High gain gear for Hard Rock
What Hard Rock 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
Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
Boss
used by Eddie Van Halen, Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett +3 more
ProCo RAT 2
Proco
used by David Gilmour, James Hetfield, Nuno Bettencourt
Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier
Soldano
used by Eddie Van Halen, Gary Moore, Mick Mars
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head (Multi-watt)
Mesa Boogie
used by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Synyster Gates
ENGL Special Edition E670
Engl
used by Vinnie Moore, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton
Marshall 1960 4x12 Cabinet
Marshall
used by Billy Gibbons, Ace Frehley, K.K. Downing
Mesa Boogie Mark I
Mesa Boogie
used by Joe Walsh, David Gilmour
Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier
Mesa Boogie
used by Buckethead, Mark Tremonti
Marshall JVM410H
Marshall
used by Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen
Mesa Boogie Mark V
Mesa Boogie
used by Carlos Santana, Alex Lifeson
Peavey 5150 120-Watt Head
Peavey
used by Joe Satriani, Buckethead
Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt
Mesa Boogie
used by Synyster Gates, John Petrucci
Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ Head
Mesa Boogie
used by Joe Satriani, James Hetfield
Tech 21 SansAmp Classic
Tech 21
used by Joe Satriani, Phil Collen
PRS Archon
PRS
used by Mark Tremonti
EVH 5150 III
Evh
used by Mark Tremonti
Marshall JCM900 2100
Marshall
used by Billy Gibbons
Colorsound Power Boost
Colorsound
used by David Gilmour
Diezel VH4 4-Channel 100-Watt
Diezel
used by James Hetfield
Friedman Dirty Shirley
Friedman
used by Joe Perry
Carvin Legacy 1 VL100 100W Amp Head
Carvin
used by Steve Vai
Carvin Legacy 3 VL300 100W Amp Head
Carvin
used by Steve Vai
Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK1
Hughes & Kettner
used by Nuno Bettencourt
Laney GH100L
Laney
used by Paul Gilbert