New Romantic Gear: Synths, Pedals & Guitars Used by New Romantic Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 955 New romantic artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the New Romantic Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more New romantic artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used New Romantic Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with New romantic.
New Romantic Synthesizers
4.5× site average
$290.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 67
$3,534.59 - $3,599.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 41
$20,000.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 37
$3,999.00 - $4,999.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 36
#5 · Owned or saved by 29
$196.86
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 26
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New Romantic Delay Effects Pedals
$208.00 - $260.35
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 20
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 11
$399.00 - $449.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 8
$130.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 7
$135.00 - $166.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$249.00 - $379.99
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
New Romantic Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.3× site average
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 68
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#2 · Owned or saved by 52
$4,174.70 - $8,977.21
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 35
$1,792.64 - $2,799.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 16
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 15
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
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New Romantic Effects Processors
3.8× site average
$229.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 16
$894.83 - $1,799.95
in Effects Processors Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 11
$1,450.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
$320.00 - $414.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
in Effects Processors Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$1,710.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
New Romantic Drum Machines
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$4,599.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 28
$3,600.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 26
$1,999.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 16
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$4,699.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
in Drum Machines Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 12
$2,750.00
in Drum Machines Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 11
New Romantic DAW Software
#1 · Owned or saved by 31
$225.00 - $599.00
in DAW Software Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 18
$268.00 - $349.00
in DAW Software Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 15
$209.00 - $329.99
in DAW Software Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
$499.00 - $795.00
in DAW Software Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
New Romantic Electric Basses
1.7× site average
$654.61 - $1,999.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 54
$649.00 - $1,589.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 30
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$2,699.00 - $2,749.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 17
$2,300.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
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$799.99 - $1,475.67
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
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Gear That Defines New Romantic
Not just popular — disproportionately New romantic. Multipliers compare usage among New romantic 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.
Fairlight CMI
Synthesizers
4.7× vs site-wide
2
Yamaha DX7
Synthesizers
4.3× vs site-wide
3
Linn Electronics LinnDrum
Drum Machines
3.9× vs site-wide
4
Yamaha TX816
Modular Synthesizers
3.4× vs site-wide
5
Apple Mac G5
Computers & Peripherals
3.1× vs site-wide
6
Roland CompuRhythm CR-78
Drum Machines
2.9× vs site-wide
7
Akai S1000
Audio Samplers
2.9× vs site-wide
8
Apple Mac Pro (2006-2012)
Computers & Peripherals
2.7× vs site-wide
9
Yamaha SPX90
Effects Processors
2.7× vs site-wide
10
Yamaha SG2000
Solid Body Electric Guitars
2.6× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of New romantic artists on Equipboard — a few of the 955:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 955 New romantic 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 romantic 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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