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

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Chasing Tone - Guitar Podcast About Gear, Effects, Amps and Tone
608 - Vintage amps, Wooden samplers, and Fender's bender agenda
Mar 12, 2026
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Brian and Richard are back for Episode 608 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Vintage amps, wooden samplers, and Fender's bender agenda.

There is a lack of Blake in today's episode as he has gone trucking, and Richard has the GAS bad once again for a pointy-headed guitar. Meanwhile, Brian is dreaming of creating a Wampler Sports brand. Richard wonders if he has entered a new midlife crisis but is soon distracted by a Fender bender.

Is the concept of an auto-tuning guitar completely dead in the water? The guys try to have a sensible conversation but it goes off into the techno weeds, and Brian has big Daisy Seed news. Meanwhile, Richard is amused by some pickup finishes and Brian has some strange Bare Knuckle requests.

Brian has been pondering his next vintage amp purchase, and Richard shows him a very exclusive vintage amp he was sent pictures of - there is some drooling, although Richard still prefers a "modern" sounding amp, and the guys discuss. Meanwhile, there is an invention that may or may not be awesome, and there is some concern about the price of memory chips.

Brown Sugar, GT Pro Performer, hamburgers, worriers by nature, Tembo — it's all in this week's Chasing Tone!

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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 Episode Artwork 588 - It's a Trapp! We talk tone, tunes, and teaching with Nashville legend Guthrie Trapp 1:07:54 Episode Artwork 587 - Indiana Tones and the Pedalboard of Doom, and Brian has amp advice 41:48 Episode Artwork 586 - New Guitar Day, Reverse Headstocks, and the End of Creativity? 48:19 Episode Artwork 585 - Brian modifies a new pedal live on air and shares his Metaverse based exit strategy 46:12 Episode Artwork 584 - Brian is not a fan of Spotify's Ai suggestions and partially destroys a vehicle 58:00