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
Abasi Pathos Distortion
Abasi
used by Tosin Abasi
BluGuitar Amp1
Bluguitar
used by Uli Jon Roth
Bogner Fish Preamp
Bogner
used by Jerry Cantrell
Bogner Uberschall 120-Watt Tube Guitar Amp Head
Bogner
used by Synyster Gates
Boss Katana Air
Boss
used by Kirk Hammett
DOD YJM308 Preamp Overdrive
Dod
used by Yngwie Malmsteen
Dunlop Zakk Wylde Wah
Dunlop
used by Kerry King
ENGL Marty Friedman Inferno E766
Engl
used by Marty Friedman
Friedman BE-OD Deluxe
Friedman
used by Tosin Abasi
Friedman JEL-50
Friedman
used by Jake E. Lee
Hiwatt SE-4123 4x12 Cabinet
Hiwatt
used by George Lynch
Homebrew Electronics HBE Detox EQ Paul Gilbert signature
Homebrew
used by Paul Gilbert
Horizon Devices Apex Preamp
Horizon Devices
used by Misha Mansoor
Horizon Devices Precision Drive
Horizon Devices
used by Misha Mansoor
JHS Haunting Mids
JHS Pedals
used by Paul Gilbert
Krank Krankenstein
Krank
used by Dimebag Darrell
Laney GH100TI
Laney
used by Tony Iommi
Lee Jackson Perfect Connection GP-1000
Lee Jackson
used by Alexi Laiho
MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase
MXR
used by Zakk Wylde
Marshall 1959T Super Tremolo
Marshall
used by Slash
Marshall 1960B-DM Dave Mustaine Cabinet
Marshall
used by Dave Mustaine
Marshall 2203KK Kerry King JCM800
Marshall
used by Kerry King
Marshall JCM800 2203ZW
amplifier
used by Zakk Wylde
Marshall JCM800 2205 50-Watt Amplifier Head
Marshall
used by Michael Schenker