Industrial Gear: Pedals, Synths & Amps Used by Industrial Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 1,273 Industrial artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Industrial Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Industrial artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Industrial Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Industrial.
Industrial Delay Effects Pedals
1.1× site average
$208.00 - $260.35
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 19
-m.webp?v=1784617421)
$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 13
$123.99 - $171.09
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 12
$135.00 - $166.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
$87.19
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$383.00 - $499.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
.jpeg?v=1784600206)
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
-m.webp?v=1784559403)
Industrial Synthesizers
2.6× site average
#1 · Owned or saved by 25
-m.webp?v=1784559397)
$1,124.32
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 20
$3,999.00 - $4,999.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 19
$379.00 - $528.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 15
#5 · Owned or saved by 15
$290.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
-m.webp?v=1784473012)
-m.webp?v=1784473034)
Industrial Guitar Amplifier Heads
1.9× site average-m.webp?v=1784612678)
$1,699.00 - $2,899.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 17
$1,800.00 - $3,299.00
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 17
-m.webp?v=1784612179)
$2,790.00 - $4,499.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$775.52 - $2,449.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 7
$567.43 - $3,421.95
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 6
$2,999.00 - $3,508.14
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Industrial Solid Body Electric Guitars
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 29
$4,174.70 - $8,977.21
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 23
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 18
-m.webp?v=1784617758)
#4 · Owned or saved by 17
$1,792.64 - $2,799.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 16
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
.jpeg?v=1784563515)
-m.webp?v=1784559371)
Industrial Drum Machines
2.6× site average-m.webp?v=1784559385)
$4,599.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 19
-m.webp?v=1784559389)
$4,699.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
-m.webp?v=1784559462)
$77.55
in Drum Machines Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 10
$499.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
$399.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$274.42
in Drum Machines Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
-m.webp?v=1784613075)
Gear That Defines Industrial
Not just popular — disproportionately Industrial. Multipliers compare usage among Industrial 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.
-m.webp?v=1784386609){kind=small}
Korg MS-20
Synthesizers
2.7× vs site-wide
2
ARP 2600
Synthesizers
2.3× vs site-wide
3
Akai S1000
Audio Samplers
2.2× vs site-wide
4
Elektron Analog RYTM
Drum Machines
2.2× vs site-wide
5
Akai S900 MIDI Digital Sampler
Audio Samplers
2.1× vs site-wide
6
Atari 1040 ST
Computers & Peripherals
2.1× vs site-wide
7
Elektron Octatrack DPS-1
Production & Groove
2.1× vs site-wide
8
Marshall JMP-1 Tube MIDI Guitar Preamp
Guitar Preamps
2.1× vs site-wide
9
-m.webp?v=1784386708){kind=small}
Roland MC-505 Groovebox
Production & Groove
2.0× vs site-wide
10
-m.webp?v=1784612546){kind=small}
Native Instruments REAKTOR
Synth Plugins
2.0× vs site-wide
-m.webp?v=1784332008){kind=small}
-m.webp?v=1784559466){kind=small}
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Industrial artists on Equipboard — a few of the 1,273:
Industrial Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Industrial.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 1,273 Industrial 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 Industrial 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 Industrial's orbit.