After reading thru 5 pages of responses it crossed my mind that these basses were brought out to get a playable instrument in the hands of beginners. Considering that I think they hit the mark and then some.
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Sire V7 - are they really THAT good?
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I always enjoy these threads that compare cheap import basses to MIA Fenders. It is always just a matter of time until people start talking about how much better their import basses are. Usually it is Squire, now it's Sire, tomorrow it will be some other rhyming brand.
The rationalization has become hilarious. Just be happy with your bass and quit trying to validate your purchase to the rest of us.
The rationalization has become hilarious. Just be happy with your bass and quit trying to validate your purchase to the rest of us.
The Sire V7 will butter your bread, put cream in your coffee and sugar in your tea. It will pay off your student loans, wash and wax your car, and take out your garbage. If left alone in the house for three hours it will steam clean your carpets. It causes guitarists to turn down, gives singers perfect time, and makes the drummer show up on time for rehearsals. It keeps your beer cold and comes with a bottle opener mounted to the back of the headstock. It cuts through any mix, unless you don't want it to. It picks dog poop up off your lawn. It makes your cargo shorts look stylish. It makes your teeth whiter. If you are losing your hair it will cause 30% regrowth within one month of purchase, or your money back. It is water resistant, shock resistant, sugar-free, low-cal and it plays both kinds of music (country and western). It can thump and twang at the same time. It causes women to look around and say, "where's that vibration coming from?" while fingering the top button of their blouse. It plays like butter, sounds like thunder, smells like bacon, tastes like pizza and looks like a bass that costs three times as much, except that it doesn't look as pretentious. Really, you should get one.
I lose interest when "good for the price" is used. Over half of all comments about Sire qualify them as "good for the price". I don't buy it at all. Something is either good or it isn't irrespective of price. The more I read that Sire's are "good for the price", the more I perceive that they are not actually a good instrument but instead justifiable only because of the price point.
IMO. I would put Sire in the middle between Squier Classic Vibe and Lakland Skyline series...
Not True. Sire is adding local dealers. There's one in NY that has stock right now.
Van Gelder Music
Ok, so until that happens and they are easily played in stores I think my post stands. Maybe the OP lives in NYC. Regardless it is very hard right now to go demo a Sire before buying one at the moment. That is all I am saying.
I currently own a Vintage V7 5, M7 5 (In My Avatar), with a PJ P7 on the way in July. I am a gigging part-time musician that has been gigging these basses for about a year, and I LOVE them.
So for all intents and purposes, they don't exist in stores.To the best of my knowledge they've pretty much been available since day one at Thomann.
It is a matter of practicality. Objective excellence can't be had for a value dollar. It doesn't happen. You can't build a Wal at Squier prices. You can't have Ferrari performance on a Hyundai budget. But a Hyundai can be good for the money. A Squier can be good for the money. Are they both lacking in features or come up short in fit and finish? Of course. However, they are good enough.
Exactly. For new players to have access to such an instrument at a low price point is great. I recommend them to people on a budget. I do not recommend them to people looking for great basses. The old $399 price was more appealing, but even at $499 you can't do much better for a beginner.
The price is in important qualifier, though. They are good instruments, but if we also say that Smith basses are good instruments then we have to have another qualifier.
Sorry, but I'm with @AngelCrusher on this one. If one place really far away might have then, for any practical purposes, they aren't in stores.
I can buy a good, comfortable long lasting pair of jeans for $20.
I can also buy a good, comfortable long lasting pair of jeans for $200.
Different price points for different budgets. Does not remove the fact that both pairs of jeans are good.
If you are losing your hair it will cause 30% regrowth within one month of purchase, or your money back. It is water resistant,
That's GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!!!! I'll take 7 of them!!!!
Are the $20 jeans still as good, in your opinion, if they cost $200?
Or alternatively, are the $200 jeans even better, in your opinion, if they cost $20?
I went to buy a 5 string bass a couple weeks ago. My 2 best choices in the store were the Marcus Miller and Yamaha.
I tried the Marcus Miller 5 string first, and found it very brittle sounding, with tons of high end, in fact I could not find setting to throttle the high end back enough for my taste, in the time I spent in both the passive and active positions.
I ended up buying a Yamaha 5 string, which seemed to provide much more elasticity of tone.
I could get plenty of high end (if that's what I wanted), easily slip between active and passive, but could also get a much warmer, round tone without jumping thru hoops.
I tried the Marcus Miller 5 string first, and found it very brittle sounding, with tons of high end, in fact I could not find setting to throttle the high end back enough for my taste, in the time I spent in both the passive and active positions.
I ended up buying a Yamaha 5 string, which seemed to provide much more elasticity of tone.
I could get plenty of high end (if that's what I wanted), easily slip between active and passive, but could also get a much warmer, round tone without jumping thru hoops.
