In addition, the Sire V7 is shipped with a compliment of Allen wrenches that are required to adjust the truss rod and bridge saddles. The finish on the three Sire basses I’ve seen and played thus far has been flawless on all three basses. The bass has some felt bumpers at the strap buttons. The neck profile feels very familiar to my hands, without feeling chunky, unwieldy and wide. The weight is moderate at less than 9.5 pounds for a five string. When strapped up or balanced on the knee, the bass balances very well without any neck dive. A small two-way toggle switch is located below the bass EQ knob on the control plate. It comes with the following knob layout: stacked volume/tone, blend, treble, stacked mid/mid sweep, and bass. Although I usually prefer three-band preamps, this 18-volt preamp is by far the most versatile preamp I have used on a bass. Initially, I thought I would be overwhelmed by the preamp. Like everything else on this bass, the pickups are made by Sire Guitars. They are positioned in the ‘60’s position. The pickups are single coil pickups made with a fiber bobbin, Alnico 5 magnets, and heavy Formvar magnet wire. Holding the neck and body together are four bolts. The neck joins the body cleanly with no odd gaps at the neck pocket. The pickguard is a beautiful pearloid pickguard on the Ash body basses, and tortoise shell pickguard on the Alter body basses. The hardware looks good and the tuners work flawlessly without binding. The one-piece body comes with an option to string the bass through the body, or through the high mass bridge. The five-string Sire V7 jazz bass has two graphite rods that add strength and stability to the neck. The neck is bound and blocked beautifully! Also, the frets were dressed impressively well. The bass that was delivered to me was a natural finish five string jazz bass with an American Swamp Ash body, a one-piece Maple 20 fret neck with a Maple fingerboard. The smaller pocket is large enough to carry a tuner, instrument cable, a cell phone, keys, etc. The larger pocket is large enough to carry music, an iPad or laptop and some instrument cables. It has plenty of protection, a neck pillow with a Velcro neck restraint. The first thing that struck me was the high quality gig bag that comes with the Marcus Miller by Sire V7.

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