New Americana Gear: Guitars & Pedals Used by New Americana Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 431 new americana artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the New Americana Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more new americana artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used New Americana Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with new americana.
New Americana Solid Body Electric Guitars
2.0× site average
#1 · Owned or saved by 28
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 19
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 10
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
$1,783.18 - $2,799.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$879.99 - $1,890.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
New Americana Pedal Tuners
1.9× site average
$89.00 - $109.99
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 19
$41.70
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 13
$45.00
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 6
$59.00
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 5
Gear That Defines New Americana
Not just popular — disproportionately new americana. Multipliers compare usage among new americana 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.
Gibson J-45
Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
4.3× vs site-wide
2
Gibson L-00
Acoustic-Electric Guitars
2.8× vs site-wide
3
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Martin D-28
Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
2.8× vs site-wide
4
Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina
Condenser Microphones
2.7× vs site-wide
5
Xotic Effects EP Booster
Boost Effects Pedals
2.5× vs site-wide
6
Gibson LG-2
Acoustic-Electric Guitars
2.3× vs site-wide
7
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Fender Telecaster
Solid Body Electric Guitars
2.2× vs site-wide
8
Studer A 827
Analog
2.1× vs site-wide
9
Shure SM7B
Dynamic Microphones
2.0× vs site-wide
10
Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue 1x12 Combo Amplifier
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.0× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of new americana artists on Equipboard — a few of the 431:
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New Americana Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make new americana.
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How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 431 new americana 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 new americana 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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