Brass & Military Gear Used by Brass & Military Artists

Drawn from the documented rigs of 97 Brass & Military artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.

97 artists → 484 gear items tracked 561 gear associations Updated July 24, 2026

Gear That Defines Brass & Military

Not just popular — disproportionately Brass & Military. Multipliers compare usage among Brass & Military artists & fans to usage across all of Equipboard, so gear everyone owns doesn't crowd out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.

E-Mu Proteus 2 Orchestral module Sound Modules 2.2× vs site-wide 2

E-Mu Proteus 1 Sound Modules 2.0× vs site-wide 3

Shure SM58 Dynamic Microphones 1.5× vs site-wide

The Artists Behind the Data

This page is built from the documented rigs of Brass & Military artists on Equipboard — a few of the 97:

Dagames

Singer, Guitarist

Bobby Prince

Composer

Koji Kondo

Keyboardist, Composer

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Singer, Keyboardist · "Weird Al" Yankovic

Bruce Swedien

Music Producer

Steve Lieberman

Singer, Guitarist

Peter Howell

Keyboardist, Composer

Howard Goodall

Singer, Keyboardist

Will Tura

Singer, Guitarist

Lee Jackson

Composer

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How We Built This Guide

Documented artist rigs

Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 97 Brass & Military artists on Equipboard — interviews, photos, and rig breakdowns, not guesswork.

Community signal

Saves and gear-photo tags from players who love this genre add weight, so the lists reflect who actually plays this stuff.

Distinctive, not just popular

We compare Brass & Military usage to all of Equipboard — so a tuner everyone owns doesn't drown out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.

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