I'll be honest... I was fangirl-ing out a bit just watching him trying not to fangirl out. I know Miller is there promoting his product, not just being a performer but, damn... no WAY could I have been concentrating. Hats off, Lee.
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Definitely. Unlike signature models, where it's just a design with someone's name on it, Marcus Miller actually has input on the production of the basses and the direction that Sire is going in. He has legitimate input and this is immediately obvious in Sire's sound and reviews.
@@darkySp absolutely... While no denying that he would also get some %, but it's obvious that he's indeed care about the quality of the basses. Just bought V7 few weeks ago and was directly blown away by the sound and build quality...
Lee is a FANTASTIC bassist! If I were anywhere near the U.K., I'd be bugging him for lessons all the time. I'd like to see him do more playing videos! Those Sire basses are the real deal. If I were into FSO's, I'd definitely be trying them out. Oh yeah, Marcus Miller is pretty good, too...LOL!
Imagine , having your all time hero , sitting in front of you , trying to speak..Yeah nah lets just play.. Awesome vid Lee :) thank you Marcus Miller :)
Way late to this vid, but what an incredible honor to play with Marcus Miller... And how incredible to not only keep it together, but also to have made such beautiful music together!! Amazing!!!!
I love the different faces and gestures musicians make while they play. They aren't just playing the notes; they feel what they are playing. Doesn't matter what the instrument is, i can't help but to admire them, just imagining how hard they must work to go from simply playing the notes, to feeling the music, and having a genuine connection to it. B. B. King is a really good example. He is really expressive.
Oh man! Marcus is my all time fav! A true musical legend. I would be totally speechless. I also wouldn’t want to play in his presence. 😂 Lee, you did great man!
That was awesome. Even though I'm a guitar player that was the best Andertons video ever. I have a Sire fretless which i love but play badly. I think Sire have got things right. Marcus is a true genius musician. Lee was brilliant jamming with him I truly felt his joy. In an alternate reality if i was sat on a stool next to Hendrix i wouldn't be able to function as a human being. Im sure many bass players would agree could there be a 'Nathan Meets' his brother episode which lasts about 3 hours.
Jan Kevin you have NO IDEA. He came to Kenya about two months ago now, and I sat at the piano and just went blank. So I have the video but can’t bring myself to show it to my pals because I completely botched it up 😂😂😂 Hell of a man though... and musician
I borrowed a buddy's vintage Fender P-bass (Pre CBS) to take into the studio, and the engineers just couldn't get the sound to work. I ended up using an Ibanez Soundgear bass to finish the job. I would love to pick up one of these Sires!
It's great to know that Marcos was influenced by the great Jaco Pastorius...even if he did listen to his album and didn't get it straight away....but he stuck with it.....thanks Marcos for all the great music.....Jaco is probably jamming with you right now while your playing.....and thank you Lee
Jamerson...graham ...Clark and pastorius were Marcus's primary influences .. marcus and jaco knew each other ...Marcus has some great stories about when he first met jaco and jaco saying he respected Marcus's work too
Awesome vid and instrument. Well done Lee for holding your own with a bonafide bass legend. Again. For around the price of an entry level US Fender this is a bargain.
What Marcus mentions about woods coming from a country where it is illegal to cut the tree down, doesn't matter just as long as you get a good, focused, in tune sound, points out a key reason why basses like those of Ken Smith and Alembic aren't as well used these days as they were in the seventies and eighties. The reason came out when former Alembic luthier Rick Turner was hired by Fleetwood mac to work as their guitar and bass tech. Turner quickly decided to introduce John McVie and Lindsey Buckingham to Alembic instruments but while the former took to them straight away, the latter decided that e didn't like that crystal clear, lifeless, sterile sound of the Alembic guitars Turner gave him. So Turner decided to figure out why the Alembic guitars didn't have that life that a Fender Telecaster or a Gibson Les Paul have. Turns out that it all came down to resonance, Alembics with their multilayered neck constructions and "Hippy Sandwich" layered bodies killed off the natural acoustics of the instrument, where as a Fender and a Gibson have bodies made from two matching parts and a neck which is two pieces including the glued on fingerboard. Having had that epiphany, Turner made Buckingham a guitar with a two piece mahogany body and absolutely nailed it, Lindsey Buckingham still played Turner guitars. So how did that apply to basses? Well in the mid eighties players like John Pattitucci and Anthony Jackson came to the same conclusion that their Ken Smith Basses weren't giving them that deep blooming low end that their Fender Precision basses had, for the very same reason why Lindsey Buckingham found that the Alembics weren't giving him the sounds he wanted. The current Yamaha Pattitucci signature model might look like a typical extended range six string bass but it has the two part ash body and bolt on neck like a Fender. If you're a professional musician and doing lots of studio work, there's no producer on the face of this planet who will tell you "No" if you're walking in with a Fender or a Fender style bass, they KNOW it's going to sound good.
I agree with all of this .. with the exception of the Alembic .. I’ve had all those Basses and I got rid of them for this exact reason.. however I still do love the Ken Smith basses and the early Tobias basses not the MTD basses although they do sound fantastic
Love Marcus Miller and I own a V7 2nd gen (love it too), but I don't know if I buy his remark about slapping primarily due to his maple neck. Maple neck's can do it all, albeit a bit brighter.
Can I just say that I've heard those two jam two times and... Both times, I've been going "Hey, that's a cool lick / touch to the jam!! Who did it?" And EVERY TIME, it was Lee's?? Lee's got such a ton of cool ideas on jams that are really special and inspiring :D
These basses have premium looks and tone, Sire and Marcus Miller have done it again. Great playing on the demos, but you really don't expect anything less.
I had a Sire V7 5 string, great bass but it weighed 10 3/4 lbs. It would have been fantastic if they could have chambered the body on this model. An excellent bass!
The contents of your "Yeah Jar" after this video should be enough to buy the entire line of Sire basses. Great video, fantastic playing and very cool basses.
I love Lee's excitement ha ha. Marcus rules anyways. I was that excited too when I met Marcus in person years ago so I'm not suprised. He's a great bass dude. And a super dude in general. 😊
From about 7minutes in when Marcus digs in on a note there is a particular sound. Is this the string hitting the frets due to low action. Can anyone answer???
Ok, these basses are more like it. I've tested multiple V7s and not one fitted my style of aggressive play ,but if the V10 has a more focused sound because of the wood combination and new pickups it could be a awesome challenge. Hopefully they'll make a 5 string version that sounds just this good
