Tell me about those Mantic Conceptual Electronics Effects

[Chankgeez]

What are your experiences?

[D.o.S.]

You think this forum is full of sucka MCEE's?

[neonblack]

Vitriol and Flex are high up on my list. Wish I had snagged a buzz box clone when they did that run. In have no actual experience with them, but they seem pretty legit/awesome.

[Chankgeez]

You think this forum is full of sucka MCEE's?

IDK. I'm askin'

If it can get me soundin' anywhere close to this, I'll be good:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3CUNdsshqs[/youtube]

[Bellyheart]

Buddy has a flex. It is great.

[Jwar]

My only thing is I don't know why they use the backplate for their graphics? Other than that, I have a high interest as well.

[Bellyheart]

I think it's smart. It's easier to get into the pedal when you're using pcb mount pots.

[rot gut]

Nothing but great things to say about this company.
I have the Density Hulk Pro, Vitriol, Hive Mind, Beef Bag, and a couple of custom Rats.
I've sent them a bunch of DOD pedals to true bypass and add the barrel jack.
They're very easy to work with and great guys.

[Chankgeez]

Thanks, rot gut, just what I was looking to hear.

Care to comment more on the individual pedals?

[Inconuucl]

I want to flex pro for Boris Smile leads in a box. 8D

[neonblack]

Thanks, rot gut, just what I was looking to hear.

Care to comment more on the individual pedals?

Seconded! There aren't nearly enough clips/reviews online, but what little Ive heard, I'm really impressed by.

Vitriol with the gain all the way down sounded great in clips.

[rot gut]

Thanks, rot gut, just what I was looking to hear.

Care to comment more on the individual pedals?

The Beef Bag is a DOD Meat Box clone. I've only used it for noise, but it does everything the Meat Box does maybe even better?

The Hive Mind is a DOD Buzz Box clone. I'd say this is more of a fuzz/octave pedal than a distortion/octave. This is probably my least favorite since I'm kinda over fuzz and just want either distortion or overdrive, but maybe I should give it another try.

The Density Hulk Pro is their version of the Meat Box but on steroids. I mainly used it for noise and had it so it was just pushing a lot of low end and really moving the speakers around, it was awesome. Right now I'm using it on bass though. I just set up a couple of rigs on my ABY so I can run overdrive, delay, and reverb through one which is an Ampeg V4 and 412 and the other one is the Density Hulk going through a Traynor YBA3 and 215. I have the Density Hulk dialed back so things don't get ridiculous, but you can hear/feel it when I let the notes ring out.

The Vitriol is my main distortion at the moment, it's great on guitar and bass. My friend was lucky enough to take the prototype on the road and just loved it, it became his main distortion pedal. He had his modded after talking to the Mantic guys at his Colorado show, it's not the $ mod, this mod I guess is either the Freddy or Sam mod. It turns the pedal to a high gain distortion to where it can sound like white noise when you're playing out of 12's. I use it with bass as my high gain distortion, I also have the Freddy/Sam mod. The pedal is great because it has a high and low knob for adding more high or low end to make it more versatile. Maybe I'll have my friend do a demo of his on guitar since everyone seems to use it for bass.

The two Rats I had made are great, they were presents for a couple of friends. One friend did an A/B with a vintage Rat with the LM308 and the Mantic version is pretty much spot on, it might even have a little more treble to it which is great IMO.

Also they're down to customize their existing pedals whether it's mods, paint, LED's or knobs.

I hope this helps, I hate doing reviews but I back these dudes to the max.

[neonblack]

What is the $ mod?

[rot gut]

I don't have the email anymore, but iirc it cuts a little of the distortion so it's not as "harsh".

[neonblack]

Man, I've got to get a vitriol. The flex looks awesome too, I just don't know that I'll realistically find a use for it. That won't stop me from eventually getting it, its just not top priority.

PS: hit me up if you wanna get rid if that hive mind. I love octave fuzzies.