Modern Hard Rock Gear: Pedals & Guitars Used by Modern Hard Rock Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 312 modern hard rock artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Modern Hard Rock Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more modern hard rock artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Modern Hard Rock Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with modern hard rock.
Modern Hard Rock Delay Effects Pedals
1.9× site average
$135.00 - $166.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 14
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$119.99
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 12
$208.00 - $259.43
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 7
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 7
$249.00 - $379.99
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$163.96
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
Modern Hard Rock Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.4× site average
$4,165.95 - $8,977.21
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 18
$1,789.44 - $2,799.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 14
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 12
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#4 · Owned or saved by 10
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$2,000.60 - $2,499.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Gear That Defines Modern Hard Rock
Not just popular — disproportionately modern hard rock. Multipliers compare usage among modern hard 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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Electro-Harmonix Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator
Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
2.2× vs site-wide
2
TC Electronic PolyTune
Pedal Tuners
2.2× vs site-wide
3
TC Electronic Flashback Delay
Delay Effects Pedals
2.2× vs site-wide
4
Dunlop MC404 CAE Wah Pedal
Wah Pedals
2.1× vs site-wide
5
Gamechanger Audio Plasma Pedal
Fuzz Effects Pedals
2.0× vs site-wide
6
TC Electronic Flashback X4 Delay
Delay Effects Pedals
2.0× vs site-wide
7
Dunlop JD-4S Rotovibe
Univibe & Rotary Effects Pedals
1.9× vs site-wide
8
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Diezel VH4 100W Tube Guitar Head Amp
Guitar Amplifier Heads
1.9× vs site-wide
9
Radial Engineering JD7 Injector Guitar Signal Distribution System
Effects Processors
1.9× vs site-wide
10
Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro
MIDI Foot Controllers
1.9× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of modern hard rock artists on Equipboard — a few of the 312:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 312 modern hard 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 hard 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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