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  3. /Heavy Metal
  4. /Mid gain

Mid gain gear for Heavy Metal

What Heavy Metal artists actually play that sounds mid gain, ranked by how many of them use it

Also called medium gain, moderate gain, middle gain, medium amount of gain

Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

Boss

$59via Reverb

used by John 5, Jason Becker, Zakk Wylde +1 more

Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer

Ibanez

$349via Reverb

used by Yngwie Malmsteen, Slash, Adrian Smith

EVH 5150 III

Evh

used by Wes Borland, John 5

Marshall Guv'nor

Marshall

$106via Reverb

used by Gary Moore

Boss OD-1 Overdrive

Boss

$218via Reverb

used by Jake E. Lee

Catalinbread Karma Suture

Catalinbread

$179.99via Reverb

used by Paul Gilbert

Friedman BE-OD Deluxe

Friedman

$229.49via Reverb

used by Tosin Abasi

MXR Timmy Overdrive

MXR

$140.21via Reverb

used by Jerry Cantrell

Way Huge Electronics Green Rhino MkII Overdrive

Way Huge

used by Paul Gilbert

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