Power Pop Gear: Pedals, Guitars & Amps Used by Power Pop Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 2,237 Power pop artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Power Pop Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Power pop artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Power Pop Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Power pop.
Power Pop Fuzz Effects Pedals
1.4× site average
$83.00 - $101.60
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 33
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$269.00 - $349.00
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 15
#3 · Owned or saved by 10
$300.00
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 9
$20.90 - $105.70
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$85.00 - $108.90
in Fuzz Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Power Pop Overdrive Effects Pedals
1.3× site average-m.webp?v=1784352648)
$84.99 - $125.00
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 36
$89.00 - $109.99
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 30
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$105.00 - $179.00
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 30
$59.00 - $69.99
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 19
$159.99 - $179.00
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 14
$75.00 - $89.00
in Overdrive Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
Power Pop Pedal Tuners
1.3× site average
$89.00 - $109.99
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 72
$40.00
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 63
$45.00
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 22
$86.80 - $249.99
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
$63.90
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 9
$49.00
in Pedal Tuners Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 7
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Power Pop Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
2.4× site average
$2,555.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 52
$1,819.00 - $3,240.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 25
$2,199.00 - $2,999.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 22
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$2,869.00 - $3,499.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 15
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#5 · Owned or saved by 12
$413.10 - $573.00
in Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
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Power Pop Solid Body Electric Guitars
1.9× site average
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 136
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#2 · Owned or saved by 117
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 57
$1,899.00 - $2,799.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 57
$4,183.44 - $8,977.21
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 53
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 49
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Power Pop Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
1.9× site average
$2,499.00 - $4,190.00
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 38
$3,173.02 - $4,649.00
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 33
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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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$2,453.19 - $3,499.99
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 16
$3,399.00 - $4,111.00
in Steel-string Acoustic Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 5
Power Pop Guitar Amplifier Heads
1.8× site average-m.webp?v=1784353450)
$1,699.00 - $2,899.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 22
$1,800.00 - $3,299.00
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 17
$2,032.54 - $3,199.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 14
$777.15 - $2,449.99
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 13
$2,000.00
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 11
$569.87 - $3,421.95
in Guitar Amplifier Heads Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 10
Power Pop Combo Guitar Amplifiers
1.7× site average
$699.00 - $1,029.00
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 54
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$1,099.99 - $1,399.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 20
$1,450.00 - $1,799.00
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 12
$99.95 - $2,199.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 12
$1,525.00
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 10
$599.00 - $1,999.99
in Combo Guitar Amplifiers Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Power Pop Dynamic Microphones
1.3× site average
$95.93 - $219.99
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 69
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$95.93 - $109.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 68
$335.00 - $439.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 29
$149.69 - $179.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 18
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$327.50 - $449.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 12
$134.09 - $159.00
in Dynamic Microphones Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 12
Power Pop Electric Basses
2.0× site average
$654.38 - $1,999.99
in Electric Basses Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 132
$649.00 - $1,589.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 64
$2,300.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 34
$1,785.00 - $2,499.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 23
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$799.99 - $1,482.01
#5 · Owned or saved by 22
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$2,699.00 - $2,749.00
in Electric Basses Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 21
Power Pop Synthesizers
$290.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 25
$3,542.00 - $3,599.99
in Synthesizers Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 14
$3,999.00 - $4,999.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 14
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$966.70
in Synthesizers Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 14
$2,000.00
in Synthesizers Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 13
#6 · Owned or saved by 9
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Gear That Defines Power Pop
Not just popular — disproportionately Power pop. Multipliers compare usage among Power pop 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.
Fender Telecaster Deluxe
Solid Body Electric Guitars
2.6× vs site-wide
2
Rickenbacker 330 Electric Guitar
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
2.5× vs site-wide
3
Gibson Les Paul Junior
Solid Body Electric Guitars
2.4× vs site-wide
4
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Epiphone Casino
Hollowbody Electric Guitars
2.3× vs site-wide
5
Pedaltrain JR
Pedalboards
2.2× vs site-wide
6
Rickenbacker 360 Electric Guitar
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
2.2× vs site-wide
7
Gibson J-200
Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
2.1× vs site-wide
8
Fender 'Narrow Panel Tweed' Bassman 5F6 (1958-1960)
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.1× vs site-wide
9
Gibson J-45
Steel-string Acoustic Guitars
2.1× vs site-wide
10
ZVEX Fuzz Factory
Fuzz Effects Pedals
2.0× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Power pop artists on Equipboard — a few of the 2,237:
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Power Pop Rigs from the Community
Real, item-tagged setups from Equipboard members who make Power pop.
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 2,237 Power pop 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 Power pop 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
Gear guides for genres in Power pop's orbit.