Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5 vs Electro-Harmonix LPB-3
The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5 and the Electro-Harmonix LPB-3 are both pedals sharing clean boost, bright, mid-forward. The Electro-Harmonix LPB-3 leans transparent. Current prices: $249 vs $98.74.
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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.51% — moderately similar
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- clean boost
- bright
- mid-forward
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$249via Reverb
$98.74via Reverb
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.
The Electro-Harmonix LPB-3 Linear Power Booster expands on the original LPB-1 circuit with the addition of a three-band EQ section including Bass, Mid, and Treble controls alongside the Boost control. This allows frequency shaping alongside the transparent signal amplification, making the LPB-3 useful as both a pure clean boost and as a tonal enhancement tool for compensating for different guitar, cable, and amplifier frequency responses. Suited to blues, country, rock, and any context where clean signal boosting with tonal control is needed.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Indie Rock
- Metal
- Electronic
- Blues
- Rock
- Country
- transparent