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NPD: Electronic Audio Experiments Longsword

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The Claymore is the end all to be all drive pedal for bass, but it is a bit larger (unless John is making a smaller version...we'll see). I did propose a simpler bass Dagger with a blend and he seemed to like the idea, however he has a looooooot of things going on and not sure when/if he'd get to it. Definitely would make my own life easier since it's by far my favorite dirt pedal and I wouldn't have to carry a separate blend pedal around

At this point I'm just not interested in playing any other dirt pedal.
 
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loopee said:
So the Claymore would be better than the new V3 Longsword for low OD?
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Depends on if you like a blend or not. The Claymore will be around $300. The Longsword will be $200 I believe. The Claymore blend is more than just a clean blend. From what I understand it's a preamp with compression that is within the clean blend. It's meant to more closely match the compression that happens with a distorted signal. Definitely more involved.
 
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loopee said:
thanks.....so Longsword it is then.
So is the Longsword better than the Terraformer?
Just sent Josh a PM about the Terraformer.....can't decide which I'd like to try first
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Very, very different. Better is subjective. To me, Longsword is meant to be a "transparent" drive, while the Terraformer is more amp like. The Longsword is much more dynamic and versatile. The Terraformer has a blend and is designed to be a low to medium overdrive.
 
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Hey Guys! Haven't had a chance to pop in here in a while but I appreciate the buzz about the Longsword V3 release... took us around 6 months of fine tuning to get it where we wanted but the results are well worth it. Mailing list subscribers already know but they launch Friday. I expect them to sell out very quickly and we've already started on the next batch.

We do a lot of drive pedals so things can get confusing but we use the basic Longsword design in multiple pedals as follows:
  • Longsword: 3 band eq (James + active midrange), switchable clipping, boost channel, +/-9V voltage supply, $200
  • Dagger (coming in about a month - enclosures are on order and PCBs are done): Just vol/gain/low/high. Keeps things nice and simple. We're thinking of offering different clipping diodes at checkout but that's TBD. $150.
  • Claymore (coming ??? - I'm waiting on feedback from beta testers): The big deluxe version, has two mid bands rather than one band with switchable frequency, a bass contour toggle (may change to a presence toggle), and a parallel op amp clean path with switchable optical compression and an internal low pass filter to smooth out the blended tone.
From the standpoint of having sufficient low frequency content, a blend is not mandatory in the Longsword. I know of multiple bassists who use Longswords with no blend and are more than happy - and having seen them live I was getting pummeled with plenty of low end. BUT I know that many folks absolutely require clean lows and the Claymore is catering to that.

As an example of the Longsword V3 on bass, I'll leave you with this. The bassist is my builder and graphic designer, and in this live session he uses the LS as his primary drive with an EGC-neck 70s P Bass, a Traynor TS120B, and a pair of TL606-style cabs.

If you have any questions it's probably faster to email me. John [at] electronicaudioexperiments.com. Thanks y'all!
 
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Here is a clip that I had promised.....it's my P bass (old Yamaha BB300 with a Nordstrand PowerBlade). First is just the bass, then I blend in a small amount of the Dagger. I blend more towards the Dagger until you just hear the Dagger with no clean sound at the end. This is straight into my computer.

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I tried buying one today but it kept saying "out of stock"......and I started trying to buy at midnight (their time)....didn't know it was only from 2 pm and I had no way of getting to a pc then so when I finally made it to my pc they were sold out again. I'm kind of upset....wish they would start a waiting list for them.....
 
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john_EAE said:
Hey Guys! Haven't had a chance to pop in here in a while but I appreciate the buzz about the Longsword V3 release... took us around 6 months of fine tuning to get it where we wanted but the results are well worth it. Mailing list subscribers already know but they launch Friday. I expect them to sell out very quickly and we've already started on the next batch.

We do a lot of drive pedals so things can get confusing but we use the basic Longsword design in multiple pedals as follows:
  • Longsword: 3 band eq (James + active midrange), switchable clipping, boost channel, +/-9V voltage supply, $200
  • Dagger (coming in about a month - enclosures are on order and PCBs are done): Just vol/gain/low/high. Keeps things nice and simple. We're thinking of offering different clipping diodes at checkout but that's TBD. $150.
  • Claymore (coming ??? - I'm waiting on feedback from beta testers): The big deluxe version, has two mid bands rather than one band with switchable frequency, a bass contour toggle (may change to a presence toggle), and a parallel op amp clean path with switchable optical compression and an internal low pass filter to smooth out the blended tone.
From the standpoint of having sufficient low frequency content, a blend is not mandatory in the Longsword. I know of multiple bassists who use Longswords with no blend and are more than happy - and having seen them live I was getting pummeled with plenty of low end. BUT I know that many folks absolutely require clean lows and the Claymore is catering to that.

As an example of the Longsword V3 on bass, I'll leave you with this. The bassist is my builder and graphic designer, and in this live session he uses the LS as his primary drive with an EGC-neck 70s P Bass, a Traynor TS120B, and a pair of TL606-style cabs.

If you have any questions it's probably faster to email me. John [at] electronicaudioexperiments.com. Thanks y'all!
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Wooowww that dudes bass is straight bangin!!!! So awesome. I needs me a Longsword.
 
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loopee said:
I tried buying one today but it kept saying "out of stock"......and I started trying to buy at midnight (their time)....didn't know it was only from 2 pm and I had no way of getting to a pc then so when I finally made it to my pc they were sold out again. I'm kind of upset....wish they would start a waiting list for them.....
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Loopee, keep an eye out (are you on the mailing list?) because there should be another batch for sale real soon.
 
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