Slowcore Gear: Pedals & Guitars Used by Slowcore Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 535 Slowcore artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
The Gear That Shapes the Slowcore Sound
The essential categories, ranked by how much more Slowcore artists lean on them than the rest of Equipboard.
Most-Used Slowcore Gear
Counts are artists & fans on Equipboard who own or saved each item and are associated with Slowcore.
Slowcore Delay Effects Pedals
3.0× site average
$208.00 - $260.35
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 17
-m.webp?v=1784386586)
$12.95
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#2 · Owned or saved by 17
$323.87 - $554.80
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 13
$249.00 - $379.99
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 8
$85.00
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 7
$123.99 - $171.09
in Delay Effects Pedals Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 6
-m.webp?v=1784386785)
Slowcore Solid Body Electric Guitars
2.5× site average
$999.99 - $1,499.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#1 · Owned or saved by 27
-m.webp?v=1784444507)
#2 · Owned or saved by 25
$879.99 - $1,890.00
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#3 · Owned or saved by 24
$619.00 - $719.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#4 · Owned or saved by 21
$1,333.00 - $2,741.79
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#5 · Owned or saved by 15
-m.webp?v=1784386582)
$939.99 - $1,469.99
in Solid Body Electric Guitars Rank
#6 · Owned or saved by 13
.jpeg?v=1784405436)
Gear That Defines Slowcore
Not just popular — disproportionately Slowcore. Multipliers compare usage among Slowcore 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.
Pro Co RAT
Distortion Effects Pedals
3.3× vs site-wide
2
Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer
Equalizer Effects Pedals
3.3× vs site-wide
3
Fender Jaguar
Solid Body Electric Guitars
3.3× vs site-wide
4
Fender Jazzmaster
Solid Body Electric Guitars
3.2× vs site-wide
5
Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
Pedal Tuners
2.5× vs site-wide
6
-m.webp?v=1784440718){kind=small}
Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
Combo Guitar Amplifiers
2.5× vs site-wide
7
Boss PN-2 Tremolo/Pan
Tremolo Effects Pedals
2.5× vs site-wide
8
Boss RE-20 Space Echo
Delay Effects Pedals
2.4× vs site-wide
9
Alesis Quadraverb
Effects Processors
2.4× vs site-wide
10
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
Fuzz Effects Pedals
2.3× vs site-wide
-m.webp?v=1784386759){kind=small}
-m.webp?v=1784386883){kind=small}
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Slowcore artists on Equipboard — a few of the 535:
.jpeg?v=1784429023)
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 535 Slowcore 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 Slowcore 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 Slowcore's orbit.