So we made it back in one piece. (This time we didn't miss any flights.) Between unveiling our all new Plexidrive Deluxe (available Feb. 27th), seeing old friends and meeting new ones (cough cough Marc Ford), blowing out of voice talking over super drum cymbals (I'll...
This week we wanted to try something just a little bit different. If you want to catch up on the podcast but don’t necessarily want to sit through 30 plus minutes, or don’t have the time to, – you can read the highlights below. Guitarists vs audience perceived tone....
Happy New Year Tone Chasers. It has been a minute since I posted last. Between the holidays and with NAMM 2015 in less than 2 weeks - we have been keeping busy on new stuff to bring to you in 2015! Recently I received an email asking me if I could define some buzz...
After odd frame rate occurrences on the camera and a freak incident where it was deleted all together -the video for Chasing Tone Podcast 26 is finally back up and running! In between talking about beer pairings, keeping track of Brian's Germ-X use, my fleeting...
This past week The Tone Report caught up with Brian to discuss his modest beginnings in pedal building and some great insight into his pedal building process. BONUS: Check out the great ad for the Cranked OD on page 23! You can read the full interview here: The...
Podcast 25 is up! Between sniffles and coughing, “Zee-Vampler”, and Travis’ talks of his 15-second hip-hop abs workout – we actually managed to talk about some gear! Not my most enthusiastic podcast ever – but we covered some good stuff. This week a major topic we...
When Brian plays a gig, he is constantly swapping pedals on and off his board, testing new prototypes, etc. Variety is the spice of life right? However, there are a few types of pedals that never leave his board. Brian can always be seen with the Ego Compressor, delay...
In the last blog we talked mostly about pedal order/ how to get the most out of your pedals. Most of the pedal setup I talked about was with the pedals being ran through the front of your amp. Well, what about the effects loop? What pedals should/ shouldn’t be run...
This week, I wanted to discuss a question that gets asked a lot here at Wampler HQ. “What is the best order to put my pedals in for the best results.” While there are no hard and fast rules on pedal order - this is the preferred order that we personally wire our show...
10.) Bring your own guitar: Pretty straight forward. If you show up to an open stage blues jam – you have to bring your own guitar. Most times – the house band has spent a nice chunk of change on their personal instruments and understandably do not want somebody they...