Marcus Miller Jazz compared to '75RI Jazz?

i owned a 75RI for a while.

absolutely LOVE IT!

i've played the MM sig as well.

both are great basses, but i'd take the 75RI over the MM hands down.

i think Fender has done a SUPERIOR job with all the RI's.

the 75 jazz

the 57 and 62 precision

i've tried and loved all 3.

on the guitar side, the 52 telecaster is mindblowing!

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There's a '75 Reissue jazz on Ebay right now, it's going for quite a bit cheaper than a marcus Miller.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/2000-Fender-Jaz...ryZ64400QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

street retail is around $1430.

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Didn't even see that one, theres an MIJ version on there too. That's the one I meant. Probably not quite as nice, but alot cheaper.

 

ahhh:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Jazz-Bas...ryZ64400QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

not bad...Japanese quality is typically great.

ALTHOUGH, the bridge pickup route on that one looks a little sloppy.

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I had a MM bass and the fit and finish was superb. I did not care for the active side of the bass. I bought a MIA jazz and find it has a better tone, at least to my ears. You could get a good tone out of the MM, but you had to get the actives on and play with it to approach the sound of the MIA.
The Japanese neck on the MM was as good as I have ever had in my hands and fit together better than my current MIA which also has a good fit. The Japanese quality was excellent, I just did not care for the active circuit. The pups in passive are not the same sound as my MIA. DR Fatbeams on both basses, so strings were the same. Finally sold the MM. The MM is a fine instrument, I just prefer the MIA to it. That opinion and $7 should get you a latte at Starbucks.

 

I own both basses and here's my take. They feel pretty much the same but sound different because they have different pups. It's hard to explain a passive Marcus Miller because of the tone control (or lack of) but its is very close to the 75RI bass (MIA made). Specs besides pups are pretty much the same.

 

The 75 is better. The neck is also wider than the Marcus.