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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

Rivera Bonehead

Rivera

used by Mick Mars

Rocktron Hush Noise Gate

pedal

used by Dimebag Darrell

Rocktron Piranha Preamp

Rocktron

used by K.K. Downing

Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus

Roland

used by Slash

Schecter Hellwin Stage 100

Schecter

used by Synyster Gates

Tech 21 SansAmp Classic

Tech 21

used by Phil Collen

Vox AC30 Rose Morris 80s

amplifier

used by Brian May

Wylde Audio Master 100 Amp Head

amplifier

used by Zakk Wylde

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