Suuuuuper Black!  What is it?  Its the Black Balls but with some extra kitchen sink kinda controls to it.  First off we have a rotary selector to bring multiple clipping options.  All the way to the left at position I is the strongest clipping producing the most distortion, sustain and compression, and as you turn it up to levels II, III, and IV you get less of those things, but more volume and dynamic response.  Added to that is a buffered blend control that controls the dry/wet mix of the effect.  Goes from no effect to full effect and a nice blend in the middle.  This kinda thing is great for bass guitar or bass-heavy signals that tend to get lost in the mix when distorted.

These are currently being built on a limited run basis and selling for $220 post-paid.  If you’re interested in one, shoot me an email and let me know! thedoctor@ballseffects.com

Balls V-30P Amplifier. This one is a variation on the AC30-style platform but the plan was to capture more of the variations of the original circuit.  So here we have the standard brilliant channel, the top-boost brilliant channel, and the EF86 pentode channel  of the original AC30/4.  The brilliant channel incorporates the top boost circuit in normal operation, and the top-boost can also be removed from the circuit via a push-pull volume pot.  The EF86 pentode normal channel operates like an AC30/4 would, but has a multitude of tonal options via a rotating capacitor selector.

As always, with any questions or requests for custom builds please feel free to contact me at thedoctor@ballseffects.com

Small run I did a while ago.  Three knob germanium fuzzes a la the Park Fuzz Sound, third edition tone benders, etc. AC125 transistors in a small package enclosure. Did a run of five that sold out rather quickly.

As always, with any questions or requests for custom builds please feel free to contact me at thedoctor@ballseffects.com

Hot off the bench from summer 2016!.  This one is a higher gain amp I’m calling the G-50. Its core is a Marshall 2204 circuit with a number of tweaks to trim out a lot of the brightness that the stock circuit seems to abound with. Sounds brutal and its going to an appropriately brutal sludge band! MagComp iron, Mallory caps, CTS pots, Tung Sol preamp tubes and Mullard EL34s.

As always, with any questions or requests for custom builds please feel free to contact me at thedoctor@ballseffects.com

Another older build.  This one is a pretty straight ahead clone build of the Vox AC30 (AC30/6 w/Top Boost) with the tremolo channel removed.  Many people don’t realize it but this top-boost circuit provides a beautiful, vocal sustain and distortion like no other.  I’ve heard from customers that this is what they always wanted their Marshalls to sound like, but could never achieve!  4 EL84s in the output section produce a robust 30 watts; a very happy medium for an amp wide open with a rock drummer.

As always, with any questions or requests for custom builds please feel free to contact me at thedoctor@ballseffects.com

Always and forever never making blog posts.  So here goes…a build from a little while back which is currently on sale at Main Drag Music in Brooklyn NY!

The Balls Twenty is an amp designed around several classic elements from English and American amps of the 60s, and is well suited for guitarists that seek that a vintage, classic tone with large tonal flexibility. The Twenty is a 20-watt, 6V6 powered single channel amplifier with simple, yet extremely flexible tone controls to make the amp capable of producing a wide variety of tones from blues to classic rock and country by just adjusting the knobs. The twenty can also run the full gamut from beautiful clean tones, light overdrive, to full-blown thick sludgy crunch. The Twenty also takes pedals extremely well and loves boosts (especially Rangemasters!), drives, fuzz, etc. Like all Balls effects units and custom amplifiers, the Twenty is built in Brooklyn NY with hand-wired care, high quality parts, and attention to detail.

As always, with any questions or requests for custom builds please feel free to contact me at thedoctor@ballseffects.com