Is it some mutant creature of a nuclear age gone horribly wrong?
Will the planet and all life as we know it be destroyed by this evil and diabolical creature?
Will we ever survive to know?
It hasn't stopped growing and changing since it's original transformation from an unassuming single pickup Peavey Mantis.
Unnatural and possibly immoral acts of modification and massaging and a complete refinish took place, transforming the lowly Mantis into a leaner and more serious creature of sonic mayhem.
But it was only temporary.
The same forces that caused the initial transformation were at work once again.
There was no stopping the powers of change.
The first version of the Mantis was too polite.
A pair of shiny but boring alnico humbuckers projected the wrong image and attitude that the mighty morphing Mantis of mayhem was capable of.
It needed more.
A set of pickups were called upon that seemed capable of the task at hand along with a pair of push pull pots that would handle coil splitting and phase flipping.
That brings us to the current episode, The return of the Mantis.
A new and improved beast of sonic destruction, capable of finishing whatever hearing damage that had already been started on me.
A pair of hot and very impolite rail humbuckers.
Eight switchable tones via 3 way switch and push pull volume & tone pots.
And completely superficial black pickguard screws, just because it looks better.
I think the blade pickups keep with the 80's Peavey look.
But does the story end here?
Will there be a sequel...
Only the Mantis knows.
Will the planet and all life as we know it be destroyed by this evil and diabolical creature?
Will we ever survive to know?
It hasn't stopped growing and changing since it's original transformation from an unassuming single pickup Peavey Mantis.
Unnatural and possibly immoral acts of modification and massaging and a complete refinish took place, transforming the lowly Mantis into a leaner and more serious creature of sonic mayhem.
But it was only temporary.
The same forces that caused the initial transformation were at work once again.
There was no stopping the powers of change.
The first version of the Mantis was too polite.
A pair of shiny but boring alnico humbuckers projected the wrong image and attitude that the mighty morphing Mantis of mayhem was capable of.
It needed more.
A set of pickups were called upon that seemed capable of the task at hand along with a pair of push pull pots that would handle coil splitting and phase flipping.
That brings us to the current episode, The return of the Mantis.
A new and improved beast of sonic destruction, capable of finishing whatever hearing damage that had already been started on me.
A pair of hot and very impolite rail humbuckers.
Eight switchable tones via 3 way switch and push pull volume & tone pots.
And completely superficial black pickguard screws, just because it looks better.
I think the blade pickups keep with the 80's Peavey look.
But does the story end here?
Will there be a sequel...
Only the Mantis knows.
