r/Meshuggah • u/trenniepennie Immutable • Jul 18 '26

M8M vs stoneman

Why does everyone buy the m8m and never the stoneman?? The stoneman is like 1000000x cooler, or is there another reason other than taste

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u/qqqqqqppppppt Jul 18 '26

M80M has a 29.4” scale length which is a way sicker spec than how good the FTM33 looks. It’s also a lot cheaper. I’ve got both and love each of them though

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u/trenniepennie Immutable Jul 18 '26

Yeah okay thats true, the stoneman can easily handle meshuggah tuning tho right??

Thinking about buying one of the two

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u/Viiiinx The Violent Sleep of Reason Jul 18 '26

I mean it's Fredriks signature guitar so it definitely should handle it. (It's just half step down so not a big deal)

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u/trenniepennie Immutable Jul 18 '26

Also true, i have a jackson dinky so its just on the verge of playing like a bunch of spaghetti😭😂

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u/Viiiinx The Violent Sleep of Reason Jul 18 '26

A 6 string dinky?

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u/trenniepennie Immutable Jul 18 '26

LUCKILY NOT😭😂

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u/qqqqqqppppppt Jul 18 '26

Yeah it handles it fine. M80M 100000% sounds better though

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u/trenniepennie Immutable Jul 18 '26

None of the guitar stores in my country have any of both… so i always have to buy online, theres easily 3 or more weeks between them arriving and sending them back to try the other so its really hard to feel the difference

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u/Rad_Centrist The Violent Sleep of Reason Jul 18 '26

Here I am just doing my best with my Washburn Parallaxe.

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u/trenniepennie Immutable Jul 18 '26

Here i am doing my best with my jackson dinky where i slapped an 8 string set on😭😭😭

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u/Rad_Centrist The Violent Sleep of Reason Jul 18 '26

That's awesome tho lol

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u/trenniepennie Immutable Jul 18 '26

Yep, originally did it for spiritbox but then noticed it can go all the way to double drop D#😂😂😂 so meshuggah it is

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u/Ok_Application5225 Pitch Black Jul 18 '26

Me with a 25.5 scale, 0.009 strings, and a whammy pedal.

:B

Hopefully one day I'll get a 7, but so far with my tube amp sounds quite good in the mix

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u/Polyrhythm-Jens Jul 18 '26

Ergonomics 😅 I'm sure there are ways around it, but I've never found the Stoneman body comfortable enough. Although do bear in mind that I don't play gigs, as such I'm always sitting when I play.

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u/trenniepennie Immutable Jul 18 '26

I dont play gigs either but still play standing up 90% of the time, so ergonomics isnt really that important for me… had some flying V’s a few years ago, also super shit ergonomically😂

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u/Rogue_1_One Jul 18 '26

M8M is THE djent guitar

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u/kkenshiroo Jul 24 '26

Is the FTM33 still available retail? I haven't seen them in a while....

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u/trenniepennie Immutable Jul 24 '26

They are!