Sire Marcus Miller P5R 5 String P-Bass (inc Fender gigbag, may trade) Reduced: £295 - *SOLD* £325 County Durham DH2

[Paddy777]

Sire Marcus Miller P5R-5 String P Bass (Tobacco Sunburnt/Tort Pickguard)

 

For sale is my 5 string Sire P-Bass. It is their latest , and best passive P Bass model, the “R” in P5R standing for ‘Rosewood’ as these have Rosewood fingerboards rather than roasted maple, giving them a look much more in keeping with a traditional P-Bass 

 

The P5R also has the upgraded “Marcus Vintage-Fat Precision Revolution Split Coil” pickup from the older P5’s which is as good as any P pickup I’ve played, it sounds like a proper vintage P Bass with extended lower range than the older pickups on the P5’s. @Bassdude BE wrote a great review of these basses when they first came out here: 

5 string P Basses are pretty hard to come by, and your main option is usually Fender USA’s at over £1k even used. The quality looks and Sound of this bass and epic playability puts it on a par with basses 4 x as expensive, IMO it’s the best bass that Sire have made (and I’ve tried most of them!).

 

Condition is really good, I’ve gigged it a few

times but it’s still in excellent condition. It’s lightweight especially for a 5, and has many premium features such as string through body and Rolled edge fretboard only found on US Fender’s. I bought it from Bass Gallery about 6 months ago for £450 and it came really nicely setup, so it plays like a dream 

 

Sire Marcus Miller P5R/5:

Neck: roasted maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Neck profile: C
Scale: 34" (Long Scale)
Fingerboard radius: 241 mm
Nut width: 48 mm
Bone nut
20 Medium small frets
Pickups: Marcus Vintage-Fat Precision Revolution Split Coil
Volume and Tone controls
Tortoise pickguard
Marcus Miller Vintage-S Bridge
Chrome hardware
Colour: Tobacco Sunburst

 

Trades? - Possibly, and I’ll put cash in for the right bass. I actually want a 4 string P Bass and I’d even take a 4 string P5R if it’s in White, but Jazz Bass (4’s & 5’s), Ray34 etc, try me with what you have, but I’d prefer a sale

 

Postage - Postage can be arranged anywhere in the U.K. for about £25. I’m including a Fender gigbag with the sale, so if you do need it posting it’ll be in a Gigbag and it’ll also be boxed with plenty of padding Etc so it will arrive safely 

 

Price: Reduced to £295 - An absolute steal for this price! 

 

PICS 👇 I’ll even throw in the matching Tort pick if you want it too! 😂 

Edited July 24 by Paddy777
Typo’s!!

[Paddy777]

Reduced - £295!! 🤩 

[ricksterphil]

Hi, what's the string spacing at the bridge please?

[Paddy777]

1 hour ago, ricksterphil said:

Hi, what's the string spacing at the bridge please?

Hi mate - it’s 18mm

 

I think all Sire 5’s are 18mm & all Sire 4’s are 19mm, certainly all the Fender shaped ones are, the M series and new Z series might be different, but I don’t really bother with those models myself. Hope that helps 👍 

[jassbass]

Ooh very nice

[grahamd]

How’s the B string on these?

[Paddy777]

1 hour ago, grahamd said:

How’s the B string on these?

Absolutely fantastic - I’m not just saying that, please go on YouTube and check some of the demos & reviews (Low End Lobster’s review & playthrough video was the one that persuaded it was worth getting) I’ve had a couple of 5 string Fender Jazz’s and I’d honestly say the B is better on this

 

Once I’ve sold this one I’m literally only going to go and buy the same bass in Vintahe White! 🤣 I have too many sunburst basses and I saw a White one for sale near me, and so I’ve put this up nice and cheap to sell quickly so I can pick the white one up (it’s costing me almost £100 to change colours but I’ll be keeping it - they’re absolutely cracking basses) 

[Allaboutthebass]

I know I don't need this or your Sadowsky PJ (confirmed several times by the Chief Financial Bass Officer) but I keep coming back to them. I've watched the LEL review above and this seems like an absolute steal for the money, even if you upgraded some of the hardware further down the line. Bugger....Its payday this week....

[Paddy777]

1 hour ago, Allaboutthebass said:

I know I don't need this or your Sadowsky PJ (confirmed several times by the Chief Financial Bass Officer) but I keep coming back to them. I've watched the LEL review above and this seems like an absolute steal for the money, even if you upgraded some of the hardware further down the line. Bugger....Its payday this week....

Well this is now sold mate so it makes it a bit easer for you! Haha. Sadowsky is still there, and IMHO the better value of the 2 basses -

its a ridiculously good Bass for the money