Permanent Wave Gear: Pedals, Guitars & Studio Gear Used by Permanent Wave Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 639 permanent wave artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Permanent Wave Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more permanent wave artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Permanent Wave Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with permanent wave.
Permanent Wave Delay Effects Pedals
1.2× site average
$208.00 - $260.35
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 33
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$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 31
$135.00 - $166.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 14
$670.00
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
$399.00 - $449.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
$196.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 11
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Permanent Wave Pedal Tuners
1.1× site average
$41.99
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 41
$89.00 - $109.99
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 35
$45.00
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 18
$49.00
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 6
$89.00 - $109.99
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 5
Permanent Wave Overdrive Effects Pedals
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$84.99 - $125.00
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 28
$59.00 - $69.99
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 15
$3,817.96
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
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$105.00 - $399.52
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 10
$159.99 - $179.00
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$89.00 - $109.99
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
Permanent Wave Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
2.4× site average
$3,169.89 - $4,649.00
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 30
$2,499.00 - $4,190.00
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 28
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$2,999.00 - $3,999.00
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 21
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$2,549.00 - $3,499.99
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 19
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$2,149.99 - $3,333.00
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$3,399.00 - $4,111.00
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
Permanent Wave Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
2.3× site average
$2,555.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 35
$2,299.99 - $3,317.40
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 14
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$2,869.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 14
$2,199.00 - $2,999.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$1,819.00 - $3,240.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
$1,600.00 - $3,799.99
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
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#6 · Owned or saved by 10
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Permanent Wave Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.9× site average
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 103
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#2 · Owned or saved by 82
$4,174.70 - $8,977.21
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 51
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 41
$879.99 - $1,890.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 37
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 36
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Permanent Wave Effects Processors
2.4× site average
$1,450.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 21
$1,549.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 15
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$40.00 - $2,999.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 11
$4,999.00 - $8,032.24
in Effects Processors Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 11
$2,999.00 - $3,250.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$229.00
in Effects Processors Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
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Permanent Wave Dynamic Microphones
1.3× site average
$95.96 - $219.99
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 51
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$95.96 - $111.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 45
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$327.50 - $449.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 16
$335.00 - $439.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 16
$149.74 - $179.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 12
$388.88 - $609.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
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Permanent Wave Synthesizers
1.9× site average
$3,534.59 - $3,599.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 33
$290.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 29
$3,999.00 - $4,999.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 21
#4 · Owned or saved by 16
#5 · Owned or saved by 15
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$967.05
in Synthesizers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 15
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Permanent Wave Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.3× site average
$699.00 - $1,026.85
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 41
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$1,099.99 - $1,399.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 33
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$1,669.99 - $2,199.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 17
$599.00 - $1,999.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
$440.00
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 8
$1,450.00 - $1,799.00
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 8
Permanent Wave Guitar Amplifier Heads
1.8× site average-m.webp?v=1784612678)
$1,699.00 - $2,899.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 18
$775.52 - $2,449.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 11
$1,800.00 - $3,299.00
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 9
$2,795.00
#4 · Owned or saved by 8
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$2,790.00 - $4,499.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$4,799.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
Permanent Wave Electric Basses
2.2× site average
$654.61 - $1,999.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 99
$649.00 - $1,589.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 54
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$2,699.00 - $2,749.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 22
$2,300.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 20
$874.99 - $3,000.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 19
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$799.99 - $1,475.67
#6 · Owned or saved by 19
Gear That Defines Permanent Wave
Not just popular — disproportionately permanent wave. Multipliers compare usage among permanent wave 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
2.6× vs site-wide
2
Neumann U47 FET
Condenser Microphones
2.6× vs site-wide
3
Electro-Harmonix The Clone Theory
Chorus Effects Pedals
2.4× vs site-wide
4
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Synthesizers
2.4× vs site-wide
5
Gibson J-200
Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
2.3× vs site-wide
6
Fender Bass VI
Electric Basses
2.3× vs site-wide
7
Matchless HC-30 Guitar Amp Head
Guitar Amplifier Heads
2.2× vs site-wide
8
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
Solid Body Electric Guitars
2.2× vs site-wide
9
Gibson Ripper Bass
Electric Basses
2.2× vs site-wide
10
MXR M133 Micro Amp
Boost Effects Pedals
2.2× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of permanent wave artists on Equipboard — a few of the 639:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 639 permanent wave 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 permanent wave 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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