Indie Rock Gear: Pedals, Guitars & Amps Used by Indie Rock Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 6,584 Indie rock artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Indie Rock Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Indie rock artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Indie Rock Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Indie rock.
Indie Rock Guitar Preamp Pedals
2.3× site average
$399.00 - $449.00
in Guitar Preamp Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 30
$27.99 - $39.99
in Guitar Preamp Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 28
$354.71 - $449.00
in Guitar Preamp Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 21
$249.00 - $282.00
in Guitar Preamp Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 14
$789.00
in Guitar Preamp Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
$315.00 - $329.00
in Guitar Preamp Pedals Rank
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#6 · Owned or saved by 7
Indie Rock Pedalboards
2.1× site average
$119.00 - $409.99
in Pedalboards Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 25
$135.00 - $439.00
in Pedalboards Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 21
$59.00 - $241.99
in Pedalboards Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 20
$17.90 - $18.50
in Pedalboards Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 18
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$60.00 - $99.99
in Pedalboards Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 17
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$62.59 - $199.99
in Pedalboards Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 16
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Indie Rock Fuzz Effects Pedals
2.0× site average
$83.00 - $101.60
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 269
$20.90 - $105.70
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 116
$75.00 - $96.20
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 106
$59.00 - $83.50
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 91
$75.00 - $87.10
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 90
$85.00 - $108.90
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 83
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Indie Rock Hollowbody Electric Guitars
1.6× site average-m.webp?v=1785217591)
$549.00 - $700.30
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 110
$3,999.99 - $4,299.99
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 17
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$722.00 - $809.41
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 16
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$799.99
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
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$1,750.00
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$702.88 - $929.00
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
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Indie Rock Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.5× site average-m.webp?v=1784964956)
#1 · Owned or saved by 394
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 385
$1,191.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 263
$879.99 - $1,890.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 199
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 178
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$939.99 - $1,469.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 157
Indie Rock Acoustic-Electric Guitars
1.5× site average
$3,000.00 - $3,999.00
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#1 · Owned or saved by 18
$659.18 - $2,099.99
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 15
$640.00 - $2,499.99
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 14
$390.00
#4 · Owned or saved by 13
$2,285.00 - $2,999.00
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
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#5 · Owned or saved by 12
$949.00 - $1,099.00
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
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Indie Rock Bass Combo Amplifiers
2.1× site average
$129.99 - $189.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 44
$344.00 - $429.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 30
$229.99 - $315.00
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 20
$399.00 - $711.02
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
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#4 · Owned or saved by 15
$30.00 - $109.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 13
$541.48 - $669.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
Indie Rock Combo Guitar Amplifiers
1.9× site average
$699.00 - $1,022.19
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 185
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$1,241.99 - $1,399.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 135
$1,450.00 - $1,799.00
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 105
$347.70 - $729.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 76
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$1,669.99 - $2,199.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 71
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$650.00 - $1,049.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 65
Indie Rock Mini Guitar Amplifiers
1.5× site average
$238.00 - $299.00
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 26
$29.00 - $54.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 18
$55.00
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
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#3 · Owned or saved by 16
$62.60 - $99.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 15
$199.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 14
$88.60 - $114.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 13
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Indie Rock MIDI Keyboard Controllers
1.1× site average
$76.07 - $159.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 42
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$79.00 - $99.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 35
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$75.40 - $145.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 29
$106.89
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 25
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$85.00 - $149.50
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 22
$32.66 - $59.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 20
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Indie Rock Synthesizers
$379.00 - $549.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 115
$600.00 - $2,398.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 68
$2,000.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 54
$290.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 53
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$962.85
in Synthesizers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 53
$411.00 - $699.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 52
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Indie Rock Vintage & Electric Pianos
$2,592.30
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 28
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 25
$3,280.00
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 15
$1,699.99
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 13
$7,720.02
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 12
$3,000.00
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 11
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Indie Rock Electric Basses
1.3× site average
$651.77 - $1,999.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 337
$649.00 - $1,589.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 195
$231.50 - $369.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 78
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$799.99 - $1,460.36
#4 · Owned or saved by 75
$2,199.00 - $2,869.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 66
$2,300.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 62
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Indie Rock Crash Cymbals
1.2× site average-m.webp?v=1785217454)
$357.00 - $459.95
in Crash Cymbals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 14
$329.00 - $434.95
in Crash Cymbals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 13
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$338.35 - $464.95
in Crash Cymbals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
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$429.00 - $509.95
in Crash Cymbals Rank
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#4 · Owned or saved by 10
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$278.46 - $409.95
in Crash Cymbals Rank
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#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$248.51 - $349.95
in Crash Cymbals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Indie Rock Drum Sets
1.1× site average
$1,400.00 - $3,360.00
in Drum Sets Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 21
$2,649.00 - $3,691.00
in Drum Sets Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 20
$888.88 - $1,111.00
in Drum Sets Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 14
$2,199.00 - $3,899.00
in Drum Sets Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
$3,199.00 - $6,216.90
in Drum Sets Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
$2,849.00 - $3,933.00
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
Indie Rock Instrument Cables
1.3× site average
$5.60 - $22.98
in Instrument Cables Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 9
$179.99 - $229.99
in Instrument Cables Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 9
$6.66 - $21.99
in Instrument Cables Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 6
$12.99
#4 · Owned or saved by 6
$104.95
in Instrument Cables Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$7.50 - $29.97
in Instrument Cables Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Gear That Defines Indie Rock
Not just popular — disproportionately Indie rock. Multipliers compare usage among Indie rock 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.
Squier Classic Vibe '60s Jazzmaster
Solid Body Electric Guitars
3.4× vs site-wide
2
Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster
Solid Body Electric Guitars
3.2× vs site-wide
3
EarthQuaker Devices Plumes
Overdrive Effects Pedals
2.9× vs site-wide
4
Walrus Audio Julia V2
Chorus Effects Pedals
2.9× vs site-wide
5
Electro-Harmonix Op-Amp Big Muff Pi
Fuzz Effects Pedals
2.8× vs site-wide
6
Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff Pi
Fuzz Effects Pedals
2.8× vs site-wide
7
Vox AC30C2
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.7× vs site-wide
8
Walrus Audio Julia
Chorus Effects Pedals
2.7× vs site-wide
9
Walrus Audio ARP-87
Delay Effects Pedals
2.6× vs site-wide
10
Behringer UV300 Ultra Vibrato
Vibrato Effects Pedals
2.6× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Indie rock artists on Equipboard — a few of the 6,584:
Indie Rock Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Indie rock.
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How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 6,584 Indie rock 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 Indie rock 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 Indie rock's orbit.