I USED A PEDAL AS A GUITAR PICK! - Olinthus Cicada Overdrive

[@nicosonic]

what's the point of this product ?

[@60CycleHumcast]

Fun. Ever heard of it?

[@onlyon4]

tube screamer tone for your pocket amp?

[@mykhedelic6471]

Candy doesn't have to have a point.

[@47Jonesy]

Overdrive in guitar playing refers to: A form of audio signal processing used in guitar amplification. Altering the tone of the instrument. Associated with electric guitars, especially in rock, blues, and other genres. Simulating the sound of driving a tube amp hard enough to distort the clean guitar signal. Achieved by mixing pre-amplified guitar signals with less-than-maximum amplified tones to create desired distortion. Youre welcome. How much is this thing btw lol?

[@18JR78]

pedalboard real estate

[@djay6651]

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should"

[@ScienceofLoud]

We were blessed with lots of Two Princetons this day

[@beerwolf8518]

This is a cool idea. It would be cool to velcro them to your guitar somehow and have a pedal board on your guitar or pickgaurd for 'on-board' effects at your finger tips.

[@florianff8673]

Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo has up to three full sized pedals taped to his guitar. It's certainly a look

[@garyross1838]

If it was battery operated i might velcro one onto my guitar to kick in leads. it would be mostly a gimmick but people would get a kick out of it i think

[@iLL_Corvo]

Fender has an Eric Clapton mid booster that will give you overdrive in your guitar

[@ringsystemmusic]

oh dang actually these make sense for synth players, especially ones that like to keep a small footprint.

[@jwstout007]

Yes the SI of pedals, the Metal Zone. Got me good!!! Hey, missed opportunity to pitch up two Princetons theme to make it sound smol like the pedal ;)

[@sassycat]

FINALLY, AN ALWAYS ON TUBESCREAMER PEDAL THAT SOUNDS GREAT!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@OhBuoyancy]

I think it’s fun and enjoyed the video 😂 If I’m going to spend $99 on a tube screamer though, it’s not going to be this.

[@aaronwoltz3027]

Missed opportunity to call it the Noisy Cricket

[@RobertDorschel]

I CAME HERE TO SAY THIS

[@crock2434]

Ha a MIB pun.....😂love it

[@Sylkis89]

I mean... It is called a CICADA.... Lol

[@KB_Joys]

Name is already taken for a mini amp

[@267koko]

Is it worth it!?

[@FatPandaCat-im9ec]

Given my track record with picks I give 3 hours before it’s in the washing machine or I drop it and it vanishes from all existence.

[@jarrettavery1747]

I got the email from reverb today and was hoping you would have a video about it asap. The stars have aligned.

[@AnthonyPtak]

Love the pedal board 3d printing

[@marknason4572]

I literally said "wow!" when you put the Metal Zone beside it!

[@andrewking7919]

Maybe it could be renamed the "Tube squeaker" Whatever, Its Cool!

[@scvpark]

How entertain is this, Thanks Ryan.

[@edwinmorse6615]

Just got my vai spark amps. It's so tiny and sounds better than everything else I had since 85. This would be a nice addition

[@crock2434]

Some one should mod it into the body of a guitar

[@mymusicaljesus]

@@crock2434 ductape it

[@CC-fi3pp]

It sounds good

[@Rarebirdeffects]

Haha. I’m always stoked to see another 60 cycle video posted. Ryan is the man. He’s always putting positive vibes out into the guitar fx world. I could have never guessed the size of that thing until you compared it to a pic. Insane! The only thing I’d be worried about is it appeared to have no aluminum sides? If anyone has heard a circuit out of its case there is SO SO much noise and interference etc. I hope they incased the circuit properly? Anyways. This is just fun as hell. Too bad I’m not a “Screamer” type guy. But if the price is right, it would be fun to have around :) Cheers

[@LIKEFUNK]

Yep! that thing was built for an angry Leprechaun to be sure!

[@SunyCartoons]

Imagine if you could make a belt with little pedals like this and wrap them around you.

[@petougao]

When the jacks are larget than the device. We should all sollow suit and switc to 2.5mm jacks, one up the MIDI boffins.

