Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword vs JHS Pedals JHS Cheeseball
The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword and the JHS Pedals JHS Cheeseball are both pedals. The JHS Pedals JHS Cheeseball leans fuzzy and compressed.
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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.25% — somewhat different
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword is an overdrive pedal from EAE and the brand first product, released in 2015 when EAE began handcrafting boutique drive devices in Portland, Oregon. As the flagship introduction of the EAE product line, the Longsword established the brand design philosophy of characterful, reactive overdrive with boutique component quality and medieval weapon naming conventions. The Longsword delivers overdrive character suited to players who want a boutique, personality-driven drive voice with the reactive feel and tonal character that EAE has built its reputation around.
The JHS Cheeseball is a boutique drive and fuzz pedal from JHS Pedals with a characterful, slightly unusual tone aimed at players who want something outside the standard overdrive or distortion archetypes. The Cheeseball delivers a thick, fuzzy overdrive with some gating characteristics and a lo-fi, compressed sound that suits garage rock, lo-fi indie, and experimental contexts where unconventional distortion textures are preferred. JHS positioned it as a fun, expressive drive with personality rather than clinical precision, appealing to players who value character and unpredictability in a drive pedal. The circuit is intended for single-coil guitars and clean or lightly driven amplifiers where the lo-fi character translates most effectively. The Cheeseball rewards experimental playing approaches and pairs well with modulation placed after it.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Electronic
- Blues Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Rock
- Blues
- Classic Rock
- Garage Rock
- Experimental
- Lo-Fi
- Indie
- fuzzy
- compressed