Let’s get deep and personal. Why not?  Ill talk about myself for a bit.  For *my* band Cave Bros my setup is dead simple.  I play a telecaster into clone of a 50W Marshall model 1987 that I built (many would refer to this as a “plexi”).  What you may not know about these amps is that they are absolutely divine sonic lightning bolts that just kick ass all day and all night.  They sound great and for my pursuits with this band I dont need a whole lot on top of that, so Ive just used an occasional wah, and a more-than-occasional Ballsmaster to drive it into saturated molten goo territory.  I loaned that very Ballsmaster out to my dude Kelly Doyle for some sound clips, figuring i’ll just make another one for myself.  Thats what this is.

So I know my settings on my Ballsmaster:  boost cranked and the range set heeeaaaavvvyy.  I know that I dont need to play with it, so no knobs are needed.  Just a Ballsmaster hard set for loud and heavy.  I put it in a nice big box with a rare Balls meatball decal from the lovely Dann Miller.  For grins I used an old OC139 transistor that I had around.  Simple, effective, and awesome!