Has everyone who pm'd me been contacted by Hamish?
Looks like round two is pretty close to being complete......
Yes, ordered and paid... get out of my dreams/get in to my car (t)
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NPD Southampton Ictineo
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Yes, ordered and paid... get out of my dreams/get in to my car (t)
Has everyone who pm'd me been contacted by Hamish?
Looks like round two is pretty close to being complete......
I think so. Got an email not too long ago from the Canada Post with the "Confirmation of Shipment Details for Item." Can't wait for it to get here!
Played a gig with the ictineo and fifth Gear. Wow, I have a rule, no new pedals at gigs.... But these two.... Fifth Gear is going to take some time but it is amazing too! These guys are on to something!!!
Last time I checked, my Ictineo should be arriving tomorrow. Pretty stoked.
Hah I had a parcel this morning from the former colonies ;-)- super speedy delivery. I only had a brief play with it but I have an inkling that it is one of the rare occasions were its safe to believe the hype. It sounds great out of the box and just gives the tone a nice lift and presence! I have a rehearsal tonight and will give the Ictineo a proper workout....
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My package is in Winnipeg. Should be in today or tomorrow for sure, which would be great because I've got two rehearsals this week and a fundraiser gig on the weekend. I have no rule about "no new pedals on gigs".
Mine got here to beautiful east Tennessee today.
As many have already posted... you're going to love it! Ictineo makes everything sound better - dirt tones, clean tones, it even make the food you eat taste better.
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Hahaha, well I don't think it can get much better than that.
Got my delivery confirmation email. Printed off the Quickstart Guide, Found the post about the "Clean SVT" setting and wrote that down as well... This is going to be a long afternoon.
Has anyone tried running the Ictineo direct into a poweramp? Say, using the Effects Return on an Aguilar Tonehammer 500 for example...
Has anyone tried running the Ictineo direct into a poweramp? Say, using the Effects Return on an Aguilar Tonehammer 500 for example...
Should work fine. Mine has gone into the loop return of several amps and a Crown power amp with amazing results.Got my delivery confirmation email. Printed off the Quickstart Guide, Found the post about the "Clean SVT" setting and wrote that down as well... This is going to be a long afternoon.
Has anyone tried running the Ictineo direct into a poweramp? Say, using the Effects Return on an Aguilar Tonehammer 500 for example...
...and in keeping with the tradition of pics of the pedal with your dogs...
Easiest decision ever to keep the "defect"
Played around with the Ictineo a bit last night with my Geddy Lee jazz bass (in the pic I posted above ) and definitely found a bunch of nice tones in there.
Just a few quick thoughts:
I'm really looking forward to bringing it to practice tonight. I usually use my P bass in that band, but I think tonight I'll bring the Jazz just because that's what I was using last night at home. That way I'll be able to translate the pedal for live use a little better. I can't wait to try it with my P/flats though, too.
) and definitely found a bunch of nice tones in there.Just a few quick thoughts:
- I started with the "SVT" preset described in this thread but found it really lacking in high end clarity with the tone knob turned down so far, so that got me playing around from there. Good for a jumping off point, anyway.
- The UltraBass switch adds a nice fatness without getting too muddy. I found it a bit much after a while in my "studio" practicing through headphones, but I'm sure it'll be great live. Playing with the Body and Tone knobs in conjunction with the UltraBass yielded a lot of interesting and useful tones. I find myself usually favoring a P bass over a Jazz, but the UltraBass helps bring back some of that fatness to the Jazz bass.
- The various mid boost and cut switch options all sounded quite musical as well. Nothing overbearing or obnoxious unless you really work to make it sound that way. That being said, any time I was getting tired of a certain frequency I was able to find some way to dial it back using the toggle switches and the Body and Tone knobs. The tone knob is interesting in that it cuts bass at the same time as it boosts treble. There's a lot of change between 10:00 and 2:00 on that dial.
- I couldn't hear what the Body knob does above 12:00. Below 12:00 seems to be a midrange scoop, but going up past about 1:00 I wasn't hearing that much of a difference. Anybody?
- The Boost is HUGE! Like, turn the volume down on the pedal before you engage it, then turn it back up. It overwhelmed my Universal Audio mic pre / interface line input in a hurry. Once I dialed it in though, I found it gave a nice edge to the sound.
I'm really looking forward to bringing it to practice tonight. I usually use my P bass in that band, but I think tonight I'll bring the Jazz just because that's what I was using last night at home. That way I'll be able to translate the pedal for live use a little better. I can't wait to try it with my P/flats though, too.
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