Technical Document
Longsword V4 Manual
Version 2
Last Revised: 10-Jan-21
John Snyder
Page 1: ...Technical Document Longsword V4 Manual Version 2 Last Revised 10 Jan 21 John Snyder ...
Page 2: ...lipping compression settings and high output volume on tap the Longsword is well suited to this purpose and many others At its core the Longsword is an op amp drive with diode shunt clipping An integrated circuit called an operational amplifier aka op amp increases the signal amplitude loudness and a pair of diodes limits the peaks Cutting the peaks off of a signal generates a spectrum of new harm...
Page 3: ...arsh upper harmonics You ll also notice lots of volume on tap Next it s time to adjust the tone controls With everything at noon the Longsword has a mostly flat response for guitar frequencies The tone controls are more like a studio EQ than a traditional stompbox control The bands are fairly non interacting and small changes can have a drastic effect Thus we recommend adjusting the knobs graduall...
Page 4: ...the threshold of clipping This will vary depending on the strength of the input source i e how hot your pickups are We encourage experimentation Finally the Boost Footswitch corresponds to the Longsword s Boost knob The boost is placed before the main distortion circuit and has up to 20dB of gain and a low frequency cut at 300Hz This moderate low cut is ideal for tightening up the Longsword at hig...
