Soul Blues Gear Used by Soul Blues Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 140 Soul blues artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
Gear That Defines Soul Blues
Not just popular — disproportionately Soul blues. Multipliers compare usage among Soul blues 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.
Squier Stratocaster
Solid Body Electric Guitars
2.0× vs site-wide
2
Electro-Harmonix Soul Food
Overdrive Effects Pedals
1.9× vs site-wide
3
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Dunlop GCB-95 Cry Baby
Wah Pedals
1.9× vs site-wide
4
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Gibson ES-345 Electric Guitar
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
1.8× vs site-wide
5
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Gibson ES-355 Electric Guitar
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
1.8× vs site-wide
6
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Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
Overdrive Effects Pedals
1.6× vs site-wide
7
Strymon Flint
Multi Effects Pedals
1.6× vs site-wide
8
Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer
Equalizer Effects Pedals
1.5× vs site-wide
9
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Distortion Effects Pedals
1.4× vs site-wide
10
Shure SM7B
Dynamic Microphones
1.3× vs site-wide
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The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Soul blues artists on Equipboard — a few of the 140:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 140 Soul blues 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 Soul blues 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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