T-Rex Tonebug Effects In Stock!

T-Rex Tonebug Effects In Stock! The Tonebug series of effects pedals from T Rex offers simplicity, great looks, and most importantly killer tone all at a killer price. Presently 2 models are available - the Tonebug overdrive and the dual-mode reverb.
Click Here to check out the T Rex Tonebugs!

Here are some demo videos!

We've updated our Carrollton, GA Links & Info Page

We recently updated our Carrollton Info and Links page on ballewsmusic.net . Here you'll find information on our city's schools, government, history...even the cheapest gas prices. Check it out...hopefully you'll find it useful. Feel free to offer suggestions for additions to the page.

Fender Offers $100 Rebate on American Standard Guitars & Basses

Get $100 Cash Back on American Standard Telecasters and Stratocasters!

Purchase a qualifying Fender American Standard between June 15, 2009 and September 15, 2009 and get $100 cash back! Submissions must be postmarked within 30 days from your date of purchase. To take advantage of the offer, download the form here !

Ballew's Music - Now a V-Picks guitar pick Dealer!

We're stoked about this new line of guitar picks - V-Picks!

V-Picks are handmade acrylic guitar picks that are really getting some great reviews from guitarists of all styles....even some noteable guitarists that are known worldwide.

Here's a brief synapsis:

V-Pick guitar picks offer:

• Richer tone from your instrument.
• Creamy high end, strong mids, a beefy bottom end and more volume. An incredible difference.
• Very smooth/fast action
• The V-Pick glides over the strings creating less friction, allowing you to play faster
• Very cool looking
• Smooth, Clear Acrylic
• Very cool feeling
• Feels much like a highly polished stone

Sounds pretty cool huh? Check out our V-Picks page opver at ballewsmusic.com

Ballew's Music - Now offering "Deal of the Day" Specials!

It seems everybody is doing it so why can't we? Check in with our deal of the day page and see our money-saving daily special. You never know what we have in store for you! It could be strings, effects pedals, amps...even guitars!! If you've never heard of us or checked out our website, please take a look around...we'd love to have the opportunity to earn your business...we got some pretty cool gear!

Ballew's Music - Deal of the Day Page

The Option Knob for effects pedals...Now at Ballew's Music

Introducing the Option Knob, a killer new accessory for effects pedals!

Everybody knows we adore effects pedals here, and you can just imagine how excited we were when found an accessory for effects pedals that wasn't a board or a patch cable...and this one's pretty cool AND functional!



If your one of the many players who use effects, you've probably encountered a situation where you wished you could change a setting on one of your effects on-the-fly without having to wait until the end of a song, or worse....interrupt your performance. Maybe you have a part in a song where you'd like to start off with just a hint of overdrive, but you need full-tilt saturation in the chorus? Maybe you have a delay pedal and want slapback in one part of the song but want longer delay time in another part? I could go on, but you get the basic premise.



Enter The Option Knob!
The Option Knob is a nifty little device that allows you to control your pedal's settings with your foot, enabling you to keep both hands on your guitar. Need to make a minor adjustment? No problem! Better yet, with the control the Option Knob gives you, you can experiment and explore a whole new range of sonic goodness!

So How Does It Work?

1. Select which factory knob you'd like to control with your foot. Turn the knob counter-clockwise as far as it will go, then remove the knob by pulling it firmly upward (Don't forget to put this knob in a safe place...don't lose it!)


2. Align the Option Knob so that it's 'wings' are positioned at 7 O'Clock and 1 O'Clock when looking at the pedal, push the Option Knob on in place of where the factory knob was, push carefully until you feel that there is a snug or adequate grip to utilize the Option Knob's universal fit.


3. Use your foot to nudge the wings of the Option Knob left and right to whatever settings you prefer. Enjoy manipulating the knob during live performances for more interactive real-time expression. You now have more options and control over your sound by using your foot instead of bending down and using your hand! Pretty cool, huh?
   

You've Got Options!

The Option Knob comes in 2 styles - Classic and Boutique. The Classic Option Knob will work for most effects pedals made by Boss, BBE, Digitech, Diaz, Electro Harmonix, T Rex, DOD, while the boutique version is for many boutique effects on the market today. Some of the boutique effects use pots with a slightly larger diameter. We will have a more detailed list of effects companies in the future, but to be on the safe side, just take the knob off of your pedal and measure the diameter of the potentiometer...simply because the model you need might vary from pedal to pedal.

The Option Knob Classic will accomodate pot sizes of .220-.235in

The Option Knob Boutique will accomodate pot sizes of .235-.25in



The Option Knob retails for $9.99, and we have have both styles in stock at Ballew's Music

Click Here for demo videos and purchase info

Diamond Memory Lane - Custom Color - Last of the Original Version 1

Diamond Memory Lane Analog Delay w/ Tap Tempo

Grab this one while you can!
This is a custom color Memory Lane, and when we ordered it, we were told it was the last one they had so that makes this one pretty special. It's also an opportunity to take advantage of the price, because while we're sure the upcoming Memory Lane II will totally rule, it'll retail out around $600.

Ballew's Music Price: $459 - Click Here to Purchase

Don't forget the original Memory Lane is the best damned analog delay on the planet (until #2 comes out!) ....at least that's how see it!

