The Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword is an Electronic Audio Experiments overdrive pedal. Close alternatives include the Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd and the Electronic Audio Experiments Glaive Octave Fuzz. It pairs well with the Bad Cat Cub and the Milkman Sound Creamer 20W Combo.
Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword
Electronic Audio Experiments · pedal
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.
- overdrive
- boutique
- driven
- drive
- tonal character
- more extreme characters
- house
- reactive feel
Genres the Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword is commonly used in
Amps that pair well with the Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword
Pedals that stack with the Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword
JAM Pedals Tubedreamer
Jam Pedals
8% matchElectronic Audio Experiments Longsword's dynamic character and JAM Pedals Tubedreamer's compressed voice sit in the same lane rather than fighting each other
Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive
Mad Professor
8% matchMad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive's own transparent character is the real reason this is worth trying
Walrus Audio Julia
Walrus Audio
6% matchKeep Walrus Audio Julia after Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword in the signal chain, clear of Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword's own gain stage
Ashdown Macchiato Compressor Guy Pratt Signature
Ashdown
6% matchElectronic Audio Experiments Longsword's dynamic character and Ashdown Macchiato Compressor Guy Pratt Signature's compressed voice sit in the same lane rather than fighting each other
Caroline Guitar Company Meteore
Caroline Guitar Company
5% matchPut Caroline Guitar Company Meteore after Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword in the signal chain, clear of Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Dunlop - MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe Analog Delay
Dunlop
5% matchRun Dunlop - MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe Analog Delay after Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword in the signal chain, clear of Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd
Electronic Audio Experiments
70% similarity“compared to later developments like the Halberd or Glaive”
Electronic Audio Experiments Glaive Octave Fuzz
Electronic Audio Experiments
70% similarity“compared to later developments like the Halberd or Glaive”
Greer Royal Velvet
Greer
64% similarityShared character: alternative, blues_players, overdrive
Rarebird effects Hatchet Overdrive
Rarebird Effects
64% similarityShared character: overdrive, boutique_stuff
Carl Martin Hot Drive'n Boost MK3
Carl Martin
64% similarityShared character: alternative, blues_players, overdrive
Crazy Tube Circuits Ziggy Overdrive
Crazy Tube Circuits
64% similarityShared character: tonal_character, blues_players, overdrive
Keeley Manis Iconic Overdrive
Keeley
63% similarityShared character: tonal_character, blues_players, overdrive
Source Audio Soundblox Multiwave Distortion
pedal
63% similarityShared character: overdrive
Empress Driv
Empress
90% similaritysimilar tone character
JHS Pedals JHS Hare Drive
JHS Pedals
89% similaritysimilar tone character
Death By Audio Interstellar Overdrive
Death By Audio
89% similaritysimilar tone character
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret MKI
Catalinbread
89% similaritysimilar tone character
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword?+
The closest matches in character are the Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd, the Electronic Audio Experiments Glaive Octave Fuzz, the Greer Royal Velvet.
What pairs well with the Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Bad Cat Cub, Milkman Sound Creamer 20W Combo, JAM Pedals Tubedreamer — Bad Cat Cub's own harmonically rich character is the real reason this is worth trying.