Funk / Soul Gear: Pedals, Synths & Guitars Used by Funk / Soul Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 8,159 Funk / Soul artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Funk / Soul Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Funk / Soul artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Funk / Soul Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Funk / Soul.
Funk / Soul Filter Effects Pedals
1.7× site average
$75.00 - $112.50
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 31
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$194.48 - $209.99
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
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#2 · Owned or saved by 21
$162.00 - $192.30
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 19
$730.81
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 18
$750.00
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 17
$92.00 - $111.70
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 16
Funk / Soul Bass Effects Pedals
1.5× site average
$152.00 - $179.99
in Bass Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 54
$168.00 - $179.99
in Bass Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 54
$75.00 - $98.00
in Bass Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 44
$189.99 - $219.00
in Bass Effects Pedals Rank
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#4 · Owned or saved by 40
$102.65 - $125.99
in Bass Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 37
$149.99 - $169.00
in Bass Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 37
Funk / Soul Wah Pedals
1.5× site average-m.webp?v=1784545239)
$92.00 - $109.99
in Wah Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 233
$169.00 - $179.99
in Wah Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 47
$81.00 - $179.99
in Wah Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 44
$93.88 - $125.99
in Wah Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 40
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$92.00 - $99.99
in Wah Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 32
$87.05 - $149.99
in Wah Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 30
Funk / Soul Digital Pianos
1.9× site average-m.webp?v=1784556015)
$299.00 - $499.99
in Digital Pianos Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 41
$2,500.00
in Digital Pianos Rank
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#2 · Owned or saved by 40
$1,589.99 - $2,499.99
in Digital Pianos Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 22
$1,959.00 - $2,899.99
in Digital Pianos Rank
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#4 · Owned or saved by 12
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#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$2,920.81 - $5,499.00
in Digital Pianos Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
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Funk / Soul Vintage & Electric Pianos
1.7× site average
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 74
$2,826.75
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 56
$3,458.83
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 56
$1,699.99
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 36
$3,280.00
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 31
$3,000.00
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 26
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Funk / Soul MIDI Keyboard Controllers
1.4× site average
$76.07 - $89.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 36
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$75.40 - $145.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 27
$107.38
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 26
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$79.00 - $99.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 25
$119.99
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 24
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$85.00 - $149.50
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 20
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Funk / Soul Acoustic-Electric Guitars
1.4× site average
$949.00 - $1,099.00
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 15
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$1,979.99 - $2,539.00
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
$3,000.00 - $3,999.00
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#3 · Owned or saved by 11
$662.05 - $2,099.99
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$4,111.00 - $12,015.20
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$850.00 - $2,499.00
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
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Funk / Soul Hollowbody Electric Guitars
1.2× site average-m.webp?v=1784546004)
$470.00 - $699.00
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 55
$3,999.99 - $4,299.99
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 19
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$722.00 - $813.11
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 12
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$460.00
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
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#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$5,970.00 - $7,001.83
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$2,385.37 - $3,999.99
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
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Funk / Soul Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
1.1× site average
$2,555.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 111
$2,800.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 40
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$2,869.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 34
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#4 · Owned or saved by 26
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$2,938.00 - $3,799.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
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#5 · Owned or saved by 24
$2,299.99 - $3,317.40
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 20
Funk / Soul Bass Combo Amplifiers
2.0× site average
$339.00 - $429.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 27
$129.99 - $189.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 23
$229.99 - $315.00
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 17
$541.48 - $666.00
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 15
$399.00 - $714.12
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 15
$229.99 - $269.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
Funk / Soul Mini Guitar Amplifiers
1.4× site average
$239.00 - $299.00
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 20
$98.00 - $171.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 16
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$110.00 - $167.93
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 13
$89.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
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#4 · Owned or saved by 13
$62.60 - $99.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 12
$199.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
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#6 · Owned or saved by 11
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Funk / Soul Combo Guitar Amplifiers
1.1× site average
$699.00 - $1,026.85
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 66
$1,450.00 - $1,799.00
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 63
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$1,099.99 - $1,399.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 54
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$1,669.99 - $2,199.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 36
$350.00 - $729.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 35
$599.00 - $1,999.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 34
Funk / Soul Electric Basses
$654.61 - $1,999.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 218
$649.00 - $1,589.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 188
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$2,699.00 - $2,749.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 57
$2,300.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 40
$231.50 - $369.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 39
$158.00 - $369.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 37
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Funk / Soul Drum Sets
$3,199.00 - $6,216.90
in Drum Sets Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 15
$2,649.00 - $3,691.00
in Drum Sets Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 11
$479.00 - $999.99
in Drum Sets Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 9
$2,529.19
in Drum Sets Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 8
$429.00 - $549.99
in Drum Sets Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$3,134.00 - $3,999.99
in Drum Sets Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Funk / Soul Instrument Cables
1.2× site average
$179.99 - $229.99
in Instrument Cables Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 14
$160.00 - $379.99
in Instrument Cables Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 8
$94.95 - $104.95
in Instrument Cables Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 7
#4 · Owned or saved by 6
$215.00
in Instrument Cables Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$40.91
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#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Gear That Defines Funk / Soul
Not just popular — disproportionately Funk / Soul. Multipliers compare usage among Funk / Soul 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.
Mooer Yellow Comp
Compressor Effects Pedals
2.5× vs site-wide
2
MXR M82 Bass Envelope Filter
Bass Effects Pedals
2.5× vs site-wide
3
Electro-Harmonix Micro Q-Tron
Filter Effects Pedals
2.5× vs site-wide
4
Boss GT-1B
Multi Effects Pedals
2.3× vs site-wide
5
Yamaha Reface CP
Digital Pianos
2.3× vs site-wide
6
Vemuram Jan Ray
Overdrive Effects Pedals
2.3× vs site-wide
7
Neural DSP Archetype: Cory Wong
Amp Simulator Plugins
2.2× vs site-wide
8
Positive Grid Spark GO Ultra-portable Smart Guitar Amp and Bluetooth Speaker
Mini Guitar Amplifiers
2.2× vs site-wide
9
AEA KU5A
Ribbon Microphones
2.2× vs site-wide
10
Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster
Solid Body Electric Guitars
2.2× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Funk / Soul artists on Equipboard — a few of the 8,159:
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Funk / Soul Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Funk / Soul.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 8,159 Funk / Soul 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 Funk / Soul 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 Funk / Soul's orbit.