Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder Flamed Maple Natural Short-Scale

Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder Flamed Maple Natural Short-Scale Electric Bass Guitar
Product no: 9000-0060-7869 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

For bassists who happen not to have massive hands and lanky limbs, a short scale bass like the Sire Marcus Miller U5 offers way more playing comfort alongside warm and modern passive sound. In fact, any bassist is likely to enjoy the lower tension and lighter feel of the strings caused by the shorter scale length, since tone bends are made a touch easier, while the narrower spacing between the first few frets makes grabbing notes and chords with shorter fingers a much more natural experience.

The U5 Alder: A Multi-Sided Passive, Comfortable and Compact Bass

The foundation of this Sire model is formed by an alder body and bolt-on maple neck finished with the tight feel of a rounded fretboard. The thought put into the resonant transfer has resulted in a string-through-body bridge so that the fullness and clarity of the initial sound is registered with balance by the mounted pair of single-coil PJ-configured pickups. Either send that pure unadulterated P-plus-J sound to your amplifier or adjust the mix using the simple blend pot, then tweak the whole using the tone and volume pots.

Specifications

Product features

Sustainable product	not specified
Includes cover	no
Includes case	no
Number of strings	4
Model	J-model bass guitar
Left-handed	no
Bass guitar scale length	short scale (< 30 inches)
Body type	solid
Colour	wood/natural
Sound (amplified)	classic and tight
Pickup configuration	SS
Pickup type	single-coil (passive), split single-coil (passive)
Active tone control	no
Number of frets	20
Body material	alder
Fretboard wood	maple
Neck connection	bolt on
String-thru-body	yes
Country of origin	South Korea / Indonesia / China / Vietnam

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	4,1 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	113,5 x 42,5 x 9,0 cm

Product specifications

Marcus Miller electric bass guitar
- model: U5 Alder
- colour: natural
body
- material: alder
- finish: high gloss
- shape: J style
- top: flamed maple
- binding: cream white
neck
- joint: bolt-on
- material: maple
- finish: satin gloss
- fretboard: maple
- number of frets: 20
- string nut material: bone
- position markers: dots
hardware
- bridge: 4-saddle string-though-body
- hardware finish: chrome
- machine heads: open gear
electronics:
- bridge pickup: J-style single-coil
- middle pickup: P-style split single-coil
- controls: 1x volume, 1x tone, 1x blend

Reviews from other countries

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Arjan 24 April 2024

Wrote the following about Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder Flamed Maple Natural Short-Scale Electric Bass Guitar

Deze Marcus Miller U5 NT MN Short aangeschaft vanwege handproblemen. De nek speelt super soepel en het basgeluid is vol en warm met prima hoge, midden- en lage tonen, passieve elementen klinken heel goed en ook geen hum. Je kunt heel veel tonen genereren. Verschil tussen long scale en short is niet hoorbaar. Prachtige gitaar ook om te zien en de afwerking vind ik echt top, hoge kwaliteit. De potmeters met aluminium doen perfect hun werk en er is geen kraak te horen. Je kunt de snaren ook door de body heen leiden, misschien ga ik dat nog een keer doen, standaard snaren spelen overigens prima. Vanuit de doos was het een kwestie van stemmen en geen verdere afstelling nodig. Ook naar andere short scale gitaren gekeken (fender). Deze Marcus Miller sprong er wat mij betreft uit qua looks, bespeelbaarheid en prijs/kwaliteit verhouding. Als je op zoek bent naar een short scale bas dan zou ik niet verder kijken en voor deze Marcus Miller gaan, die overigens ook in een groene en sunburst variant verkrijgbaar is. Gewoon een top bas!

Thierry P. 28 December 2020

Wrote the following about Sire Marcus Miller U5 Alder Flamed Maple Natural Short-Scale Electric Bass Guitar

Bel instrument, beau son et diapason court idéal pour un guitariste comme moi qui se met aussi à la basse. Pour le même prix neuf je ne crois qu'il y ait beaucoup de concurrence.

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Sustainable product	not specified
includes cover	no
includes case	no
Number of strings	4
model	J-model bass guitar
left-handed	no
bass guitar scale length	short scale (< 30 inches)
body type	solid
colour	burst
Sound (amplified)	classic and tight

Pickup configuration	SS
pickup type	single-coil (passive), split single-coil (passive)
active tone control	no
Number of frets	20
Body material	alder
Fretboard wood	maple
neck connection	bolt on
string-thru-body	yes
country of origin	South Korea / Indonesia / China / Vietnam

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Order now and receive delivery within approx. 5 business days

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Sustainable product	not specified
includes cover	no
includes case	no
Number of strings	4
model	J-model bass guitar
left-handed	no
bass guitar scale length	short scale (< 30 inches)
body type	solid
colour	green
Sound (amplified)	classic and tight

Pickup configuration	SS
pickup type	single-coil (passive), split single-coil (passive)
active tone control	no
Number of frets	20
Body material	alder
Fretboard wood	maple
neck connection	bolt on
string-thru-body	yes
country of origin	South Korea / Indonesia / China / Vietnam