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

Wampler Pedals 644 - 636 - Brian meets one of his guitar heroes, the YouTube drama llama, and a groundhog the size of a dog

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

Episodes

636 - Brian meets one of his guitar heroes, the YouTube drama llama, and a groundhog the size of a dog

635 - Killer guitar songs, app overload, and the mixing trick that shouldn't work

634 - Marcus King melting faces, the great acoustic guitar rabbit hole, and Ola Englund's Pedalhead preview

633 - Nashville Bound: Boot Scootin' Boogie, Musical Deepfakes, and Eternal Glitter

632 - Brian gets attacked by a country legend, bats in the belfry, and a sad farewell

631 - The cheat code for tonechasers and Brian gets heated and drops an f-bomb

630 - Why do some people fake playing guitar, AI stupidity, and That Pedal Show made us do it

629 - Oh, it's just another Tube Screamer, and do vintage parts make a difference or do we just want to believe in magic?

628 - AI ad scandals, Hot pink Les Pauls, and silent camping confessions

627 - Experimental backing tracks, Fender vs the entire planet, and robot rock stars

626 - We were wrong, Blake has beef, and the world's greatest nonsense show ever

625 - Hot industry gossip, scary British villains, and Strymon level up.

624 - Two decades in the pedal trenches, pitch-shifters, and the JHS Dumble nut crumble

623 - Brian's birthday flamethrower bonanza and Stratgate continues.

622 - So you want to be a guitar YouTuber? Start here...

621 - String secrets, Brian gets a surprise gift, and sniffing out the fakers

620 - New guitar day, Seymour Duncan's Telecaster, and the story that just won't quit...

619 - 40 Watts of Fender dilemma and do you have to be rich to start a band?

618 - The all new Fender agenda and will the real Josh Scott please stand up?

617 - The maple-topped Martin Dragnet, Hellbent for Denim, and songs of death in the key of A

616 - Taste the Pain with special guest Michael Beinhorn - a look into the production of some absolutely massive albums

615 - Random amp joy, the great Kindle swindle, and Telecaster heresy

614 - Are two heads better than one? The great stereo amp debate and the magic number of knobs!

613 - Who is the world's smallest pedal builder, and has Blake finally submitted to the dark side?

612 - Travis Feaster plays the blues, LED fretboards, and there is fuzz on the internet

611 - Pointy-headed guitars, vintage cabs, and German ambient weirdness.

610 - Are gigantic pedalboards back in fashion and what is the cure for a bad band practice?

609 - You can't put handlebars on an amplifier, the world's most expensive guitar, and happy birthday to the Telecaster!

608 - Vintage amps, Wooden samplers, and Fender's bender agenda

607 - Brian invents a new form of reverb and are guitar magazines dead?

606 - The Art of the Stompbox, Blake has ghosts, and Brian falls down another rabbit hole

605 - We are the weird ones and is this the ultimate collection of gear ever?

604 - Brian drops some more big hints, confuses everyone, and is a kind of chilled out entertainer

603 - A royal declaration, a new guitar is needed, and Brian is a workaholic

602 - More Pedalhead talk, NAMM is snow joke, and you cannot resist the power of the Dork Side!

601 - Brian reveals the all new Wampler Pedalhead power amp and another pedal is leaked!

600 - The legend of goat mountain, Brian wants a new Les Paul, and behold - the Human Riff!

599 - Blake's cougar encounter and the ultimate tune-able tube screamers

598 - Get off the stage, pedalboy - it's the New Year's Eve Special 2025!

597 - It's the Most Wonderful Gear of the Year!

596 - I could fall asleep at night as a Rock and Roll star...and JHS make history

595 - Brian gets a new pedal and what advice got you through your first gig?

594 - Brian breaks the Internet as Wampler debut The Compulsion Drive

593 - Terrible analogies, Dirty-T, and Brian teases a new pedal release!

592 - What's happening to the price of US guitars, the rise of the robots, and Brian's goth phase

591 - Did JHS just break a pedal paradigm and has Brian invented a new type of electric guitar?

590 - Brian wrecks another guitar and ponders what it is like to be knobyfied!

589 - Brian's ears are burning and introducing the Wampler Mini EGO 76

588 - It's a Trapp! We talk tone, tunes, and teaching with Nashville legend Guthrie Trapp

587 - Indiana Tones and the Pedalboard of Doom, and Brian has amp advice