[@thefuzzmaster]

This is awesome, hope they have a tiny Fuzz pedal in mind next!

[@octopaul]

FUZZMASTER! :D

[@johnmaher5887]

When you put it on the little mini pedalboard, I was dying. 😂

[@mikekloepfer7424]

THAT was FUN! :)

[@TrashHeapCustodian]

Oh this would be *excellent* for one of those built-in pedal setups you see sometimes!

[@ieblack37]

It’s true! I start the videos of the 2 Princeton’s chip tune and stay for the entertainment

[@brianrollins7275]

Thanks for the demo. I like the pedal but my one gripe would be the angled plug with the dongles. Still wouldn’t spend $100 on it but at least it sounds decent.

[@ViviSectia]

Olinthus mentioned that they're working on a pedalboard and more pedals so I think the angled plug is to help with routing through a pedalboard instead of using it standalone like this.

[@landonbailey]

I’m amazed it arrived with your address redacted!

[@curtisbush5728]

Yo, fender just re-released the hello kitty squier strat! With a cool fuzz pedal and other shit! You should get them to send you one, switch out the humbucker for a P90, and install a bigsby...and make it a surf punk killing machine! 😺

[@267koko]

Oh I can totally see this mounted to an amp or head for an always on type thing or boost.

[@feralkid1879]

Trying to imagine a scenario it would be practical. Wonder some 1970's gi joe w/ lifelike hair and beard needs a pedalboard?

[@BoyAditya]

Olinthus is Mike Tyson's Olympus, right?

[@SuperKazmierski]

Proof of concept. Now to release a full line of pedals. Build a pedal board that you could put on a harmonica holder, and you could turn pedals on/off with your mouth. As the lord intended.

[@RalphPacheco2]

They need to call the next pedal The Cracker Jack and have it in a Cracker Jack Box, but what kind of pedal should be associated with a Cracker Jack?

[@menschlicheswesen84]

A stuttering square wave tremelo with an octave up blend in, or a gnarly ringmodulation in a blend knob...🎉

[@dean828]

Cicada is cute... but like you stated, it's a novelty. 🎸

[@davidbock201]

Man... now I wanna make a "Micro Board"... how sweet would that be? I'm down with this!

[@67goat]

I thought it was tiny. Then you put it on the Metal Zone. 🤯

[@justletmepostthis276]

When do they make the Neural Quad Cortex the size of a smart phone, lol? That would be great.

[@jeremeydonovan8286]

Neet lil guy sounds good for the form I feel

[@doogledog1740]

Ryan, do you get copyright claims on the Two Princes midi music?

[@NightOwlEd]

Love it

[@jacksonsherrill9484]

you the man man!!!🔥❤️

[@Gattygoon]

I'd forget that it was in my pocket and throw it in the washing machine with my jeans, or I'd probably just lose it. It needs one of those Bluetooth air tags, which you can use to help you find your car keys when you misplace them.

[@progresspedals]

would this fit in an upper control plate for a Jag? Or does it just want to be sticky-tacked onto a guitar strap or pickguard? Hung from the neck of my Metal Zone necklace around my neck?

[@jamesonpace726]

They were so excited that they could do it, nobody asked if the should do it....

[@Waytoobusy]

Hi Ryan, do you miss me in the Facebook group?

[@onlyon4]

lookin forward to the next drop maybe a tremolo or fuzz???

[@mikeybeazley3]

The makers said in one of their videos “rumors” of compressor, reverb, and fuzz… with a mini pedalboard for them down the line. Sounded more like a wishlist, and if the Cicadas don’t sell well I’m not sure they’ll get there. I want one but I’m not sure I should 😅

[@LIKEFUNK]

I like it for 2 reasons, 1.it's so small they couldn't even fit its printed name on it properly. 2. it's perfect for the angry foul mouthed leprechaun who lives at the bottom of my garden who wakes me up every morning with his 200watt Marshall stack at 6 a.m.

[@brianhansen-hj3ml]

$100 is too much, I’d go $25 though. Fun idea though.

