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NBD Sire Marcus Miller P7
- Thread starter Bluzlvr
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This is interesting. I thought the 6 series were the new Sires that were meant to be lightweight? Is this something, Sire is doing with all their models going forward?
No neckdive with the new style tuners. They're pretty good. Not Hipshot, but for the money....
Definitely Jazz. Maybe even thinner than a Jazz. Very comfortable, though. I've always liked thinner necks.
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This has a mahogany back and an ash top, so it's going to be lighter than an all ash body.
Well, so much for the love affair with this Sire bass. At practice last week the volume in active mode got extremely loud and noisy for no reason. I had to play the rest of the practice in passive mode, which ain't all bad. I'm thinking there is an issue with the pre-amp. Of course it was not within the 30 day period for Sweetwater returns. Waiting to hear back from them on what they want to do. I like the bass and really don't want to send it back. Would like to have it repaired(on their dime). We'll see what they say. Can't trade it in for another one because they're all sold out of that model. One like it without the sandblasted finish is $200-$250 higher. Ugh!
Brandon Shea
Commercial User
My advice is this. When you find a bass that you really like as far as feel, balance and playability don’t let it get away. Sweetwater will repair it at no charge and cover all shipping.
These things happen with all occasionally. I have MTD LK5 that I had them install a Bartolini preamp. When I received it the volume pot seemed faulty. They had me return it and corrected problem. This is currently my “go to” bass.
I get it back tomorrow.
I kinda like the gold anodized look of this one. Never been a fan of pearloid guards. But it would match the fret markers nicely.
I imagine Sweetwater will make it right. They have never been anything but great on the customer service end. I've still got the box they shipped it in. I'll gladly send it back for repair. They need to give me direction.
They will send you a return shipping ticket and take care of you. They have the best customer service of any major dealer.
Sweetwater sent me a label and they already have the bass. They had one left and offered to switch that out. It was 10 lbs, though and I didn't want anything that heavy. Look forward to getting my bass back. Hopefully theses pre-amps aren't a problem and it pukes out again.
Ordered a set of aluminum knobs for the one I had… made a big difference.
Ended up selling both my P7 and my V7 mainly because I wasn’t a big fan of the preamps, and the multiple knob setup ended up not being my favorite either.
Hope you get things settled with Sweetwater.
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Well, it's week 6 and they just told me the original preamp Sire sent was the wrong one and now the right one won't be here until May 29. I'm pretty well done with this bass. It worries me that it takes that long to get a preamp and from what I've read, there have been plenty of issues with Sire's preamps. Sweetwater has agreed to give me a credit spend on whatever I want. I've been looking at the P5R, which doesn't have a preamp. Does anyone have any feedback on those or the V5? I haven't had a jazz style in awhile. Any insight is appreciated.
