The overdrive,fuzz react to guitar volume very nice. The secret is you need to run it into amp simulator pedal and 15" speaker ... It need big headroom clean platform.. all the effects and distortion will sounds as good as the amplifier od . What a swiss army.🙌
Distortion mode is not the strongest point of this pedal. It might be helpful if you need a very specific sound like the Satisfaction fuzz. But the basics (overdrive, distortion) you should buy as analog dirt pedals. And everything else can be covered with this box competently. Modulation and delays are just gorgeous on the m5. Plus you have some filter oddballs.
i have gone through several OD/Distortion pedals and couldn't find the sound i was expecting. i bought my M5 for delays and modulation but ended up using its distortions, they sound really good. my M5 became my primary for distortion and took away all other ODs from the board. my favorite is the Line6 Drive which is clone from the classic ToneBender
I have the M13 version of this and it's my go to pedal on my PT Pro. I know it's personal opinion, but does anything sound better than a Strat into a VOX? +1 subscriber
great demo! May I ask a question: when I'm on the distortion models, there seems to be a lot of hissing and buzz on my end and there is none on yours, do you know how I could fix this problem? Thank you so much!
Is your cord or guitar properly grounded? I know that sounds silly but that's usually what I run across. Try lifting your hand on and Off the bridge see if there's a ground buzz. If it goes away when you're touching the bridge then the ground is alright but could be better. You'll have to open it up and put some copper shielding in around the pots. Usually helps with that.
Question; it's possible to hook more than a few of these m5s in a chain? Like one would do as a pedal board correct? In other words buy four of these etc., And link them together.
Maybe with a humbucker guitar some of those might sound ok, but none of those sound like anything that could go on a record...fizz city. The comps were good.
The first two were decent. Even the "Facial Fuzz" (ohh, tricky, nobody will guess what that one is based on) sounded usable. The Line6 Drive would pass a blind test against a high-gain analog OD. I'd bet $ on that. Every "sound" (pedals don't actually have sounds) in every pedal ever made can be made to work for a specific - or more general - application.
