Jazz Gear: Pedals, Synths & Guitars Used by Jazz Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 7,931 Jazz artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Jazz Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Jazz artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Jazz Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Jazz.
Jazz Looper Effects Pedals
1.6× site average
$63.00 - $150.00
in Looper Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 94
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$120.00 - $150.60
in Looper Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 61
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$99.00 - $109.99
in Looper Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 57
$157.23 - $205.99
in Looper Effects Pedals Rank
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#4 · Owned or saved by 52
$100.00 - $149.00
in Looper Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 36
$119.76
in Looper Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 34
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Jazz Filter Effects Pedals
1.5× site average
$75.00 - $112.50
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 23
$750.00
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 20
$1,945.00
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 19
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$194.48 - $209.99
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
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#4 · Owned or saved by 18
$225.00
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 17
$162.00 - $192.30
in Filter Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 17
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Jazz Pedalboards
1.5× site average
$60.00 - $241.99
in Pedalboards Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 18
$119.00 - $409.99
in Pedalboards Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 15
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$75.00 - $199.99
in Pedalboards Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 10
$59.30 - $203.13
in Pedalboards Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 10
$17.90 - $18.50
in Pedalboards Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$152.00 - $189.99
in Pedalboards Rank
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#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Jazz Digital Pianos
1.7× site average-m.webp?v=1784633358)
$299.00 - $499.99
in Digital Pianos Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 32
$2,500.00
in Digital Pianos Rank
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#2 · Owned or saved by 22
$1,589.99 - $2,499.99
in Digital Pianos Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 18
$371.93 - $429.99
in Digital Pianos Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 10
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#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$2,253.67
in Digital Pianos Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Jazz Vintage & Electric Pianos
1.6× site average
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 67
$2,826.75
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 48
$3,458.83
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 45
$3,280.00
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 37
$1,699.99
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 34
$3,000.00
in Vintage & Electric Pianos Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 29
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Jazz MIDI Keyboard Controllers
1.3× site average
$76.07 - $89.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 26
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$79.00 - $99.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 24
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$85.00 - $149.50
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 20
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$75.40 - $145.00
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 19
$107.38
in MIDI Keyboard Controllers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 19
#6 · Owned or saved by 18
Jazz Hollowbody Electric Guitars
1.3× site average-m.webp?v=1784632414)
$470.00 - $699.00
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 48
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$722.00 - $813.11
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 15
$3,999.99 - $4,299.99
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 13
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$2,404.00
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
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$460.00
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
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#5 · Owned or saved by 12
$5,970.00 - $7,001.83
in Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 11
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Jazz Acoustic-Electric Guitars
1.1× site average-m.webp?v=1784633482)
$1,979.99 - $2,539.00
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 16
$749.00 - $815.00
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
$949.00 - $1,099.00
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
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$999.99 - $2,099.99
in Acoustic-Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
$4,111.00 - $12,015.20
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$3,000.00 - $3,999.00
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Jazz Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
$2,555.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 97
$2,800.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
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#2 · Owned or saved by 46
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$2,869.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 23
$450.00 - $749.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 21
$449.00 - $751.93
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 21
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#6 · Owned or saved by 21
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Jazz Bass Combo Amplifiers
2.0× site average
$129.99 - $189.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 34
$339.00 - $429.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 28
$229.99 - $315.00
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 18
$399.00 - $714.12
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
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#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$541.48 - $666.00
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$229.99 - $309.99
in Bass Combo Amplifiers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
Jazz Mini Guitar Amplifiers
1.7× site average
$62.60 - $99.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 21
$275.23 - $369.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 19
$239.00 - $299.00
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 18
$29.00 - $54.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 14
$89.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
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#5 · Owned or saved by 13
$98.00 - $171.99
in Mini Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
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Jazz Combo Guitar Amplifiers
1.3× site average
$1,450.00 - $1,799.00
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 69
$699.00 - $1,026.85
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 66
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$1,099.99 - $1,399.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 62
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$1,669.99 - $2,199.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 41
$350.00 - $729.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 38
#6 · Owned or saved by 37
Jazz Electric Basses
$654.61 - $1,999.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 203
$649.00 - $1,589.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 158
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$2,699.00 - $2,749.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 44
$2,300.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 43
$158.00 - $369.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 42
$231.50 - $369.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 39
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Jazz Drum Sets
1.2× site average
$3,199.00 - $6,216.90
in Drum Sets Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 16
$4,361.00 - $7,555.00
in Drum Sets Rank
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#2 · Owned or saved by 11
$2,529.19
in Drum Sets Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 10
$479.00 - $999.99
in Drum Sets Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
$3,199.00 - $8,476.00
in Drum Sets Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$888.88 - $1,111.00
in Drum Sets Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Jazz Instrument Cables
1.4× site average
$179.99 - $229.99
in Instrument Cables Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 13
$94.95 - $104.95
in Instrument Cables Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 10
$599.00
in Instrument Cables Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$6.69 - $21.99
in Instrument Cables Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 8
$160.00 - $379.99
in Instrument Cables Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$250.00 - $749.99
in Instrument Cables Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Gear That Defines Jazz
Not just popular — disproportionately Jazz. Multipliers compare usage among Jazz 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.
Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone
Tenor Saxophones
2.7× vs site-wide
2
Fender Jazz
Fretless Basses
2.3× vs site-wide
3
AMS Neve 8078
Mixers
2.3× vs site-wide
4
Henriksen The Bud
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.3× vs site-wide
5
Behringer C2
Condenser Microphones
2.2× vs site-wide
6
Yamaha YCL-450 Clarinet
Clarinets
2.2× vs site-wide
7
Selmer Mark VI Alto Saxophone
Alto Saxophones
2.2× vs site-wide
8
Neural DSP Archetype: Cory Wong
Amp Simulator Plugins
2.2× vs site-wide
9
Yamaha THR10II
Mini Guitar Amplifiers
2.2× vs site-wide
10
Yamaha Montage 8
Synthesizers
2.2× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Jazz artists on Equipboard — a few of the 7,931:
Jazz Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Jazz.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 7,931 Jazz 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 Jazz 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 Jazz's orbit.