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 BassIQ 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 Phase 90 shifter pedal
- Mutron envelope filter
- Selmer Paris extended-range bass clarinet (elongated to reach low C)
- Selmer Mark VI soprano sax
- Sadowsky outboard preamp
Strings
- Marcus Miller 'FAT BEAMS' Signature Strings by DR HandMade Strings (.045, .065, .080, .105, .130)
- DR Hi-Beams ( gauges .045, .065, .080, .105, .130)