[@cvanhetkaar96]

Wondering, how many pedals of that size will fit on a Pedalboard..? Anyway, i want one, i need one, i need to find one …😁

[@grrnoise]

I bet this uses almost the same parts as the $20 Kokko/Amz overdrive

[@ROBBBBBB]

It's the little things.

[@joetowers4804]

Does it have MIDI?

[@rossmiller7778]

Maybe they make a whole line that can fit on your strap

[@WalterCrumbcake]

Imagine a micro pedal board where the pedal board itself handles the adapter functions for about 10 of these little things. Please make an FZ-2 clone called "sweat bee" lol. edit: oh I just watched the official video "I can neither confirm nor deny we are working on a little pedal board that fits about five of these"

[@octave-up-up-up]

Honey, I Shrunk The Mids

[@Fred_pimpstone-II]

I’m buying like 3 for my eurorack synth IMMEDIATELY

[@47Jonesy]

i feel like id mod it INSIDE of a guitar, use it as a dirty boost.

[@PearHellforge]

thank you wife

[@Desirsar]

You used it as a pick instead of a slide??

[@60CycleHumcast]

It’s too small to be a slide

[@codelicious6590]

God, I yearn for the day when we can all look back on the 2pr bit and laugh and think, oh look how far we've come -they said we were crazy well yeah we were crazy like foxes and goddammit, that was solid comedy!

[@fullmetaflak]

THANK YOU RYAN'S WIFE (of whom I don't know the name of)

[@menschlicheswesen84]

You should thank her for showing her jogging pant's in front of a million people...😅 All for the channel, that's dedication right there...

[@60CycleHumcast]

@@menschlicheswesen84 “a million people” lol

[@menschlicheswesen84]

@60CycleHumcast theoreticly...👍🏻

[@teknomanning]

I only see one cord?

[@Sylkis89]

@@teknomanning looks like a small stereo jack used in the way that one channel is in and the other channel is out, hence the "dongle" has to big female jacks

[@petougao]

Not setereo, TRRS.

[@saxonsteve]

It actually sounds pretty good! Not practical on a pedal board! It would get lost with the big boys next to it!! LoL 😂!!!

[@johnnydeformed7123]

*WARNING!!!* pedal is not to be taken rectally

[@2000SkyView]

redonkulous --- I thought the mini pedal was bad.

[@melissasnodgrass5318]

Wow that's so small

[@boybawang1981]

Ryan Fitzpatrick is hocking music equipment!? Sad how the mighty have fallen...

[@60CycleHumcast]

I’m Ryan Burke.

[@boybawang1981]

​@@60CycleHumcastare you sure you're not former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick!? I'm literally watching you on Thursday Night Football!!

[@patrickmcmanus5373]

So it's Digital? Obviously the samples are digital but not sure of the non sample circuit. Nano pedals already exist but this is small 🦐

[@DaveJavuify]

It's so small they couldn't even fit its name on the front 😄

[@richardclark.]

Let us know if it still actually is working in a week.

[@60CycleHumcast]

it's not a banana

[@JustinBrown25]

Let me guess it’s $199

[@60CycleHumcast]

Off by one. It’s $99.

[@borowland5744]

47

[@mastermollica2669]

Is this a green new deal pedal?

[@steveworth544]

Super small- and it runs off only 3 car batteries ...........

[@saxonsteve]

They made a pedal for very very tiny people. LoL 😂!!!!!

[@teknomanning]

Ludilocust

[@koothka]

Just scratch your pedalboard on the guitar. Or build a guitar with built in pedalboard!

[@davidkastin4240]

Undersized and Overpriced. What a joke.

[@adawofford2732]

ok get rid of the i and d, and move the first a in front of the first c, caca, that's what it sound like.

[@13DALEMEG]

Wow I guess it’s always on or the first time you step on it , you crush it? It sounds small, not sure why but yeah, I will pass …

[@CC-fi3pp]

@13DALEMEG It just sounds like a Tube Screamer to me, not small at all.

[@woochyna]

If it's an always-on pedal, no need to stomp on it

[@mikeybeazley3]

The makers claim it can handle up to 250lbs. Obviously it’s not practical for foot operation, but this could be very useful for synth players.