFTs???

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for an all-new episode of the Chasing Tone Podcast! This week we have big (ish) news for our Patreon members with an all new level for those who want more than just our undying love. You will get the undying love too, but also some extra special stuff! The legal eagles at Gibson have allegedly been filing trademarks over historical body shapes and the guys speculate about what it's about. Richard is characteristically sceptical but becomes pacified when he thin...

Feb 02, 202259 min
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