Mantic density hulk (DOD Meatbox Clone)

[willbassyeah]

So i found this pedal right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=vp1AmfY9XAY

http://manticconceptual.com/?product=density-hulk

their price seems fine, and i need a sub pedal now. Its just that the company is still new and i am located far from US to take the risk of buying the pedal. Any kind soul who is willing to try the pedal? heh
GAS attack...

[MrPierre]

I NEED THAT

[willbassyeah]

yah me too almost press the checkout button but too scared if there is anything wrong with the pedal, it will be a hassle for me because of international shipping

[avvie]

Great concept and I hope it takes off, but he's gonna have to work on that customer interface a bit. He's got a $500 glitch pedal on his site with no more than 15 seconds of bad video to sell it...and it's just turning knobs on a board.

[MAMMOTHvolume]

Originally Posted by avvie

Great concept and I hope it takes off, but he's gonna have to work on that customer interface a bit. He's got a $500 glitch pedal on his site with no more than 15 seconds of bad video to sell it...and it's just turning knobs on a board.

agree, terrible website

[DannDubblewe]

The photo of the small are of internals exposed in that "glitch" pedal show me what looks to be a radio shack plastic 1/4" jack... I guess that was just the prototype though? And he was just turning knobs on other pedals

I would have to see some gut shots of the Density Hulk before I was entirely sold. The sound clips/ videos DO sound great. Very smmoooooooth. 1590BBT seems like it could be overkill in size. DOD made it in a really small box

[grygrx]

I'm curious, but the $45 for standard shipping turned me off. Where is this place?

[willbassyeah]

Not sure seems to be somewhere in us, the pedal sounds great but I just can't pull the trigger here. I found out about this pedal on another "meatbox" thread, the maker of the pedal commented on that thread.

Just checked at the other thread ,his name in talkbass is ManticFX

[The EH Man]

Is there a market for these? I was thinking about making some in a 1590BB sized box (1590NS). I bought a quantity of the original Subharmonic chips.

[vegas532]

Originally Posted by The EH Man

Is there a market for these? I was thinking about making some in a 1590BB sized box (1590NS). I bought a quantity of the original Subharmonic chips.

Oh, there's a market all right!

[The EH Man]

Originally Posted by vegas532

Oh, there's a market all right!

I guess I'll start on my pcb design, then. Probably make a lot of the components SMD to save room.

[insomniac2295]

Originally Posted by The EH Man

I guess I'll start on my pcb design, then. Probably make a lot of the components SMD to save room.

Where'd you find those chips?

[willbassyeah]

well pm me if you make 1 if it is less than 250 after international shipping I will buy it.

[The EH Man]

Originally Posted by insomniac2295

Where'd you find those chips?

Got them from a supplier. Hopefully they're the real thing.

[insomniac2295]

Originally Posted by The EH Man

Got them from a supplier. Hopefully they're the real thing.

No way!

[NeroJazz]

Gotta love the disclaimer on the website:

Originally Posted by Mantic Conceptual

*DISCLAIMER: This module produces low end frequencies that may have the ability to damage and/or destroy property and bodily health. Potential damages, of which Mantic Conceptual will be held to no liability for whatsoever, include but are not limited to: amp speakers, windows, mirrors, wall-hung picture/photo frames, family heirlooms such as fine china or vases, aquariums/terrariums, popularity amongst neighbors and/or the elderly, building foundations, the hearing of yourself and those in the vicinity of this units amplified operation, and, possibly, bladder and neurological function.”

[willbassyeah]

Originally Posted by NeroJazz

Gotta love the disclaimer on the website:

well did you see the other demo on their website on how the pedal make the speaker work? i dont think their disclaimers is a joke.

[Cfredd33]

Originally Posted by The EH Man

I guess I'll start on my pcb design, then. Probably make a lot of the components SMD to save room.

i be thinkin bout it too. no wut im saying. but **** looks harder then one of them average fuzz pedals. keep us updated tho foo. How much $$ you gun charge for the schemizzle? might be interested in buying that from yo site.

[ManticFX]

Hello all,

Just stumbled across this thread and thought I'd answer some of your questions:

We're a brand new start-up hailing from Denver, CO. Apologies for our website, it's brand new and very DIY (we're not web developers). Haven't had a chance to populate the blog yet because we've been so busy filling Density Hulk orders (all international so far so the currently listed "standard shipping" price is shipping to anywhere outside of the US- meaning a US order would be under $250) working closely with many artists (including Juan Alderete) for custom order work, prototypes, and winning the 2012 Moog Circuit Bending Challenge.

The Gritt pedal PROTOTYPE was made using recycled parts and we have only made 1 of those units post-prototype because it is custom order only. It costs way too much time and money to build and has unnecessary amount of options for it to appeal to any market. Thus, we thought it would be cool to use as last minute blog fodder before heading to Asheville for Moogfest. And actually, it sounds quite bad ass, just not heard through a camera microphone

As for the Density Hulk, there is no expense spared on this thing, whatsoever.

It sounds better because we use better components and spent months tweaking the PCB design to get exactly what we were listening for. We use a larger enclosure for many reasons with the primary being it allows us to harness the PCB independently of the chassis in a sort of 'floating' design that eliminates the transfer of vibration. Sure, we could redesign our beautiful sounding PCB so that it could be ruthlessly squeezed into a 1590 with cheap aluminum standoffs for the sake a few square inches if you'd want us to. We just wanted to make the best sounding, most durable, and visually striking sub pedal we could come up with.

If anyone has any other questions at all, feel free to message us directly from our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/ManticConceptual?ref=hl

Thanks for the interest,

MANTIC

[EricssonB]

Originally Posted by ManticFX

Hello all,

Just stumbled across this thread and thought I'd answer some of your questions:

We're a brand new start-up hailing from Denver, CO. Apologies for our website, it's brand new and very DIY (we're not web developers). Haven't had a chance to populate the blog yet because we've been so busy filling Density Hulk orders (all international so far so the currently listed "standard shipping" price is shipping to anywhere outside of the US- meaning a US order would be under $250) working closely with many artists (including Juan Alderete) for custom order work, prototypes, and winning the 2012 Moog Circuit Bending Challenge.

The Gritt pedal PROTOTYPE was made using recycled parts and we have only made 1 of those units post-prototype because it is custom order only. It costs way too much time and money to build and has unnecessary amount of options for it to appeal to any market. Thus, we thought it would be cool to use as last minute blog fodder before heading to Asheville for Moogfest. And actually, it sounds quite bad ass, just not heard through a camera microphone

As for the Density Hulk, there is no expense spared on this thing, whatsoever.

It sounds better because we use better components and spent months tweaking the PCB design to get exactly what we were listening for. We use a larger enclosure for many reasons with the primary being it allows us to harness the PCB independently of the chassis in a sort of 'floating' design that eliminates the transfer of vibration. Sure, we could redesign our beautiful sounding PCB so that it could be ruthlessly squeezed into a 1590 with cheap aluminum standoffs for the sake a few square inches if you'd want us to. We just wanted to make the best sounding, most durable, and visually striking sub pedal we could come up with.

If anyone has any other questions at all, feel free to message us directly from our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/ManticConceptual?ref=hl

Thanks for the interest,

MANTIC

What? Denver? No way. I follow your Facebook page from both my personal account and Tanzen, my band. I'm over in Aurora. Do you guys have a shop set up? I'd totally be interested in grabbing one of these once I grab some money -- save on shipping!