Questions regarding Marcus Miller Basses

No diffrence I can see between the two.
P or J its your choice but the sire is PJ so plenty of sound options.
all sires are good imo
Yes can be tuned e a d g c

 

PJ is a Precision bass with a P (Precision) pickup and a J (Jazz) pickup instead of this, for example.

 

The regular P has just the one pickup but the PJ has two like the Sires. Many love the PJ setup for its flexibility. The Sire P7s are a great deal, in my opinion - I have a 1st gen P7 5 string fretless that I love.

 

Not necessarily.......there's virtues to both J/J and P/J pickup configurations, especially with both pickups on.....You also have to ask yourself if you are going to utilize pickup selection and all those other options in your performance. I do, but I find I'm rare in that aspect.....A lot of times, a guy will get a bass and say how it has three pickups, active/passive options, series/parallel options, 90 band EQ, parametric equalizer, equametric paralyzer, switches, buttons, deflector shields, and a condom dispenser, and boast how the "bang for the buck" gets a zillion tones --but he/she will use one setting ("set it and forget it") the entire night.......Nothing wrong with this, of course, but you need to consider your approach as well....What I'm saying is: If you are a "set it and forget player", you may like the J/J tone setup better than P/J, or vise-versa.... (If using both pickups in variety/dance situations - which I do on about 90% of everything - I prefer J/J over P/J....I do like P/J for rock, though, but thats just me)

V7 for me

 

The Sire P7 is a PJ setup:


Couple that configuration with the best preamp under $1K (in my opinion) and you have a great bass! I haven't yet tried one of the 2nd gen either, those are even better than my 1st gen.

 

You could also get some inspiration in this thread:

Sire Bass Club!

 

There are probably as many players who distinctly dislike PJs as there are bassists that love them. Seems to be somewhat of a love/hate phenomenon. Nothing wrong with the V7 though! (I have two, fretted and fretless pair of 5ers.)

 

It's hard to say, it's really a personal preference thing, but I understand you may not be able to try before buying? You really can't go wrong with that choice, either bass will fit right in anyplace a similar Fender would (which is pretty much any place at all).

 

There are a number of basic Fender body shapes...from left to right, P bass, Jazz bass, PJ with P body, PJ with Jazz body.
(P pickup is the famous split pickup and J pickup is the single-coil used in Jazz basses.
Sometimes they combine the two.

 

I have a few P-J basses as well....I prefer them for rock and harder styles.....for variety and dance-pop stylings/corporate bands/etc, I go J-J....but thats just me

 

You're welcome.
And just for fun a reverse P pickup and a reverse P pickup in a humbucker housing.