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Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:54 am
by BossMann73
For some reason this Ictineo by Southamptom has me all itchy to buy it, but I am wondering about the overall usefulness of a preamp and tone shaping tool on my board when I am playing thru a classic GK800RB head. Would a good preamp pedal like this be useful when running into a good head, or would it be a redundant piece because the amp has so many good base (and bass) tones available? Basically wondering whether spending $220 makes sense on something that essentially will just eq my clean tone. Thanks in advance.
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:57 am
by actual
A 44$ GE-7 will do the same as that boutique pedal.
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:01 am
by BossMann73
actualidiot wrote:A 44$ GE-7 will do the same as that boutique pedal.
Thanks. I had hoped we were beyond the $22 and variant jokes, but I guess not.
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:03 am
by actual
I'm gonna proceed here with the D.o.S. defense and say that it was a knee-jerk reaction.
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:14 am
by Chankgeez
BossMann73 wrote:actualidiot wrote:A 44$ GE-7 will do the same as that boutique pedal.
Thanks. I had hoped we were beyond the $22 and variant jokes, but I guess not.

I'm sorry to have to tell you, we're never gonna be "beyond the $22 and variant jokes".
That's just how it's gonna go.
As for your EQ dilemma, you have to ask yourself if you're really lacking anything in the EQ department that requires fixin'.
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:18 am
by JonnyAngle
I'm a submarine fanboi
The tone knob works great for me when I want to change toanz
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:23 am
by Jwar
I'll be honest here and say I doubt it's worth the price. At that price point you might as well get a Providence Dual Bass Station which has two three band eqs that you can select with the stomp of a switch. It's always on as well, which is helpful with pedals like this. I've never been interested in South Hampton stuff. It seems ok but I'm just not on that TB gear train I guess.
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:27 am
by JonnyAngle
Let it be known that the ictineo is a direct clone of the zeibek submarine designer.
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:29 am
by Jwar
JonnyAngle wrote:Let it be known that the ictineo is a direct clone of the zeibek submarine designer.
Let it be known that's the most over hyped pedal in TB history.

Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:33 am
by ritz
To be honest the $22 jokes are way stale and have been for a while. Most variations were barely funny in the first place and have only gotten worse with age. Someone please take this meme out back and shoot it in the head.
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:35 am
by Chankgeez
ritz wrote:To be honest the $22 jokes are way stale and have been for a while. Most variations were barely funny in the first place and have only gotten worse with age. Someone please take this meme out back and shoot it in the head.
Doesn't mean they're goin' anywhere.

Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:37 am
by actual
ritz wrote:To be honest the $22 jokes are way stale and have been for a while. Most variations were barely funny in the first place and have only gotten worse with age. Someone please take this meme out back and shoot it in the head.
Mine was pretty fucking great.
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:01 pm
by BossMann73
jwar wrote:JonnyAngle wrote:Let it be known that the ictineo is a direct clone of the zeibek submarine designer.
Let it be known that's the most over hyped pedal in TB history.

Thanks Jwar. Just knowing it was super hyped on TB makes me not want the pedal at all. That was a fairly easy decision!!
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:07 pm
by JonnyAngle
jwar wrote:JonnyAngle wrote:Let it be known that the ictineo is a direct clone of the zeibek submarine designer.
Let it be known that's the most over hyped pedal in TB history.

Overhyped: yes
Worth the hype: yah
Worth $300 for an OG: no
Re: Southampton Ictineo....necessary if?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:18 pm
by BossMann73
JonnyAngle wrote:jwar wrote:JonnyAngle wrote:Let it be known that the ictineo is a direct clone of the zeibek submarine designer.
Let it be known that's the most over hyped pedal in TB history.

Overhyped: yes
Worth the hype: yah
Worth $300 for an OG: no
Yeah, I had a feeling it wasn't worth it for my needs.