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.

Here we are.

Smiling person (Joel Korte). — **Joel Korte**
Founder

Person (Zack Warpinski) holding synths and gear. — **Zack Warpinski**
Director of Operations

Person (Tyler Devonald) holding a bag of money. — **Tyler Devonald**
EU Director

Person (Eric Nyffeler) holding packaging materials. — **Eric Nyffeler**
Art Director

Person (Allison Gunderson) smiling. — **Allison Gunderson**
Fulfillment Team

Person (Ryan Worthley) looking proud. — **Ryan Worthley**
Production Manager

Person (Courtney Berndt) smiling. — **Courtney Berndt**
Creative Manager

Person (Jeremy Warden) doing a class photo-style pose. — **Jeremy Warden**
HR Generalist

Person (Tony Schurbon) with a chainmail headpiece. — **Tony Schurbon**
Production Team

Person (Cleo Pupillo) with hands on face. — **Cleo Pupillo**
Production Team

Person (Charlie Carbiener) in a purple Starby shirt. — **Charlie Carbiener**
Engineer

Person (Zack Windschitl) with another persons hands on his head. — **Zach Windschitl**
Fulfillment Manager

Person (Daniel Berndt) with hand on his chin. — **Daniel Berndt**
QA Manager

Person (Tom Majeski) smiling. — **Tom Majeski**
Engineer

Person (Leigh Underwood) smiling. — **Leigh Underwood**
Fulfillment Team

Person (Paul Uhl) looking cool in sunglasses. — **Paul Uhl**
MIDI Expert

Person (Liz Groshens) smiling. — **Liz Groshens**
EU Director

Most of our products are made in collaboration with other instrument builders, and sometimes we make fictional videos nobody watches.

CB + Bauhaus Brew Labs

CB + Hamby

Video preview of two cartoon characters.

CB + BiLT Guitars

CB + Zachary Vex +
Molly Little + Brett Hansen

A cartoon factor with the word FUZZ written in smoke.

CB + triptych studio

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.