What is more powerful: the pedal, or the mighty foot of the player who steps upon it? The SWORD controls the voltage from the first gain stage to the later ones for overall drive. The MOUNTAIN is a tweed amplifier style tone control that interacts with SWORD to set the tonal emphasis. The TURBO button changes the clipping response and overall distortion of the later stages. HELMET is the overall output of the device.

Inside the pedal is a small trimpot for adjusting the bias/gate of the device, for different sounds or noise reduction. Mess with it at your peril, cause Crom laughs at your Four Winds!