Instrumental Gear Used by Instrumental Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 1,202 Instrumental artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Instrumental Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Instrumental artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Instrumental Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Instrumental.
Instrumental Delay Effects Pedals
1.6× site average
$208.00 - $260.35
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 12
$399.00 - $449.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
$135.00 - $166.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 10
$249.00 - $379.99
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$123.99 - $171.09
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Gear That Defines Instrumental
Not just popular — disproportionately Instrumental. Multipliers compare usage among Instrumental 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.
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Fractal Axe-Fx II Guitar Effects Processor
Effects Processors
2.4× vs site-wide
2
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Ernie Ball 6180 VP JR. Passive Volume Pedal
Volume Effects Pedals
2.0× vs site-wide
3
Audio Ease Altiverb 7
Reverb Plugins
1.8× vs site-wide
4
Boss DD-500 Digital Delay
Delay Effects Pedals
1.8× vs site-wide
5
Roland SP-404SX
Audio Samplers
1.8× vs site-wide
6
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Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay
Reverb Effects Pedals
1.8× vs site-wide
7
Strymon TimeLine
Delay Effects Pedals
1.7× vs site-wide
8
Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS
Effects Pedal Accessories
1.7× vs site-wide
9
Moog One Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer
Synthesizers
1.7× vs site-wide
10
DigiTech WH-4 Whammy (4th Gen)
Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
1.7× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Instrumental artists on Equipboard — a few of the 1,202:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 1,202 Instrumental 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 Instrumental 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
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