Marcus Miller signs a Sire bass line

For less than 600 €/$, you can now acquire a 4 or 5-string electric bass designed in close collaboration with bass legend Marcus Miller. The instruments feature an 18V powered active tone circuit with a 3-band EQ that includes a dual knob for the midrange boost/cut and frequency sweep between 200 Hz and 1 kHz, and another dual knob to adjust the master tone and volume. A fifth knob will blend the pickups and a mini-switch gives you the ability to choose between active and passive operation.

The Sire Marcus Miller Signature collection features two models: the Jazz Bass style V7 available is 4 or 5 strings and a choice of swamp ash and alder bodies, and the more modern 4-string cutaway M3.

V7 Specifications:

• Swamp Ash or northern american alder, Marcus Miller Jazz shape
• Bolt-on one-piece maple neck, C shape, 4 bolts
• Maple fingerboard on the ash model and rosewood on the alder model, 7.25” radius, 20 Medium Small frets and pearl Block inlays
• Nut width: 38mm on the 4-string and 46mm on the 5-string model
• Scale length: 34”
• 2 Marcus Super Jazz pickups
• Marcus Heritage-3 electronics with tone/volume dual knob, treble, mid/mid frequency sweep dual knob, bass, blender and active/passive switch
• Marcus Big Mass-1 bridge with string-through-body
• Chrome hardware
• Ivory Pearl pickguard on the ash models and Tortoise on the alder basses
• String retainer on the headstock
• Pickup cover
• Finishes: Antique White, Tobacco Sunburst and Black on the alder model ; Natural, Tobacco Sunburst and White Blonde on the swamp ash model

Pricing of this Marcus Miller V7 range from $399 / 379 € to $699 / 498 €.

Details of the M3:

• Mahogany body with flame maple veneer, double cutaway Modern shape
• Bolt-on maple neck, C shape, 4 bolts
• Rosewood fingerboard, 12” radius, 24 medium frets and white pearl Dot inlays
• Nut width (PPS Tusk): 1.5”
• 2 Marcus Blue Hum pickups
• Marcus Heritage-3 electronics with tone/volume dual knob, treble, mid/mid frequency sweep dual knob, bass, blender and active/passive switch
• Marcus Big Mass bridge with string-through-body
• Chrome hardware
• No pickguard
• Finishes: Transparent Black, See-Through Red and Brown

The price of this Marcus Miller M3 is $299 / 349 €.

These new basses are (currently?) available in Europe via german online retailer Thomann, you’ll find all the details of the instruments at the USA website www.sire-usa.com.