High gain gear for Rock
What Rock 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
used by Eddie Van Halen, John 5, Jason Becker +10 more
Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier
Soldano
used by Eddie Van Halen, Warren Haynes, George Lynch +3 more
Marshall 1960 4x12 Cabinet
Marshall
used by Billy Corgan, J Mascis, Mike McCready +3 more
ProCo RAT 2
Proco
used by David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, James Hetfield +1 more
Diezel VH4 4-Channel 100-Watt
Diezel
used by George Lynch, Wes Borland, Matt Bellamy +1 more
Mesa Boogie Mark I
Mesa Boogie
used by John Mayer, Joe Walsh, Keith Richards +1 more
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head (Multi-watt)
Mesa Boogie
used by Kirk Hammett, Kim Thayil, James Hetfield +1 more
EVH 5150 III
Evh
used by Wes Borland, John 5, Mark Tremonti
Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier
Mesa Boogie
used by Buckethead, Mark Tremonti, Wes Borland
Mesa Boogie Mark V
Mesa Boogie
used by John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Alex Lifeson
Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ Head
Mesa Boogie
used by Joe Satriani, James Hetfield, Prince
MXR Micro Amp
MXR
used by John Frusciante, Jack White
Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion
Boss
used by Kurt Cobain, John Frusciante
Marshall JVM410H
Marshall
used by Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen
Peavey 5150 120-Watt Head
Peavey
used by Joe Satriani, Buckethead
Bludotone Custom Amp
Bludotone
used by Carlos Santana, Larry Carlton
Keeley Electronics Katana Boost
Keeley
used by John Mayer, Chris Buck
Magnatone Super Fifty-Nine M-80 Head
Magnatone
used by Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons
Marshall 1959T Super Tremolo
Marshall
used by Slash, Mike McCready
Marshall JCM800 2205 50-Watt Amplifier Head
Marshall
used by Tom Morello, Michael Schenker
Orange Dark Terror
Orange
used by Tim Henson, Scott LePage
PRS Archon
PRS
used by Mark Tremonti
Marshall JCM900 2100
Marshall
used by Billy Gibbons
Colorsound Overdriver
pedal
used by Jeff Beck