Christmas Gear: Guitars & Studio Gear Used by Christmas Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 547 christmas artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Christmas Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more christmas artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Christmas Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with christmas.
Christmas Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.8× site average
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 32
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#2 · Owned or saved by 26
$1,792.64 - $2,799.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 12
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
$4,174.70 - $8,977.21
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
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Christmas Dynamic Microphones
1.7× site average
$95.96 - $219.99
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 16
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$95.96 - $109.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 15
$335.00 - $439.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 13
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$327.50 - $449.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 6
$149.74 - $179.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
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#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Gear That Defines Christmas
Not just popular — disproportionately christmas. Multipliers compare usage among christmas 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.
Neumann U47
Condenser Microphones
2.7× vs site-wide
2
Teletronix LA-2A Leveling Amplifier
Effects Processors
2.4× vs site-wide
3
Telefunken U47
Condenser Microphones
2.3× vs site-wide
4
Sennheiser SKM 9000
Wireless Microphones
2.1× vs site-wide
5
Sennheiser SKM 5200-II
Dynamic Microphones
2.1× vs site-wide
6
Gibson J-200
Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
2.0× vs site-wide
7
Clear Tune Monitors Custom In-Ears
Headphones & In-Ear Monitors
2.0× vs site-wide
8
Gibson J-45
Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
1.9× vs site-wide
9
Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.9× vs site-wide
10
Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
1.9× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of christmas artists on Equipboard — a few of the 547:
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How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 547 christmas 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 christmas usage to all of Equipboard — so a tuner everyone owns doesn't drown out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
Keep Exploring
Gear guides for genres in christmas's orbit.