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Natural and musical gear for Heavy Metal

What Heavy Metal artists actually play that sounds natural and musical, ranked by how many of them use it

Also called natural, musical, organic

MXR Timmy Overdrive

MXR

$140.51via Reverb

used by Jerry Cantrell

MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase

MXR

$125.99via Reverb

used by Zakk Wylde

Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter

Maxon

$263.83via Reverb

used by Marty Friedman

Music Man 212-HD 130 Vintage (1970s)

Music Man

used by Kim Thayil

Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Germanium Gold Ltd.

Pigtronix

$119via Reverb

used by Paul Gilbert

Port City Pearl Head

Port City

$3625via Reverb

used by Tosin Abasi

Rivera Bonehead

Rivera

used by Mick Mars

Roland Analog Echo

Roland

used by Yngwie Malmsteen

Seymour Duncan Vise Grip Compressor

Seymour Duncan

$85via Reverb

used by Devin Townsend

Source Audio Soundblox Multiwave Distortion

pedal

$101via Reverb

used by Phil Collen

Visual Sound H2O

Visual Sound

used by Synyster Gates

Vox AC30 Rose Morris 80s

amplifier

used by Brian May

Way Huge Electronics Green Rhino MkII Overdrive

Way Huge

used by Paul Gilbert

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