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Sire Bass Club!

What color/wood combination do you own?

  • Bright Metallic Red/ Ash

    Votes: 17 1.6%

  • Bright Metallic Red/ Alder

    Votes: 33 3.2%

  • Natural/ Ash

    Votes: 173 16.7%

  • Sunburst/ Ash

    Votes: 104 10.0%

  • Sunburst/ Alder

    Votes: 165 15.9%

  • White/ Ash

    Votes: 86 8.3%

  • White/ Alder

    Votes: 122 11.7%

  • Black/ Alder

    Votes: 104 10.0%

  • M3

    Votes: 28 2.7%

  • M7

    Votes: 85 8.2%

  • I'm a heretic - I don't own one yet, but I'll see the light soon enough!

    Votes: 243 23.4%
  • Total voters
    1,039
  • Poll closed .
#17,981
Jon Draffan said:
I'm assuming you put that 50uf cap in there...?
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Yes, meant .050uf
Here is the corrected photo.
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#17,985
whamni said:
You can try lowering the bottom knob, that helped mine, but in the end I changed the knobs.
A dodgy thing to do I may add, loads of guys on here damaged the pot trying to take them off (the knobs that is) lol lol
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When I got my new P7 gen2 couple weeks ago the volume/tone moved together. I lowered the lower knob (ring) slightly and that fixed it. If lowered too much it will drag on the nut below.
 
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I wasn't so happy with my Sire V7 vintage 5 string because when I got it (from a dealer,not from Sire) it was set up so poor it was literally unplayable. I got it to play and sound reasonably well but not great. But it sounded nothing like the youtube videos I had watched.I was pretty sure I was going to sell it again.
Somebody here suggested I should contact Mariano at Sire.
That was great advice. Mariano was so helpful, he sent me a new neck , no question asked. Great service! I wasn't sure what to expect and if that would do the trick, but this new neck transformed my bass into a tone monster. I love the Marcus tone and I get that now from this bass with the EQ set completely flat. I'm blown away.
I have some other J basses that were much more expensive than this one but this bass is now the best sounding and playing bass I own. I could not be happier.
OH yeah, here's a picture. I think I leave the pickguard off. It looks good that way.
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gimmeagig said:
I wasn't so happy with my Sire V7 vintage 5 string because when I got it (from a dealer,not from Sire) it was set up so poor it was literally unplayable. I got it to play and sound reasonably well but not great. But it sounded nothing like the youtube videos I had watched.I was pretty sure I was going to sell it again.
Somebody here suggested I should contact Mariano at Sire.
That was great advice. Mariano was so helpful, he sent me a new neck , no question asked. Great service! I wasn't sure what to expect and if that would do the trick, but this new neck transformed my bass into a tone monster. I love the Marcus tone and I get that now from this bass with the EQ set completely flat. I'm blown away.
I have some other J basses that were much more expensive than this one but this bass is now the best sounding and playing bass I own. I could not be happier.
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This is why I only order from SW online. Mine was perfect as were all the others. Each one goes thru A 55 point inspection, Professional Photos, and ability to choose from 2-4 others.
 
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LoveThatBass said:
This is why I only order from SW online. Mine was perfect as were all the others. Each one goes thru A 55 point inspection, Professional Photos, and ability to choose from 2-4 others.
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BTW You responded to my question about EMGs in a Sire. I am no longer considering that.The new neck did the trick. There is no way I could make that bass any better.
 
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#17,996
dave84 said:
The growl that this bass (Sire V3P) brings out with the pick is absolutely crazy!

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Sounds immense! Love the tone; what are you running into?

If I can make a bit of (hopefully constructive) criticism: I think you've got some muting problems. When you're playing on your A string in the verses, there's a constant low rumble in the background, probably coming from your unmuted E string (because it instantly goes away when you move down to your E string)
 
#17,998
Joined the club finally. Do Labella Flatwounds work through body on this bass or do I need to get their special strings? They discontinued the 760fl-tb set some time ago. I know some companies can use regular strings with their hardware.

I'm waiting for some to arrive. Will top load if not. The string through option was a selling point to me. I haven't played rounds in years.

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