About this episode

The hosts discuss misconceptions about pedal mergers, Blake's issues with a pedal legend, and ponder the relevance of volume pedals in their rigs.

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 626 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - We were wrong, Blake has beef, and the world's greatest nonsense show ever We were wrong about who the first great 2026 pedal merger participants were - it was Ernie Ball and Source Audio - and Blake has beef with a pedal legend. Do you use a volume pedal in your rig? It used to be critical, but Richard is pondering why he no longer feels the need to use one. Richard tries to explain the World Cup to Brian and Bl...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian, Blake, Richard

Topics covered

• pedal merger
• volume pedal
• World Cup
• guitar gear
• nonsense

Keywords

• guitar
• effects
• amps
• tone
• pedals
• music
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ernie Ball, Source Audio

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