Drill And Bass Gear Used by Drill And Bass Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 47 Drill and bass artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
Gear That Defines Drill And Bass
Not just popular — disproportionately Drill and bass. Multipliers compare usage among Drill and bass 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.
Roland TB-303
Synthesizers
2.7× vs site-wide
2
Roland MC-202 MicroComposer
Synthesizers
2.3× vs site-wide
3
Roland TR-606 Drumatix
Drum Machines
2.2× vs site-wide
4
Yamaha FS1R
Sound Modules
2.0× vs site-wide
5
Max/MSP
DAW Software
2.0× vs site-wide
6
Renoise
DAW Software
1.9× vs site-wide
7
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Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer
Drum Machines
1.8× vs site-wide
8
Alesis Quadraverb
Effects Processors
1.8× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Drill and bass artists on Equipboard — a few of the 47:
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How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 47 Drill and bass 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 Drill and bass 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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