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High gain gear for Jazz

What Jazz 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

ProCo RAT 2

Proco

$86.93via Reverb

used by John Scofield, Bill Frisell

Mesa Boogie Mark V

Mesa Boogie

used by Mark Morton, Carlos Santana

Neural DSP Quad Cortex

Neural Dsp

used by Kiko Loureiro, Mark Morton

Bludotone Custom Amp

Bludotone

used by Carlos Santana, Larry Carlton

Friedman Dirty Shirley

Friedman

used by Joe Perry

Mesa Boogie Mark I

Mesa Boogie

$1466.59via Reverb

used by John Scofield

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head (Multi-watt)

Mesa Boogie

$1999via Reverb

used by Mark Morton

Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier

Mesa Boogie

$1250via Reverb

used by Buckethead

Mesa/Boogie Badlander

Mesa Boogie

used by Mark Morton

Peavey 5150 120-Watt Head

Peavey

$1212via Reverb

used by Buckethead

1970s Mesa/Boogie Mark I 'Snake King'

Mesa Boogie

used by Carlos Santana

Bogner Ecstasy 101B

Bogner

used by Steve Lukather

Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

Boss

$59via Reverb

used by Prince

Carr Mercury V

Carr

used by Bill Frisell

ENGL Special Edition E670

Engl

used by K.K. Downing

Marshall 1960 4x12 Cabinet

Marshall

used by K.K. Downing

Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ Head

Mesa Boogie

$3469via Reverb

used by Prince

Rocktron Piranha Preamp

Rocktron

used by K.K. Downing

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