Kurt Ballou

In this photo, is Kurt Ballou of Converge, Supermachiner, and Kid Kilowatt playing a Rickenbacker 650 Atlantis.

Secret weapon of Kurt Ballou, takes pedals very well. It very loud but controllable because of its useful EQ

"This has been my primary Converge guitar for the past few years." - Kurt

"It’s my new business card, but it’s also a PCB that can be used to build a really cool distortion pedal based loosely on the Providence Stampede pedal I used during the You Fail Me and No Heroes eras of Converge. " - Kurt

While it isn't quite the pedal listed, Kurt has been giving out these business cards that when properly put together build a very similar stom box.

Marshall JMP 2204 with military spec 6CA7 power tubes.

At 1:11 in this interview with Kurt Ballou of Converge, Supermachiner, and Kid Kilowatt, he shows his Orange Dual Dark 100.

In Episode 17 of "Show Us Your Junk!" by EarthQuaker Devices, Kurt Ballou of Converge discusses his use of the Boss OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion pedal. This pedal is a staple among bands from the Merrimack Valley hardcore scene, including Converge, Cave In, and Piebald.

Looks like Kurt Ballou is playing a black Gibson Les Paul Studio

As seen here, Kurt Ballou is using a GCI Craftsman 1. GCI is his own brand of guitars.

Kurt Ballou of Converge, Supermachiner, and Kid Kilowatt, is seen with an Orange AD200B MK 3 in this video at 0:59.

His Traynor YBA-3 is from 1968

In the EarthQuaker Devices video "Show Us Your Junk! Ep. 17," Kurt Ballou discusses using the EarthQuaker Devices Westwood overdrive pedal extensively during the production of Joyce Manor's album "Million Dollars to Kill Me," where he collaborated with Robert Cheeseman and Rory Allen Phillips.

wildcustomguitars A little bit of #madness from last night show at @pointufestival with @converge and our brother Kurt doing his thing! His custom Firewild and custom Wildmaster were his weapons of choice for this tour

At 1:27 in this video, Kurt Ballou of Converge, Supermachiner, and Kid Kilowatt has some guitar pedals on the floor, one of which is a EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine Polyphonic Pitch Mesmerizer Guitar Effects Pedal.

Actually, y'know what, there was one new pedal with the Foxrox Octron, which is a really cool octave fuzz pedal. It lets you control the level of octave down, octave up, and direct - its sort've become a go-to lead guitar sound for me now.

source: https://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/kurt-ballou-converge-talks-gear-and-guitars-264751

In this video you can see him playing a G5022CWFE-12 RANCHER™ FALCON JUMBO 12-STRING CUTAWAY ELECTRIC, pretty interesting. The guitar has a very country style to it

In a YouTube video by EarthQuaker Devices, Kurt Ballou discusses the Foxrox Octron2, describing it as combining the features of an Octavia and a Blue Box to provide both octave-up and octave-down effects simultaneously.

wildcustomguitars A little bit of #madness from last night show at @pointufestival with @converge and our brother Kurt doing his thing! His custom Firewild and custom Wildmaster were his weapons of choice for this tour

Visible at the 14:22 mark - stage right on Kurt's floorboard.

In the YouTube video titled "Show Us Your Junk! Ep. 17" by EarthQuaker Devices, Kurt Ballou of God City Studio and Converge discusses using the Peavey Dirty Dog Distortion Pedal, mentioning that his employee, Zach, handles its maintenance.

A super heavy fuzz pedal that has the EQ borrowed from Boss HM-2, three gyrators, huge mid-treble and bass boost with a giant chasm in the low mids in between the three - Kurt Ballou

In a feature by Premier Guitar titled "Converge: Kurt Ballou’s Second Nature," the Mr. Black BloodMoon reverb pedal is noted as part of Kurt Ballou's gear collection.

During a studio tour he gave during for Scion AV as part of Scion Music(less) Music Conference 2011, he explained that his mixing room was designed around these monitors.

In an Arte Sonora feature, Kurt Ballou is shown using the Fender Marine Layer Reverb pedal on his pedalboard, highlighting its role in his setup with Converge.

Kurt Ballou uses the Akai Professional E2 HeadRush Delay/Looper in his pedalboard setup, as detailed in Nero's article on Arte Sonora.

Kurt Ballou build it and his personal one has a few modes like a tone stack bypass and three different clipping modes

Listed under Kurt Ballou's Gear, a popular choice for Ballou on Converge live shows.

Brutalist the 3rd Distortion. Special variant of the Brutalist circuit (which is based off the Providence Stampede distortion pedal circuit) Similar to the GodCity Brutalist Jr, but with a different tone control, zener clipping, and mosfet output. As used on stage by Converge - Kurt Ballou

He uses them in his Emperor cab

In a Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video, Kurt Ballou discusses using an Emperor Birch 4x12 Cabinet, highlighting that it features a unique configuration with a 15" speaker at the bottom.