EddiePlaysBass Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 No, I did not buy one But my bass teacher did. I went to see him perform live and his tone was absolutely killer. Had a bass workshop the next day so I asked if I could give it a go. Very smooth neck, very even feel. Didn't like the skinny roundwound strings but that's personal. I only played it briefly but to be honest: this bass has the looks, feel and tone to be a number 1 go-to bass. And they're not expensive either ... Total shocker. For once, I would say: believe the hype! "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 http://www.sire-usa.com/ So does he no longer have a Fender Signature bass? Or is Sire some budget knockoff or licensee? "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Fender no longer has a Marcus Miller bass on their website. The Sire bass looks like the same thing for a quarter of the price. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele C. Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I have tried one of them, not sure which one. I tried it active and passive and in various configurations. To me it's a bass that can follow one along many paths and can be used to very diverse sound necessitiets. If I were not already convinced of having the bass of a lifetime, I think I would have bought one of these. I think it can be a definitive instrument, good enough for anything, not something you say often at that price. -- Michele Costabile (http://proxybar.net) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcadmus Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 The prices make the suspicious me wonder how good they can be. OTOH, unless he's a total ham hock (and I doubt that), I don't think Marcus would endorse them. Would love to try one. "Tours widely in the southwestern tip of Kentucky" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 BP mag review: Herrera's take on the Sire I've heard that they're great bang for the buck. I haven't played one. spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I'd have a fretless one for my upcoming Significant Birthday but for the fact I can't see an unlined fretless nor an ebony fingerboard. So I'm looking at Maruszczyk (I never try to spell this - I only cut & paste it). G. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele C. Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I tested one at a show, and it felt good and sounded good, with a ton of different sounds, all of them pretty legit in a genre or an other. I thought it could be a definitive instrument and one I would have bought if I were still shopping. -- Michele Costabile (http://proxybar.net) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 But the headstock..there just aren't many "non-Fender" headstocks that I like. Roscoe has a great one. Sadowsky looks good, too. G&L is nice, Lakland too. How come they can have a "fedneresque" headstock and not hear from lawyers but others have these strange looking things.Eye of the beholder and all that I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcadmus Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 I don't find the peghead prohibitively ugly. I mean, there's just so many ways you can make one. Certainly not as ugly as the the pointy or hockey-stick ones that were in vogue in the 80s. "Tours widely in the southwestern tip of Kentucky" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 the Sire peghead is not much different than the one on my Fernandes P-bass. http://jeremycohenbass.com/images/fernandes.jpg Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcadmus Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Exactly. Not far off from the peghead on my Pedulla Rapture J2-5 either. http://www.bassguitarmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/09/130508-Bass-Mag-Pedulla-RBJ2-010.jpg "Tours widely in the southwestern tip of Kentucky" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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