We’re a group of pedal makers in Minneapolis. And Amsterdam.
Our first pedal, Warped Vinyl, was an analog vibrato with a digital brain. The idea was to match the quality and character of analog processing with the anything-goes flexibility of digital control. We make digital circuits now too, but the approach is the same: Offer new and deeply personal ways to interact with effects.
Courtney Berndt
Community Manager
Daniel Berndt
QA Manager
Charlie Carbiener
Engineer
Tyler Devonald
EU Director
Julian Ferraro
Engineer
Liz Groshens
EU Director
Allison Gunderson
Fulfillment Team
Chelsea Hendrickson
CHOMPI Club
Tobias Hendrickson
CHOMPI Club
Jake Kassner
Electronics Technician
Joel Korte
Founder
Tom Majeski
Engineer
Eric Nyffeler
Art Director
Cleo Pupillo
Production Team
Tony Schurbon
Assistant Production Manager
Emily Steuer
Production Team
Paul Uhl
MIDI Expert
Leigh Underwood
Fulfillment Team
Jeremy Warden
HR Generalist
Zack Warpinski
Director of Operations
Zach Windschitl
Fulfillment Manager
Ryan Worthley
Production Manager
How does this thing actually work?
A note from Joel Korte, founder of Chase Bliss.
This was the thought swimming around in my head in 2003 while strumming my beloved purple Stratocaster. It was plugged into one of those cheap little effects-laden amps (you know the kind), as I tried to sort out what I wanted to study in college.
At the time, I knew next to nothing about how or why electronics do what they do, but loved gear and playing guitar. I decided on electrical engineering and focused on audio applications whenever I could.
Fast-forward to 2008, I graduated from college, was working a job I didn’t like, and was grief-stricken from the death of my brother, Chase Korte, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2007. His life’s philosophy was shaped by Joseph Campbell’s mantra, Follow Your Bliss. I worked for the next four years at ZVEX, getting schooled in all things stompboxes.
In 2013, I decided to strike out on my own and named the company in honor of my lost brother and his approach towards life.
