the all maple construction actually gives it a very nice clean tone. Esp in the neck.
its very articulate, not at all bright. sustain is also pretty good.
the distorted tone is where this axe truly shines. the low B is very tight sounding despite the scale length. Many 7s ive tried, incl the jpm 7 and ibanez 7s have this flubbery low B syndrome... esp if they use heavier low strings to keep the tension up.
only problem is that the maple is abit too articulate... making my sloppy technique very obvious.
haha the 5150 is still the beast...