What Sire did next

[Bleat]

The Z reminds me of the Ibanez RDGR basses. 

[cocco]

On 18/12/2023 at 17:48, Sibob said:

Those lower horns are a swing and a miss aren’t they. Also goes to show that not everyone can design a decent looking single-cut.

G-series could be interesting though, Godin vibes probably.

 

Si

If Jeremy Beadle were a bass.

[TheLowDown]

I love Sire basses but none of those inspire me.

[Marvin]

I've got one of the first V7s. Great bass for the money.

 

Would I buy any of the range now? No. The range is becoming a bit of a mess to me and they've gone from great quality at affordable prices to just another manufacturer at an ever increasing price.

 

I'd probably go second hand Yamaha, Ibanez or Squier, partly due to replacement parts availability 

[Burns-bass]

10 hours ago, Marvin said:

I've got one of the first V7s. Great bass for the money.

 

Would I buy any of the range now? No. The range is becoming a bit of a mess to me and they've gone from great quality at affordable prices to just another manufacturer at an ever increasing price.

 

I'd probably go second hand Yamaha, Ibanez or Squier, partly due to replacement parts availability 

This is the problem with a budget brand. When you buy one at the mega impressive entry prices it’s always hard to justify it when their business model necessitates a price rise.

 

Personally, these all look a bit dull.

[MichaelDean]

Just thought I'd take another look today and it looks like they've added pickguards. I think I prefer them without...

 

This is what I have cached on my phone.

 

This is what I found when I clicked on it on my laptop this morning.

 

The F also has a less grey burl now too.

[ezbass]

12 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

The F also has a less grey burl now too.

The F also has a different lower cutaway too (if I remember the look from my first viewing), as it now has the ‘open mouthed whale’ appearance, which it didn’t last time I looked. I wonder if these are possibly CAD mock-ups and they’re still tinkering with the design?

[MichaelDean]

Good spot, I didn't notice the lower horn. I kinda prefer the stumpy one!

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[sam10]

39 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Just thought I'd take another look today and it looks like they've added pickguards. I think I prefer them without...

 

This is what I have cached on my phone.

 

This is what I found when I clicked on it on my laptop this morning.

 

The F also has a less grey burl now too.

yeah I like the look without pickguard … more Lakland vibe

Especially the single coil pickup looks weird to me on a EBMM-ish body. 

[neepheid]

Well, I suppose I should stick my tuppence worth in, seeing as I started it.  I'm personally not too fussed for any of this new stuff and will be unlikely to buy any of them - that's principally because they're inspired by basses that don't hold any interest for me.  But that doesn't mean I can't see the market potential for these, at the right price.  I think they'll do very well in the situation we find ourselves in, where EBMM have turned into a bunch of greedy so-and-sos and hiked up the prices of their SUB/Sterling stuff to frankly eye-watering levels and the Foderas are unobtanium for most mere mortals.

 

All I can say with certainty is that if they put the same effort and time into these new ones as they did with my D5 then they'll tend to be excellent instruments and I wish them every success.

[ezbass]

20 minutes ago, neepheid said:

I think they'll do very well in the situation we find ourselves in, where EBMM have turned into a bunch of greedy so-and-sos and hiked up the prices of their SUB/Sterling stuff to frankly eye-watering levels and the Foderas are unobtanium for most mere mortals.

Ain’t that the truth.

[Paolo85]

2 hours ago, MichaelDean said:

Just thought I'd take another look today and it looks like they've added pickguards. I think I prefer them without...

 

This is what I have cached on my phone.

 

This is what I found when I clicked on it on my laptop this morning.

 

The F also has a less grey burl now too.

That's comparatively better IMO

[asingardenof]

On 19/12/2023 at 09:04, Wolverinebass said:

What will Sire do next? Judging by those basses, quite frankly, any old crap as long as they can put Marcus Miller's name on it.

Which classic bass can they go after next? Maybe a Rickenbacker clone, or a Spector NS2?

[Wolverinebass]

1 hour ago, asingardenof said:

Which classic bass can they go after next? Maybe a Rickenbacker clone, or a Spector NS2?

In the case of the Spector, Warwick got there first. Which in Warwick's case is their only one despite protestations to the contrary.

[ots]

On 18/12/2023 at 21:29, Bassassin said:

I'm incredibly shallow and first-impression aesthetics are very important to me. With the exception of the U7 (which is quite pretty) I've seldom seen such an impressive collection of vileness, ugliness & just plain wrongness gathered together in the one place.

 

Me and my bank balance are quite relieved about that.

+ 1

[Raj_Shredder]

I thought that Ernie Ball had a patent on the 3+1 MM Headstock? Are there any other mass produced basses out there, other than EBMM, using the 3+1? 

[neepheid]

23 minutes ago, Raj_Shredder said:

I thought that Ernie Ball had a patent on the 3+1 MM Headstock? Are there any other mass produced basses out there, other than EBMM, using the 3+1? 

 

I guess they'll find out soon enough...

[Dazed]

I like the MM style with a shorter lower horn. But I’m odd 😄

[miles'tone]

I like the 'Ray looking model. The body has some Wal MKII to it too.

[ezbass]

29 minutes ago, Raj_Shredder said:

I thought that Ernie Ball had a patent on the 3+1 MM Headstock? Are there any other mass produced basses out there, other than EBMM, using the 3+1? 

The Vintage ‘Ray-alike has 3 over 1.

[BillyBass]

I've always found it difficult to buy a bass with a headstock I don't like and the I really don't like the Sire headstock, it reminds me of a Roman nose from an Asterix cartoon.  Nevertheless, the 4+1 of that Z series fiver takes my attention away from the end, I don't mind it.  I won't be buying one though.  I have 10 basses and any additions to the collection would have to be special; these aren't.

[neepheid]

They've updated the page, now there's a sparkly ray-a-like...

 

[MichaelDean]

4 minutes ago, neepheid said:

They've updated the page, now there's a sparkly ray-a-like...

 

Big oooof! That looks great!

[BassApprentice]

I can't deny I am tempted by the 5 string black sparkle number! RRP will be the deciding factor here

[asingardenof]

25 minutes ago, neepheid said:

They've updated the page, now there's a sparkly ray-a-like...

 

OK that doesn't look awful.