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 look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Marcus Miller's bass rig. An interesting note - Miller has stated he has owned over 50 basses.

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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 Marcus Miller golight 800W 4x10 Bass Speaker Cabinet

- 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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Scott  - Amp Settings   |2009-12-29 13:27:55 I want to achieve Marcus Millers Bass sounds, what is his bass amp settings?? Thanks Scott Reply 1   0

Steff  - a miss?   |2009-04-12 13:30:56 I think You guys missed the TLAudio units, that Marcus used to play with on tour. You can see 'em on almost every live performance for the past few years. Reply 0   0

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