A Fender/Squier P bass 
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Single cut more than rules it out for me, but otherwise itās super nice.
They recently announced the Fender standard series made in Indonesia too!
I have a headless bass i built a few years ago but just left it natural. I was thinking about burning the grain but i might sand blast it instead. Iām not a big fan of black but that grain in matte looks great!
the M5 is so good. love my 5 string. so many tones, feels really nice to play, nice string spacing, 24 frets, the ebony fretboard is striking, itās lighter than some of my 4 string basses too. i donāt love the look of the body shape but itās certainly not ugly either. i will also say i love the satin finish on the neck of my my V5 a whole lot more
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Nah, no way.
An M5/M7 can emulate a P tone as well as offering so many other tonal options, including a Jazz, an MM, and so much more.
My M5 is the lightest of my basses, by far. The body sits really well in my lap making seated playing super comfortable.
Thatās perfectly fine. Thereās no rule or law obligating anyone to dig a single-cut. But there are key aspects of a single-cut that differentiate it from a bolt-on or neck-through double-cut bass.
Hereās an excerpt from Adamovic, a premier boutique builder, that breaks it down.
The difference between the two designs is mainly the length of the part of the neck that can freely flex and vibrate. The part of the neck that is attached to the body does not vibrate because of the thickness of the body and neck together. This area is too stiff to flex and vibrate.
A single-cut design has a shorter neck that can move and vibrate with the string vibration. Therefore it absorbs different frequencies. This results in a quicker and more direct sound and improved articulation with piano like voicing.
A double-cut design has a longer neck that can move and vibrate and this results in more punch and a snappier tone. Traditional bolt on construction adds even more to the attack/punch.
Bolt-on double-cut design is the best choice if you are looking for a punchy rock or vintage sound (Fender) and old fashioned slap tones.
Single-cut design is better if you need great tone definition and is perfect for chordal playing, jazz, fusion, progressive rock etc.
But with choosing the right wood combination for fingerboard and neck, we can increase or decrease the described sound features of each design.
Not sure I buy this. EVERYTHING vibrates.
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Add fresh batteries, and you bet!! 
Hi @Barney, I see that you have an opinion. Why do you prefer the a Fender/Squire P as compared to a M7 or Z7?
No problem. Not my statement. Quote comes from an expert builder with far more experience with single-cut characteristics than anyone here.
Not everything!
Itās more the price that rules it out for me 
i canāt spend that kind of money on a bass i know iāll rarely play, i already have 2 of those lol
It does unless itās absolute zero 
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This guy missed science class, and every physics channel on-line.
Whatever works.
Classical vibrations due to thermal energy would indeed stop at absolute zero, quantum mechanical vibrations or fluctuations would still exist due to zero-point energy. Thus, vibration in a quantum sense does not completely stop even at absolute zero.
In other words you could freeze your bass and it wouldnāt vibrate on a classical level.
And it would be tricky to play.
Now go smash out a couple songsā¦ 
Iām more into jazz vibrations 
Iām at work, best I can do is drumming on a practice pad 
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