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  4. /High gain

High gain gear for Folk

What Folk artists actually play that sounds high gain, ranked by how many of them use it

Also called lots of gain, heavily saturated, tons of gain, distort, distorts, distorted, distortion, fully distorted

ProCo RAT 2

Proco

$86via Reverb

used by Jeff Beck, Bill Frisell

Mesa Boogie Mark I

Mesa Boogie

$1466.92via Reverb

used by John Mayer, Joe Walsh

Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier

Soldano

$5499.99via Reverb

used by Mark Knopfler

Colorsound Overdriver

pedal

used by Jeff Beck

Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier

Mesa Boogie

$1250via Reverb

used by Buckethead

Mesa Boogie Mark V

Mesa Boogie

used by John Mayer

Peavey 5150 120-Watt Head

Peavey

$1212via Reverb

used by Buckethead

Sola Sound Tone Bender MK1

pedal

used by Jeff Beck

1977 Marshall 2203 JMP Master Volume

Marshall

used by Angus Young

Boss SD-1W Super OverDrive Waza Craft

pedal

$149via Reverb

used by Mark Knopfler

Carr Mercury V

Carr

used by Bill Frisell

Crate - VC 5212

amplifier

used by Mark Knopfler

Engl Ritchie Blackmore Signature 100W Guitar Amp Head

Engl

used by Ritchie Blackmore

Keeley Electronics Katana Boost

Keeley

$199via Reverb

used by John Mayer

Magnatone Super Fifty-Nine M-80 Head

Magnatone

used by Jeff Beck

Orange Amplifiers OR100 100W Dual Channel Tube Guitar Head

amplifier

used by Angus Young

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