566 - A once-in-a-lifetime experience on a tour bus and do you like gigantic pedalboards?

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 557 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Jack White fuzz kits and Jim Morrison is alive and well and living in Syracuse? Brian is keen to understand Richard's new found country music leanings and he and Blake school him on some artists and some fashion tips. Meanwhile a new Apple documentary promises to break open a famous music conspiracy and Richard is dumbfounded. JHS are working on something about EHX and the guys attempt to discuss it witho...

19 Mars 59min

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 556 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Brian Wampler's freeze dried guitar parts and there's always room for fuzz Blake has had better weeks, Richard has forgotten what sleep is, and Brian has a new hobby which involves food and tells us all about it. Richard has welcomed a furry addition to the family and names are discussed in retrospect. Meanwhile Blake has been dealing with exploding cars and tells us the story in detail. Richard talks about one o...

12 Mars 54min

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 555 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - The Wampler Cryptid is a beast of a fuzz pedal - and we try a super inexpensive compressor! Somebody has been hanging out with legends and it is not Brian this time and Richard stuffs his face as a result. He had been to see Albert Lee and was mightily impressed. He learned some interesting and encouraging tips by having front row seats and is excited to tell us about it and he is also inspired and ma...

7 Mars 49min

Brian, Blake, and Richard are joined by a very special guest this week for Episode 554 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Session legend Tim Pierce tells us about his gear choices and his amazing career The guys are joined by a very special guest, Tim Pierce, one of the greatest session guitarists of the modern era and an extraordinary teacher. Tim tells us about how he found the perfect work / life balance having spent four decades working with some of the greatest musicians of all time. It wou...

26 Feb 1h

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 553 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - The state of the pedal industry in 2025 and are guitars getting more expensive? Blake has another special hat and Richard has Black Sabbath FOMO before making some eggs-asperatingly poor jokes and discussing coffee. Josh Scott of JHS has written a great substack article about the state of the pedal industry and Richard misses the point as he shows off his ink pens. The guys then talk about the article and...

19 Feb 59min

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 552 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - I never fell in love with a pedal like I fell in love with this one... Richard has been trying to buy the hottest tickets in town - the last ever Black Sabbath concert (well, since their last final concert) - and was miserable and somewhat flummoxed with the results. The guys duly discuss what might be the most amazing rock concert this decade and Brian and Blake stage an intervention for Richard. T...

12 Feb 1h 1min

Brian, Blake, and Richard are joined by a very special guest this week for Episode 551 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Tracii Guns tells us about his favorite pedals, plugins, and pajamas! Please be aware this episode contains infrequent swearing and drug references - not suitable for minors! This week the guys are pretty stoked to have one of Brian's all-time guitar heroes on the show. Tracii Guns is a legendary LA based guitarist, super talented player, and happens t...

5 Feb 1h 8min

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 550 of the Chasing Tone Podcast -The hardest working podcast in town, the new Rockman, and where is your guitar made? Blake is back from NAMM, appears to be relatively healthy, and somehow everything is Richard's fault. Speaking of the erstwhile king of fuzz, he has been listening to some country music and he has an observation and makes a public apology again. Blake is interrogated for all the good NAMM info and it turns out he doesn't h...

29 Jan 1h 1min