45. LIFERS - Joel Korte

If you’ve ever sneaked a peek at Scott’s pedal boards, you’ve probably noticed a few heavy duty and crazy looking guitar pedals from a company called Chase Bliss and wondered “Who the hell makes those things???” Joel Korte — that’s who. Joel started Chase Bliss Audio in 2013 and has watched his company rise to the top of the artisan FX pedal world with his ground breaking, forward thinking —and frankly— mind blowing pedals. He’s also a really great guy who just so happens to be able to read a schematic like you can read a stop sign. On this episode we talk to Joel about whammy bars, going to high school with Ryan Harding, the MOOD pedal, the insanity of owning a company with 20 employees, Christmas movies that aren’t really Christmas movies, and the intimacy of working another man’s wah.