New Rave Gear: Pedals, Synths & Guitars Used by New Rave Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 689 New rave artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the New Rave Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more New rave artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used New Rave Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with New rave.
New Rave Delay Effects Pedals
2.5× site average-m.webp?v=1784617421)
$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 21
$208.00 - $260.35
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 20
$323.87 - $554.80
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 12
$123.99 - $171.09
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
$399.00 - $449.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
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$115.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
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New Rave Synthesizers
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$967.05
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 22
#2 · Owned or saved by 18
$379.00 - $528.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 17
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$1,124.32
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 16
$717.00 - $2,398.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 15
$2,000.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
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New Rave Solid Body Electric Guitars
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#1 · Owned or saved by 29
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 20
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 20
$879.99 - $1,890.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 17
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 14
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$939.99 - $1,469.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
Gear That Defines New Rave
Not just popular — disproportionately New rave. Multipliers compare usage among New rave 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.
Roland Juno-106
Synthesizers
2.9× vs site-wide
2
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Korg MS-20
Synthesizers
2.8× vs site-wide
3
Akai MPC 1000
Production & Groove
2.7× vs site-wide
4
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Electro-Harmonix Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator
Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
2.4× vs site-wide
5
AIAIAI TMA-2 Modular Headphones
Headphones & In-Ear Monitors
2.3× vs site-wide
6
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Fender Mustang Bass
Electric Basses
2.3× vs site-wide
7
Eventide PitchFactor Harmonizer
Harmonizer & Octave Effects Pedals
2.2× vs site-wide
8
Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.2× vs site-wide
9
RME Fireface 800 FireWire Computer Recording Interface
Audio Interfaces
2.1× vs site-wide
10
Native Instruments Razor Software Synthesizer
Synth Plugins
2.1× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of New rave artists on Equipboard — a few of the 689:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 689 New rave 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 rave 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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