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

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

Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
613 - Who is the world's smallest pedal builder, and has Blake finally submitted to the dark side?
Apr 15, 2026
Wampler Pedals

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 613 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - who is the world's smallest pedal builder, and has Blake finally submitted to the dark side? 

We open with a tribute from Brian and some sausage recommendations, and there is a bit of bro-love as we look at the hot topics in the guitar world this week. There was some sad news in the gear world, and it has led Richard into some new GAS for a classic amplifier.

Ross Pedals has relaunched - again - and the guys dig into what is going on without any form of expertise but a lot of enthusiasm. The Guitar Geek released a video about what may be the ultimate tremolo system for Brian, and he is audibly excited before the podcast takes a dark turn.

Fender has made a branding move with new interfaces which Richard thinks is a home run, so the guys discuss it. Meanwhile Brian has been "Glamping" and breaks down his recent expedition. Guitar Center is looking to build their own guitars and the guys debate what this might mean. Blake has acquired a modeler and Richard is the cosmic donkey.

Bri humor, Ibanez, Dog scat, spoons, Logan Paul's UFO disclosure... it's all in this week's Chasing Tone!

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Episode Artwork 613 - Who is the world's smallest pedal builder, and has Blake finally submitted to the dark side? 1:07:52 Episode Artwork 612 - Travis Feaster plays the blues, LED fretboards, and there is fuzz on the internet 1:01:04 Episode Artwork 611 - Pointy-headed guitars, vintage cabs, and German ambient weirdness. 52:07 Episode Artwork 610 - Are gigantic pedalboards back in fashion and what is the cure for a bad band practice? 1:08:51 Episode Artwork 609 - You can't put handlebars on an amplifier, the world's most expensive guitar, and happy birthday to the Telecaster! 1:05:17 Episode Artwork 608 - Vintage amps, Wooden samplers, and Fender's bender agenda 1:01:42 Episode Artwork 607 - Brian invents a new form of reverb and are guitar magazines dead? 1:04:54 Episode Artwork 606 - The Art of the Stompbox, Blake has ghosts, and Brian falls down another rabbit hole 1:03:20 Episode Artwork 605 - We are the weird ones and is this the ultimate collection of gear ever? 1:01:52 Episode Artwork 604 - Brian drops some more big hints, confuses everyone, and is a kind of chilled out entertainer 59:38 Episode Artwork 603 - A royal declaration, a new guitar is needed, and Brian is a workaholic 37:57 Episode Artwork 602 - More Pedalhead talk, NAMM is snow joke, and you cannot resist the power of the Dork Side! 50:19 Episode Artwork 601 - Brian reveals the all new Wampler Pedalhead power amp and another pedal is leaked! 43:11 Episode Artwork 600 - The legend of goat mountain, Brian wants a new Les Paul, and behold - the Human Riff! 49:10 Episode Artwork 599 - Blake's cougar encounter and the ultimate tune-able tube screamers 58:19 Episode Artwork 598 - Get off the stage, pedalboy - it's the New Year's Eve Special 2025! 49:05 Episode Artwork 597 - It's the Most Wonderful Gear of the Year! 1:13:06 Episode Artwork 596 - I could fall asleep at night as a Rock and Roll star...and JHS make history 48:58 Episode Artwork 595 - Brian gets a new pedal and what advice got you through your first gig? 50:06 Episode Artwork 594 - Brian breaks the Internet as Wampler debut The Compulsion Drive 44:39 Episode Artwork 593 - Terrible analogies, Dirty-T, and Brian teases a new pedal release! 56:24 Episode Artwork 592 - What's happening to the price of US guitars, the rise of the robots, and Brian's goth phase 44:56 Episode Artwork 591 - Did JHS just break a pedal paradigm and has Brian invented a new type of electric guitar? 54:13 Episode Artwork 590 - Brian wrecks another guitar and ponders what it is like to be knobyfied! 51:52 Episode Artwork 589 - Brian's ears are burning and introducing the Wampler Mini EGO 76 1:07:41