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
Marshall JVM Series JVM205H
Marshall
used by Synyster Gates
Marshall Vintage Modern 2466
Marshall
used by Paul Gilbert
Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ Head
Mesa Boogie
used by James Hetfield
Mesa/Boogie Trem-o-Verb
Mesa Boogie
used by Kim Thayil
Port City Pearl Head
Port City
used by Tosin Abasi
Randall Century 200
Randall
used by Dimebag Darrell
Randall Lynch Box 4x12 Cabinet
Randall
used by George Lynch
Rivera Bonehead
Rivera
used by Mick Mars
Rocktron Piranha Preamp
Rocktron
used by K.K. Downing
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