After 45 years as a FOH sound engineer I hope for two things with bass guitars. #1 A very deep fat bass response especially in the 40 and 60Hz frequencies. #2 Uniformally equal decibel levels on every single notes on the neck. Too many times I have mixed inferior bass guitars that forced me to apply heavy compression and voicing with an EQ. The Sire delivers outstanding performance that rivals $5,000 cutom built basses I have mixed. Even the $400 Sire bass sounds incredible.
@@BassGearMagazine I forgot to metion the fact I'm a 70 year retired sound tech. I bought a new Sire S3 strat 6 months ago. I am astounded by the fact I could buy guitar for $400 that sounds this awesome.
They're nicely designed bass guitars with awesome tones , a lot of people complain about the design of the headstock but I personally don't have an issue with them they're fine to me
I bought the Sire S3. Before I bought it ordering it from Sweetwater i thought theheadstock looked oversized and gaudy. When it arrived The headstock did not look oversized. I am fine with it.
I have 4 Sire basses, P8,M2,U5 and a V5-24 and I have to say I really enjoy my V5-24 the most. something about the feel and balance of it. I personally like the passive basses more than my active basses, I think the simplicity of it and they have great sound without a pre-amp. when I'm feeling fatigued then I grab my U5 short scale. the Necks on Sire basses are fantastic, Sire make great instruments.
Hi johnsausage! Thank you for checking out the video! :) The Dimarzio Ultra Jazz pickups have two separate coils, one for each pair of strings (as you may know already) that allows them to be configured (like a split coil) as hum-cancelling. The Sire basses literature I have notes these signature formvar pickup sets are single coils, so no hum-cancelling. That said, whilst shooting and demonstrating the solo'd positions I didn't notice any undue noise. Hope this helps!! Cheers again! Dan.
