NodeToneBeta
  • Pedals
  • Amps
  • Tone
  • Good for
  • Best of
  • Genres
  • Brands
  • Compare
  1. NodeTone
  2. /Genres
  3. /Pop
  4. /High gain

High gain gear for Pop

What Pop 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

Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

Boss

$59via Reverb

used by John 5, Prince, Lindsey Buckingham

ProCo RAT 2

Proco

$86via Reverb

used by Jeff Beck

Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier

Soldano

$5499.99via Reverb

used by Mick Mars

EVH 5150 III

Evh

used by John 5

Colorsound Overdriver

pedal

used by Jeff Beck

Friedman Dirty Shirley

Friedman

used by Joe Perry

Mesa Boogie Mark I

Mesa Boogie

$1466.92via Reverb

used by John Mayer

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

Mesa Boogie

$1999via Reverb

used by Lindsey Buckingham

Mesa Boogie Mark V

Mesa Boogie

used by John Mayer

Sola Sound Tone Bender MK1

pedal

used by Jeff Beck

Bogner Ecstasy 101B

Bogner

used by Steve Lukather

EVH 4x12 Cabinet

Evh

used by John 5

Keeley Electronics Katana Boost

Keeley

$199via Reverb

used by John Mayer

Magnatone Super Fifty-Nine M-80 Head

Magnatone

used by Jeff Beck

Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ Head

Mesa Boogie

$3469via Reverb

used by Prince

Rivera Bonehead

Rivera

used by Mick Mars

Victory Amplifiers V100

amplifier

used by Dave Murray

Related

  • clean boost gear for pop
  • low gain gear for pop
  • mid gain gear for pop
  • extreme gain gear for pop
  • high gain overdrive pedals
  • all pop gear

© 2026 NodeTone. NodeTone is a beta project — gear info and pricing may be incomplete or out of date.

AboutManage price alertsPrivacy PolicyTerms of ServiceAffiliate DisclosureContact