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I don't know who hands 'em out, but if your new M7 is the one in your profile pic, that's a pretty bass!
- Here is my latest acquisition, M7 Fretless. Great bass.
How about the M5?
No first hand experience with the M5 -- only M7 - but from what I hear, the only real difference between M5 and M7 is the top. Seems like that would make it a great value b/c I like the M7 not for its top but for its sound and playability, which theoretically the M5 also has.
Yeah I like a pretty top, but if I were buying now, the M5 would be awfully tempting.
Mine have the same colour as yours and I agree that the darker one is better, specially because in the center ours color becomes yellow.
The burst on the first generation M7 reminds me of what Carvin/Kiesel call Dragonburst. I like both finishes equally.
I just got mine last week. It had some fit and finish issues, but plays very nice.
I'm jealous. I'm waiting for the factory to deliver some more sunburst 5 string m7 gen 2s. I've already made an order, so I'm in the line, but it looks like it's going to be a while.
I'm jealous. I'm waiting for the factory to deliver some more sunburst 5 string m7 gen 2s. I've already made an order, so I'm in the line, but it looks like it's going to be a while.
Here's the 1 pic I have right now
Hi,
Im late the conversation but here’s my contribution. I did a simple mod to my newly acquired M5. If someone else has already mentioned this apologies for the repetition.
The M5 reminded me a lot of the Warwick Double Buck $$. The switches doing the same thing i think.
I didn’t like the single coil option being the outside coils furthest away from each other. I thought if it was the two nearest to eachother then you’ll have a humbucker in the ‘Stingray’ sweetspot more or less. Somebody on youtube said the single coil selection on both p’ups sounds like a jazz bass. Wrong! No they don’t !!
Anyway, I slipped the p’ups out and just flipped em round so the single coil option was in the middle.
Doesn't sound like a Ray at all but does have a ballsier sound, I like it.
To me this bass has a bit of an ugly ‘quack’ to it when selecting both pickups. Same goes for most PJ basses as well.
Single coil on both with the balance pot favouring front or back is a great sound to me.
Weightier towards the neck p’up ( precision type duties) precise and present toward the bridge pickup (pastorius type vibe but with a modern heft)
An interesting mod without soldering or really changing anything aesthetically. Easily reversible if you dont like it.
I just had to snip the wire retainer to allow enough wire to let it happen.
Im late the conversation but here’s my contribution. I did a simple mod to my newly acquired M5. If someone else has already mentioned this apologies for the repetition.
The M5 reminded me a lot of the Warwick Double Buck $$. The switches doing the same thing i think.
I didn’t like the single coil option being the outside coils furthest away from each other. I thought if it was the two nearest to eachother then you’ll have a humbucker in the ‘Stingray’ sweetspot more or less. Somebody on youtube said the single coil selection on both p’ups sounds like a jazz bass. Wrong! No they don’t !!
Anyway, I slipped the p’ups out and just flipped em round so the single coil option was in the middle.
Doesn't sound like a Ray at all but does have a ballsier sound, I like it.
To me this bass has a bit of an ugly ‘quack’ to it when selecting both pickups. Same goes for most PJ basses as well.
Single coil on both with the balance pot favouring front or back is a great sound to me.
Weightier towards the neck p’up ( precision type duties) precise and present toward the bridge pickup (pastorius type vibe but with a modern heft)
An interesting mod without soldering or really changing anything aesthetically. Easily reversible if you dont like it.
I just had to snip the wire retainer to allow enough wire to let it happen.
What a looker!OK, just figured out that, yes, it does lock the saddle, but not in the way I thought. The actual saddle is a round piece of metal with a groove cut in it to hold the string. Rather than just have pressure for the string hold it in place, that third string secures it to the part of the bridge which holds it.
A small feature of this is that it allows you to move the saddle side to side, a little, so you can fine tune string spacing.
