High gain gear for Heavy Metal
What Heavy Metal 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
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head (Multi-watt)
Mesa Boogie
used by Kirk Hammett, Kim Thayil, Mark Morton +3 more
Diezel VH4 4-Channel 100-Watt
Diezel
used by Adam Jones, George Lynch, Wes Borland +1 more
Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
Boss
used by John 5, Jason Becker, Zakk Wylde +1 more
Marshall 1960 4x12 Cabinet
Marshall
used by Dave Mustaine, George Lynch, K.K. Downing +1 more
Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier
Soldano
used by George Lynch, Gary Moore, Mick Mars
Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Neural Dsp
used by Kiko Loureiro, Mark Morton, Dave Mustaine
ENGL Special Edition E670
Engl
used by Vinnie Moore, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton
EVH 5150 III
Evh
used by Wes Borland, John 5
Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier
Mesa Boogie
used by Buckethead, Wes Borland
MXR Flanger
MXR
used by Dimebag Darrell, Kerry King
Marshall JVM410H
Marshall
used by Yngwie Malmsteen, Alexi Laiho
EVH 4x12 Cabinet
Evh
used by Phil Collen, John 5
Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt
Mesa Boogie
used by Synyster Gates, John Petrucci
ProCo RAT 2
Proco
used by James Hetfield
MXR Micro Amp
MXR
used by Adam Jones
Peavey VTM-120
Peavey
used by Kim Thayil
Laney GH100L
Laney
used by Paul Gilbert
Marshall YJM100 Head
Marshall
used by Yngwie Malmsteen
Mesa Boogie Mark V
Mesa Boogie
used by Mark Morton
Mesa/Boogie Badlander
Mesa Boogie
used by Mark Morton
Peavey 5150 120-Watt Head
Peavey
used by Buckethead
Peavey Invective 120
Peavey
used by Misha Mansoor
Randall Lynch Box
Randall
used by George Lynch
ADA MP-1 Preamp
Ada
used by Jason Becker