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Sire gen1 vs gen 2
- Thread starter gimmeagig
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What tone are you going for? I like the Marcus Miller/ John Pena tone. Which is how I first found out about the Xotic basses. So if you are going for that and you like the Sire better than the Xotic then I might have to consider putting in an order one of these daysI have 7 great basses it would be hard to justify but just one more might not hurt....
I'm also after the Marcus Miller tone. The Sire VV7 gen 2 swamp ash / maple is the nearest I've got. Better than the Xotic which has a more woody tone. Having said that I have the Xotic jazz pickups so maybe the Lindy Fralins that they offer are more zingy. Was looking to buy a fender Marcus Miller but it weighed 10lb 6oz! What do you think of yours?
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I don't own an Xotic bass yet. But I always wanted one but now that the vintage Sires are out I might go for one of those instead. Most of my basses are J style. I have a Moon JB5 an Atelier Z 5 string , A Modulus J 4 string, a souped up 74 Fender Jazz (all of them are very dear to me), and a few others. So I really should not even be thinking about another one.
I nearly bought an Atelier Z. I'd have thought that was as near to the Marcus Miller sound as you can get. It even has the
Bartolini XTCT preamp that Roger Sadowsky installed in Miller's 74(?) Fender Jazz doesn't it? What do you think of it?
I'm sure Marcus could make most basses sound like Marcus Miller though
My Z sounds really close, yes. It has Nordstrand split coil pickups and a Bartolini NTBT preamp. But when I plug in my Fender it's clear that there is something extra there that the Z does not have. My Modulus actually get's closer and in some respects it sounds even better than the Fender. Buy yes in the end I know that I spend way to much time perfecting my gear and not enough time practicing.
Jimmy Hendrix used to complain to the techs at recording sessions that his fuzz pedal or cry baby didn't sound right so they needed to swap it. After several swaps they gave him the first one without him knowing. And he loved it! There's a lot of that going on when trying to nail the perfect bass tone IMHO!
I'm going through the same thing with amps right now. I have managed to collect a few over the years ( EBS Eden Mark Bass and Carvin. My Carvin had been sitting for a while and when i used it again last week I thought it was absolutely incredible. Probably all in my head. Really everything I have pretty much ends up sounding the same.
