Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → high gain)

Into the Dirty Shirley's vintage, British crunch, the Longsword's baritone, treble-tuned clean boost has a genuinely raw amp voice to push into.

Comes later in the signal chain

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → high gain)

Mesa Boogie Mark V layers high gain onto an already mid-forward signal

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Blackstar HT Stage 100H MK III Snakeskin in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Comes later in the signal chain

Blackstar Series One 200's warm balances out the bright tone

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Hughes & Kettner Coreblade for more high gain on top

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Marshall Studio JCM900 SN20H for more high gain on top

Comes later in the signal chain

Friedman BE-Mini Head stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter stacks fuzzy on top of the mid-forward already here

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Greer Black Mountain stacks fuzzy on top of the mid-forward already here

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere MKII The Analog Leslie Simulator after Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5 in the signal chain, clear of Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5's own gain stage

Comes later in the signal chain

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Run the Velvet ahead of the Longsword and the attack stays consistent before that baritone clean boost ever colors it.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

The Fable's glitchy granular reverb gives the Longsword's baritone clean boost somewhere strange to decay into. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Push the Longsword's baritone-voiced crunch into the Kilobyte and the digital repeats carry that low-end weight instead of thinning it out. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Caline CP-31 Hot Spice (Black) belongs in front of Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword V4.5, since a wah tracks picking dynamics best on the raw signal

Run mid-forward into Tone City Hot Mama Overdrive for more high gain on top