danbb Posted Monday at 09:42 Share Posted Monday at 09:42 Boycott MM and get the new Sire V range. Way better quality, sound, parts and QC. Literally zero reason to buy MM in the UK now, unless you're buying the high end Ernie Ball stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted Monday at 10:14 Author Share Posted Monday at 10:14 20 minutes ago, danbb said: Boycott MM and get the new Sire V range. Way better quality, sound, parts and QC. Literally zero reason to buy MM in the UK now, unless you're buying the high end Ernie Ball stuff. No time to say hi first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted Monday at 11:30 Share Posted Monday at 11:30 1 hour ago, danbb said: Boycott MM and get the new Sire V range. Way better quality, sound, parts and QC. Literally zero reason to buy MM in the UK now, unless you're buying the high end Ernie Ball stuff. Surely the M or Z series would be a far more sensible option if you're after MM sound. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asingardenof Posted Monday at 17:16 Share Posted Monday at 17:16 6 hours ago, danbb said: Boycott MM and get the new Sire V range. Way better quality, sound, parts and QC. Literally zero reason to buy MM in the UK now, unless you're buying the high end Ernie Ball stuff. Sire have very much put a shot across the bow of SBMM. I'd been eyeing up a Ray5 as a possible future purchase, but other than it having a cooler headstock and the cachet of the model name there's no advantage to getting one rather than the Z3, given the Z3 is cheaper, better built and sounds more than a MM Stingray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted Monday at 19:07 Share Posted Monday at 19:07 9 hours ago, danbb said: Boycott MM and get the new Sire V range. Way better quality, sound, parts and QC. Literally zero reason to buy MM in the UK now, unless you're buying the high end Ernie Ball stuff. Erm... maybe the Z series, not the V, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted Monday at 19:09 Share Posted Monday at 19:09 1 hour ago, asingardenof said: Sire have very much put a shot across the bow of SBMM. I'd been eyeing up a Ray5 as a possible future purchase, but other than it having a cooler headstock and the cachet of the model name there's no advantage to getting one rather than the Z3, given the Z3 is cheaper, better built and sounds more than a MM Stingray. If string spacing at the bridge matters to you, check it first. I think the Z3-5 is narrower spacing than the Z7-5 (the Z7-5 is 17.5mm, like a Stingray). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbb Posted Monday at 22:44 Share Posted Monday at 22:44 (edited) Yeah I meant Z series not V Edited Monday at 22:44 by danbb Type o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asingardenof Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 16 hours ago, mcnach said: If string spacing at the bridge matters to you, check it first. I think the Z3-5 is narrower spacing than the Z7-5 (the Z7-5 is 17.5mm, like a Stingray). I'd be surprised if that was the case, and would have thought they'd use the same for both like they have the same bridge across the V series, however I stand to be corrected. If it's a similar spacing to the SBMM Ray5 then I found that quite comfortable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 43 minutes ago, asingardenof said: I'd be surprised if that was the case, and would have thought they'd use the same for both like they have the same bridge across the V series, however I stand to be corrected. If it's a similar spacing to the SBMM Ray5 then I found that quite comfortable. 16 mm is very common among the cheaper Stingray5 copies, and you can generally tell by looking at the pickups and the relative distances between polepieces, the polepiece diameter, and the pickup edges. On pictures the Z3-5 pickup looks to be for a narrower spacing than the Z7-5. Maybe the Z3 has an overall slimmer neck, much like SBMM do with their Ray4 vs Ray34 etc. I'm 87.4% convinced that the spacing is narrower, but I'm still waiting for an owner to confirm one way or the other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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