About the Memory Lane:
It's so nice and warm it's not even funny. As you can probably guess already, this isn't your typical analog delay. The Memory Lane has a number of innovations that bridge the feature gap between analog and digital delays while retaining the warmth and unique sound of bucket brigade delay devices in an all analog signal path. Offering up to 550 ms delay time, tempo can be set either by dial or by foot tap switch. When you don't need foot control of tempo, you can use the second foot switch as an on/off switch for the modulation feature simply by switching the small feature' toggle switch from 'tap' to 'mod'.

Fulltone Version 4 OCD - Back In Stock as of 5/28!

Fulltone OCD Version 4 ....the perfect compliment to your rig!

V1.4 has more even harmonics, sweeter top-end, and a different Taper on the volume pot to make it more friendly.

These always go fast!


Get your OCD at Ballew's Music! Click Here

Full line of Korg Tuners and Metronomes at Ballew's Music

Korg just hit a milestone with the sales of their tuners...20 million! Crazy huh? It's no accident as Korg has the most impressive collection of tuners and metronomes going today and you can get the full line of them here at Ballew's Music. You can also use the new and rather impressive Korg Tuner Selection Guide. It's a cool interface that helps you to choose the tuner that's best suited for your needs.

Click here for more info on Korg Tuners

CLick here for Korg Metronomes

The Surf Shop Returns to Ballew's Music

It's back and less organized than ever....The Ballew's Music Surf Shop! We try to keep a decent selection of amps, effects, strings, accessories...all with the surf guitarist in mind....we usually have a Jazzmaster or Jaguar laying around as well. More and more items will be added as time goes by.

Click Here to Visit

Ballew's Music's Kevin Lyle Featured on Dava Picks' MySpace Page!

Dava Picks- Killer Picks that can help to improve your playing!

Our own Kevin Lyle is featured on Dava Picks' MySpace Page
with his killer instrumental track, "Kashmirish" - Click Here

Kevin is a guitar instructor for over 20 years and plays in numerous bands in the West GA area.
Check him out!

Korg D888 Digital 8 Track Recorder now w/ Free Cubase LE!

Korg D888 8 Track Digital Recorder

Get Cubase LE 4 FREE with the D888 Mixer/Recorder
From September 1st until further notice get a FREE copy of Cubase LE 4 with your purchase of a new D888. This offer is good on any new Korg D888 purchased in the U.S. from an authorized Korg dealer. For additional information about Cubase LE 4, click here.

An analog-style recorder with powerful digital capabilities and 8 track simultaneous recording
The Korg D-888 Digital Recording Studio is an eight-input/eight-output mixer and eight-track hard disk recorder in one easy-to-use unit. Best of all for those used to analog recorders, the D-888 has a very analog-like look and feel that's comfortable and very easy to use. The input jacks, trim knob, three-band EQ controls, pan knob, and fader are all placed in a straight line for each channel, and channel settings are obvious at a glance. A backlit LCD screen provides additional information that's easy to understand.

Click Here for more more info

Handwired Vox AC-15 - Vox AC15H1TV at Ballew's Music

Vox Handwired AC-15!

Your search for the Holy Grail of VOX tone ends here. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of VOX guitar amplifiers, we are pleased to introduce the first of a new Heritage Collection of hand-wired amplifiers- the AC15H1TV. Rather than just a typical reissue where a vintage amp is dusted off and copied, this amplifier, like the others in the Heritage Collection, transports you through the golden age of VOX tone, combining the prized EF86 preamp channel of 1958 with the 1963 Top Boost channel all in one amplifier. Add in some modern tone shaping control enhancements and the result is perhaps the finest VOX amplifier in the company's 50 year history.

For more info Click Here

Ballew's Music Now a Schecter Guitars Dealer!

We're proud to announce we're now a Schecter dealer! Please check out our inventory at ballewsmusic.com! Please call us at 770-832-1917 for special orders.

More and more Schecter guitars and basses will be trickling in over the next couple of weeks

NEW! Electro Harmonix Micro POG

Make your 6 string guitar sound like a 12 string. Make your 4 string bass sound like an 8 string! Super fast tracking with glitch free polyphony. Makes a great bass using the sub octave. Polyphonic tone in a small die-cast XO enclosure.

Check it out at Ballew's Music

ELectro Harmonix Soul Preacher, Germanium OD, and #1 Echo now at Ballew's Music

Some of the newer Electro Harmonix pedals are trickling in here at Ballew's Music...

Some of the noteables are :

Electro Harmonix Soul Preacher Compressor / Sustainer, Electro Harmonix Germanium OD, and the Electro Harmonix #1 Echo Digital Delay

Click Here For Our Current Electro Harmonix Inventory

Fulltone GT-500 Distortion - Now In Stock at Ballew's Music!!

The wait is over....now you can own the best distortion out there!

Click Here to Purchase the Fulltone GT-500!

Nobody Ships Faster Than Ballew's Music!

We also have tons of other Fulltone Effects In stock!

Click Here for our Fulltone Effects Pedal Inventory

Fulltone GT-500 Will Be Shipping Soon!

We were told today that Fulltone is in the process of assembling the new GT-500 Distortion Pedals, and they will begin shipping them out the week of July 4th!

We're excited, as we were one of the very first dealers to place an order, so we should be receiving some of the very first ones produced!

We still have a few pre-order slots available....Click Here to order and for more information

Ballew's Music - New "Ebay To Go"

Now you can check out the products we have listed on ebay right here on our blog!

Check it out....

Ballew's Music works with the Carroll County Humane Society!

We are delighted to announce we will be working in conjunction
with the Carroll County Humane Society to help get the word out
about pets that are up for adoption in the area.

Want more info? Click Here!