Bogner Wessex V2 vs Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5
The Bogner Wessex V2 and the Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5 are both pedals sharing bright, clean boost, mid-forward. The Bogner Wessex V2 leans transparent. Current prices: $179.99 vs $249.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.47% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Indie Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- bright
- clean boost
- mid-forward
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$179.99via Reverb
$249via Reverb
The Bogner Wessex V2 is an overdrive pedal designed by Reinhold Bogner featuring independent Treble and Bass EQ controls plus an Enhance/Normal switch. The Enhance setting simultaneously boosts treble and bass without scooping mids, maintaining full harmonic content and midrange presence. Covers clean boost through warm overdrive into light distortion. The widest variety of tones in the Bogner pedal lineup, suited for blues, indie rock, country, and applications where flexible overdrive EQ is the priority.
The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5 is an op-amp-based cascaded-gain overdrive spanning clean boost through wall-of-sound distortion, with shelving Bass and Treble controls plus a sweepable active Mid EQ, built with a broad frequency response suited to guitar, baritone guitar, and bass. The V4.5 hardware revision introduced a new enclosure and mechanical format, added over-voltage and ESD protection circuitry, and shifted the Low/High crossover point by roughly 500Hz to reduce interactivity between the EQ controls, representing the current mainline version of the pedal.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues
- Country
- Metal
- Electronic
- transparent