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Marcus Miller is a grammy award-winning jazz musician, composer and producer, best known as a bass guitarist with Miles Davis, Luther Vandross and David Sanborn. Miller is classically trained as a clarinetist, and also plays bass clarinet, keyboard, saxophone, and guitar, and is also a singer.
Let's see what Marcus Miller has for gear and equipment in his bass rig. An interesting note - Miller has stated he has owned over 50 basses.  Image by hkos. C.C. Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license  Want to sound like Marcus? Click the gear for more info & to buy at Musician's Friend
Bass guitars
- Fender Marcus Miller 4 and 5 String basses    
- '77 Fender Jazz bass
- ’75 Fender Jazz Bass
- ’66 Fender Jazz
- fretless Fodera Emperor 5
- fretless Marco 4-string acoustic bass guitar
- late-’30s Kay upright
- Fretless basses by Sadowsky and a Graphite Modulus.
Amps and Cabinets
- SWR Marcus Miller preamp
- SWR Power 750
 - SWR Goliath 4x10 cabinets   - EBS-410 cabinets  
Effects and More
- EBS IQ envelope filter
 - EBS OctaBass  - EBS MultiDrive overdrive box  - EBS MultiComp  - Dan Electro overdrive box
- Demeter VTDB-2 tube DI
- Empirical Labs Distressor EL8 compressor/limiter
- Dunlop GCB-535Q Cry Baby Multi-Wah pedal  - Electro-Harmonix Big Muff distortion pedal  - Ernie Ball stereo volume pedal  - Lexicon MPX-1 multi-effect  - Line 6 Bass PODxt  - MXR 90 phase shifter  - Mutron envelope filter
- Selmer Paris extended-range bass clarinet (elongated to reach low C)
- Selmer Mark VI soprano sax
Strings
- Marcus Miller 'FAT BEAMS' Signature Strings by DR HandMade Strings (.045, .065, .080, .105, .130)  - DR Hi-Beams ( guages .045, .065, .080, .105, .130)
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