Easy to dial in gear for Heavy Metal
What Heavy Metal artists actually play that sounds easy to dial in, ranked by how many of them use it
Also called simple controls, set and forget, intuitive, no bad settings
Fractal Audio Axe-Fx III
Fractal Audio
used by Dave Mustaine, Misha Mansoor, Kiko Loureiro +3 more
MXR M169 Carbon Copy Analog Delay
MXR
used by Mark Morton, Tosin Abasi, Vinnie Moore +2 more
Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
Boss
used by John 5, Jason Becker, Zakk Wylde +1 more
Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Neural Dsp
used by Kiko Loureiro, Mark Morton, Dave Mustaine
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Boss
used by Gary Moore, George Lynch
Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler
Line 6
used by Kirk Hammett, Buckethead
Kemper Profiler Head
Kemper
used by Paul Gilbert
Strymon BigSky
Strymon
used by Wes Borland
TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger
TC Electronic
used by Brian May
BluGuitar Amp1
Bluguitar
used by Uli Jon Roth
MXR M117R Flanger
MXR
used by Randy Rhoads
Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter
Maxon
used by Marty Friedman
Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ Head
Mesa Boogie
used by James Hetfield
Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
Roland
used by Slash
Seymour Duncan Vise Grip Compressor
Seymour Duncan
used by Devin Townsend