Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Eastside Exclusive Mono Camo vs Mad Professor Mad-Rbo
The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Eastside Exclusive Mono Camo and the Mad Professor Mad-Rbo are both pedals sharing mid-forward, bright. The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Eastside Exclusive Mono Camo leans clean boost. The Mad Professor Mad-Rbo leans transparent and edge of breakup. Current prices: $272.99 vs $188.58.
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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.33% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
- bright
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$272.99via Reverb
$188.58via Reverb
The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword Eastside Exclusive Mono Camo is a retailer-exclusive colorway of the standard Longsword V4.5, sold through Eastside Music Supply in White, Grey, and Black camo finishes at the same price point as the standard-finish pedal. The underlying circuit is identical to the V4.5: the same op-amp-based cascaded-gain overdrive spanning clean boost to wall-of-sound distortion, shelving Bass/Treble, sweepable active Mid EQ, and broad frequency response suited to guitar, baritone, and bass. The edition exists purely as a cosmetic variant for collectors and Eastside customers wanting a distinctive finish.
The Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive covers a wide range from light overdrive into full distortion, with Volume, Distortion, Treble, and Bass controls. At its lowest Distortion setting the pedal behaves almost like an EQ stage, adding minimal filtering for a transparent boost. Turning the Distortion knob up moves it into a crunchy, tube-amp-like breakup and eventually into heavier gain. Both Treble and Bass are boost/cut shelving controls, giving broad tonal shaping rather than a single fixed voicing. It is built to go from subtle amp-like grit to genuine distortion within one pedal, and forms the basis of Mad Professor's Supreme A-side circuit.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Indie Rock
- Electronic
- Metal
- Classic Rock
- Blues
- Rock
- clean boost
- transparent
- edge of breakup