Was the Marcus Miller Jazz Bass Discontinued?

I heard that Miller's contract or endorsement with Fender expired or something. Don't quote me on it, but that's what I heard. I also saw that Sting's signature bass was taken off Fender's website a year ago or so too.

 

I've seen him say in old interviews that his bass was only supposed to be a limited edition, one year thing but it lingered for several. Maybe sales are down now that the 4 is made in Mexico and they decided to end it.

 

http://www.marcusmiller.com/about-marcus/endorsements/

If I click on the Link to the Fender-Site I get to the german Fender Page and it shows the MM Bass and wants me to buy it!

http://intl.fender.com/de-DE/series...board-3-color-sunburst-3-ply-black-pickguard/

Maybe their new website is still a bit in beta-status?

Dirk

 

You can always convert a standard jazz bass. Have a PG made and add a preamp.

 

wow thats like a lot of buttons man

 

Don't remember the brand, but I saw that he is endorsing another bass.

 

Sire is the brand.

http://marcusmillerbysire.com/marcusmiller/page/product.html

 

Yep! And I can't wait until the sunburst Jazz is available!

www.sire-guitars.com

 

Yep. Master volume, master tone, neck and bridge volumes and 4 band EQ. On off switch for each pickup plus an Audere Z mode switch. The covered switch disconnects the battery so you can leave it plugged in without battery drain.

 

GAS

 

I took a look at the Sire site. It says they're HQed in Corona, CA (same town as the current Fender factory), but there's some poor English on the site. I wonder if it's a Chinese instrument company with a USA HQ?

Check that: $99? There's no way this is anything but an Asian import company.

http://www.sire-guitarsmall.com/index.php/base-guitars/v7.html

 

Anyone want to play a BASE guitar, by the way? I'm surprised Marcus is endorsing this.

 

They dropped a unique P (sting) and a unique J (miller) and chose to beat dead p and j horses instead (Ramone and Clayton).

 

Atop the extremely cheap guitars, that Sire Guitars main site & shopping site has so much wrong with it, including broken links, default welcome messages and poor English/strange English that I would never go back.

Sorry Marcus. Hope you can make amends with Fender next year, or maybe go back to Sadowsky or something.

 

That bass reminds me of this:

 

Saw that too. Very unprofessional website...

 

That's one of Doner's tamer basses, at that!!

 

http://www.talkbass.com/threads/two-new-marcus-miller-budget-signature-model-basses.1117337/