Sire Marcus Miller M6 Headless

[Cornwall Steve]

Hi All, ☺️

I appreciate these have only just hit the UK market via Andertons or Thomann, but has anyone bought one or even tried one yet?

I've been saving up my pennies for a headless and quite fancy going for the 5 string version (rather than going for an Ibanez EHB or Cort Space).

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Wombat]

Been meaning to go over to Andertons and have a noodle. Possibly something I could take to a pub gig leaving my Status at home….

 

Cant see anyone else stocking them 🤷‍♀️.

[Cornwall Steve]

600 mile round trip for me to get to Andertons 😥 so I envy anyone able to 'drop in' 

I can't see anyone else stocking these either 

[HeadlessBassist]

Maybe you just need to order one and if it doesn't suit, send it back, Steve. I did that once with Andertons and had no problems.

[visog]

These do look interesting... Love the form factor of my EHB 6er. Would love to have a play to assess the multi-scale curvature and the sound of course. Look great too:

[Rich]

If they're as good as my V7 they'll be great, but I'd need to A/B test it with a Cort Space. I wouldn't want to jump in feet first with a fan-fret only to find that I didn't get on with it.

[Cornwall Steve]

12 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Maybe you just need to order one and if it doesn't suit, send it back, Steve. I did that once with Andertons and had no problems.

Yeah, I kinda of thought about it but don't like messing folks around. I've bought several basses off them before, the most recent being in June. I guess there is no reason why I shouldn't give it a try 🤔However I'd really like to know if someone has played these and whether they're any good?

[visog]

17 hours ago, Cornwall Steve said:

Yeah, I kinda of thought about it but don't like messing folks around. I've bought several basses off them before, the most recent being in June. I guess there is no reason why I shouldn't give it a try 🤔However I'd really like to know if someone has played these and whether they're any good?

Full disclosure - I haven't played one but based on the Namm videos and Johnny Dibble's recent video reviewing a 5er in this series, as well as the broader hype about Sire, I'd have no worries on quality.

 

That said, I'd be more alert to whether the form-factor works for you. I have a similar Ibanez EHB 6er and it's probably the multi-scale aspect you need to try to see if it works for you. Particularly, if you like the dusty end for chords and soloing as it is a different experience taking some getting used to. Around the 8-12 fret it's not very different and at the low end, a boon albeit some stretching required.

[BassApprentice]

It could just be the online pictures, but the monorail bridge looks like it sticks out a long way. Far more obviously than alternatives like the EHB