Chris Ballew

Ballew is endorsed by Orange amplifiers and Epiphone Guitars, according to this website.

"I'm using Epiphone guitars because I'm an Epiphone endorsee. I use the Epiphone SG-400 and I convert that into a two string. I have a Hartke amp, a 3500 which has a really snappy, upfront, punchy sound and distorts nicely. It has a nice gain structure in it and a multi-band EQ which I love too. I also have a deal with them too so most of my stuff comes from those two companies. Andrew our guitar player has a Gibson endorsement so uses those guitars and a whole array of funky old pedals something I don't use at all."

"'Well, kind of a bass amp,' he clarifies. 'It's a Music Man Model 65. It's got this hybrid guitar/bass sound, and it's set up like a guitar amp, but they call it a bass amp. I don't know what I would use if I didn't have that thing.' The 65-watt amp--admittedly low-powered for a hard-rockin' band--drives an old 2x15 Kustom tuck 'n' roll speaker cabinet. It was originally black, but Ballew spray-painted it gold."