- Kurt Ballou
Kurt Ballou is the guitarist from Massachusetts-based band Converge. Aside from his role in Converge, he is the recording engineer and owner of
Godcity Studio .Equipment
*Guitars commonly used: [http://www.firstact.com First Act] Warmoth Custom Jazzmaster W/ EMG 89 bridge pickup, Custom Sheena Guitar w/ EMG 81 bridge pickup, First Act Custom Offset-Horns Double-Cutaway, Rickenbacker 650A w/ EMG 81 bridge pickup.
*Amps commonly used: Bad Cat Black Cat head, Bad Cat Lynx head, THD Flexi head, 1978 Marshall 50-watt JMP non-master volume head, Ampeg V-4 head.
*Speaker Enclosures commonly used: Emperor 6x12 cabinet (2), Marshall customized 8x10 cabinet w/ four "Eminence vintage 30 clone" 12-inch speakers, Marshall 8x10 cabinet w/ stock 15-watt Celestions.
*Effects commonly used: Providence Stampede Distortion, Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer, Akai Headrush, Line 6 MM4, Boss DD-5 Delay, Boss Pitch Shifter/Delay,Boss Heavy Metal, Boss Metalzone, Boss Tuner, Boss Noise Suppressor.List of selected recording projects
*Have Heart - "
song to scream at the sun " (2008)
*Killing The Dream - "in place apart " (2006)
*Another Breath - "not now, not ever " (2003)
*Another Breath - "mill city " (2006)
*Carry On - "A Life Less Plagued " (2001)
*pg.99 - "Document #8" (2001)
*Orchid -"Chaos is Me" (1999)
*Eden Maine - "The Treachery Pact " (2002)
*Suicide Note - "You're Not Looking So Good " (2002)
*Beecher - "Breaking the Fourth Wall " (2003)
*Embrace Today - "Soldiers " (2003)
*Since By Man - "We Sing the Body Electric " (2003)
*Scars Of Tomorrow - "Rope Tied To The Trigger " (2004)
*The Great Redneck Hope - "Behold The Fuck Thunder " (2004)
*Converge - "You Fail Me " (2004)
*Sex Positions - "Sex Positions " (2004)
*Champion – "Promises Kept " (2004)
*Beecher - "This Elegy, His Autopsy " (2005)
*Converge - "Petitioning the Empty Sky (Remastered)" (2005)
*Converge - "When Forever Comes Crashing (Remastered)" (2005)
*Transistor Transistor -"Erase All Name and Likeness" (2005)
*Seventh Star - "Brood of Vipers " (2005)
*Modern Life Is War - "Witness " (2005)
*Rise And Fall - "Into Oblivion " (2005)
*Swarm of the Lotus - "The Sirens Of Silence " (2005)
*Gospel - "The Moon Is a Dead World " (2005)
*Doomriders - "Black Thunder " (2005)
*Genghis Tron - "Dead Mountain Mouth " (2006)
*The Hope Conspiracy - "Death Knows Your Name " (2006)
*Converge - "No Heroes " (2006)
*Betrayed - "Substance " (2006)
*Gaza - "I Don't Care Where I Go When I Die " (2006)
*Birthday Boyz - "the bro cycle ep "
*Blacklisted - "Peace on Earth, War on Stage" (2007)
*The Freezing Fog - March Forth To Victory 2007
*Trap Them - "Sleepwell Deconstructor " (2007)
*Seventh Star - "The Undisputed Truth" (2007)
*The Ghost of a Thousand - "This is Where the Fight Begins " (2007)
*Animosity - "Animal " (2007)
*Coliseum - "No Salvation " (2007)
*Samsara - "The Emptiness " (2007)
*Trap Them - "Séance Prime " (2007)
*I Hate Sally - "Don't Worry Lady " (2007)
*108 - "A New Beat From A Dead Heart " (2007)
*Kruger - "Redemption Through Looseness " (2007)
*The Casual Lean - "Swears " (2007)
*Disfear - "Live The Storm" (2008)
*Blacklisted - "Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God" (2008)
*Elysia - Lion Of Judas (2008)
*Genghis Tron - Board Up The House (2008)
*Torche - Meanderthal (2008)
*Transistor Transistor -"Ruined Lives" (2008)
*Stray From The Path - "Villains" )(2008)
*Misery Index - "Traitors " (2008)
*Argument 5.45 - "Thousands Of Birds " (2008)External links
* [http://www.airbornmag.com/article_details.asp?ID=41 Airbornmag.com Interview] (December 2007 Interview with UK-based music/sports website Airbornmag.com)
* [http://www.lambgoat.com/features/interviews/kurt_ballou.aspx Kurt Ballou interview]
* [http://www.firstact.com/Artists/Kurt_Ballou.aspx First Act website] (includes a page on his custom "Sheena" guitar)
* [http://www.ampmagazine.com AMP magazine website] (Kurt contributes an article to this page, entitled "Tech Talk")
* [http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/product/Rickenbacker/650A/10/1 Kurt's Rickenbacker 650A review] (Harmony Central)
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