Marcus Miller U5 NT MN Short

Electric Bass

Body: Alder
Top: Flamed maple
Neck: Maple
Fretboard: Maple
Neck profile: C
Scale: 762 mm (short scale)
Nut width: 38 mm
20 Medium Small Frets
Pickups: Marcus Super Jazz (bridge) and Marcus Super Precision (neck) single coils
Passive electronics
Colour: Natural
Made by Sire
Optional matching bag art. no. 142777 (not included)
Optional case art. no 284273 (not included)

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Item number 485153

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Colour Natural

Body Alder

Neck Maple

Fretboard Maple

Frets 20

Pickup System JP

Elektronic Passive

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Eirik H 09.09.2022

I have had M2, M7, Vv7, P7 and a green U5 (because of the colour). I sold the lot and only had a P10 from Sire that I really like. I regretted selling the U5 and bought one again, this time a natural (my P10 is also natural so they are sort of the little and big brother. I have put some La Bella 760F-MUS (Deep Talkin flats) on it as I prefer flats on my short scale basses (I have a Lakeland HB30 with flats as well, this one is on par with the Lakeland apart from the tuners that are better on the Lakeland).

The neck is smooth as butter, not too skinny, not to meaty. It balances well and I like the passive pickups. If you are in the market for a short scale look no further. Light as a feather, good balance and a perfect little bass. LowEndLobster gave it 5 out of 5 claws, and I could not agree more.

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At last a really good short scale bass

old_bass_guy 07.09.2021

I bought this as my -67 fender jazz has become to heavy for an older guy like me and I have been looking for a shorter scale bass for som time.
I have tried the Sire basses and like their tone and quality so when they
released the U5 I just had to get one.
I love the Marcus Miller U5, t has a well defined low end and even tone.
It was nearly 100% set up right out of the box, it just needed intonation.
The wood is beautiful and everything was made with quality in mind, not one thing to complain about. For this money You can't get a better shortscale.

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Remarkable Quality for the Price

Adriamog 08.07.2021

I was surprised at the build quality of this bass - couldn't fault it and it played well out of the box. The bass is light and balance good. To be honest it doesn't sit quite as well as my Fender Jazz hanging off my body but that's something you can grow into. Soundwise there is a little hum from the stock pickups suggesting earthing / shielding might need improvement - but nothing too distracting when playing. The volume from these passive pickups is fine, tonally I just needed to EQ out a little nasal middle. Given the remarkable quality of the bass I'll maybe look into changing the pick ups out in the longer term.

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Outstanding instrument!

FatSaxGuy 29.03.2023

The neck is super comfortable and smooth. Beautiful appearance and finish work. I’ve played it a bunch at home and on a few gigs: it’s a blast to play and stays in tune all night. Super light and sits well balanced on the strap.

Really punchy lows and plenty of brightness with a responsive/ useful tone knob. Pickups are super quiet with a great signal out of each…the solo P bumps as it should, open the bridge all the way up and use the neck pickup to warm it up just like the best of J basses, or find your own favorite blend.
Set-up was great out of the box. Switched to EB slinky flats strung through at the stock gauges and liked it even more. Bumped up a size and the string tension is a bit closer to what we’re used to on a 34”. Short scale bases are a blast, and this one is the best of the bunch I played. I’m not a slapper, but my friend who’s great at it was like, whoa, smooth…

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