Modern Blues Rock Gear: Pedals & Guitars Used by Modern Blues Rock Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 333 modern blues rock artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Modern Blues Rock Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more modern blues rock artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Modern Blues Rock Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with modern blues rock.
Modern Blues Rock Delay Effects Pedals
2.0× site average
$135.00 - $166.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 19
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
$208.00 - $259.39
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
$323.87 - $554.02
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 10
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$119.99
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$184.58 - $250.90
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
Modern Blues Rock Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.5× site average
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 28
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#2 · Owned or saved by 24
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 20
$1,783.18 - $2,799.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 17
$2,000.31 - $2,499.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
Gear That Defines Modern Blues Rock
Not just popular — disproportionately modern blues rock. Multipliers compare usage among modern blues 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.
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1960's Fender Super Reverb Combo Amp
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.4× vs site-wide
2
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Electro-Harmonix Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator
Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
2.2× vs site-wide
3
Fulltone Ultimate Octave
Fuzz Effects Pedals
2.2× vs site-wide
4
MXR M169 Carbon Copy
Delay Effects Pedals
2.1× vs site-wide
5
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Analog Man King of Tone Overdrive
Overdrive Effects Pedals
2.1× vs site-wide
6
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Gibson Hummingbird
Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
2.1× vs site-wide
7
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Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve
Guitar Amplifier Stacks
2.1× vs site-wide
8
Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah Pedal
Wah Pedals
2.1× vs site-wide
9
Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive
Overdrive Effects Pedals
2.0× vs site-wide
10
Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner
Pedal Tuners
2.0× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of modern blues rock artists on Equipboard — a few of the 333:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 333 modern blues 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 modern blues rock usage to all of Equipboard — so a tuner everyone owns doesn't drown out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
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