Would you trade your Sr5 for a Marcus Miller 4?

[Bobbo 77]

Question.
Would you think this was a good idea, trading a Maple/ash Sr5 for a Marcus Miller 4? Getting disgusted with the fret sprouting on my Sr5. Now, the Marcus does not have a case, and the store wants $595.00. I've always wanted a Marcus, but is this giving up WAY too much??
Bobbo 77'

 

[bovinehost]

Yep.

 

[Jazzbassman23]

Um, you could get $800 easily on eBay for your SR5. You do the math.

 

[Jazzbassman23]

What the heck is fret sprouting?

 

[Morrow]

Don't do it. Have someone look at your frets.( and I'm also a Fender guy)

 

[xcental34x]

I ended up trading my Warwick Thumb for a MM4 w/case. I got some goodies to even out the deal. I'd keep the Ray 5 though....unless you wanted to trade.

 

[barroom hero]

even though i would probaly pick a jazz over a sr5, money wise i think you'd be losing out there. go play the marcus miller bass, then if you really wanna trade, see if you can put the miller on lay away, and ebay/sell your sr5 that way you can have some left over cash.

 

[prickly_pete]

Keep the SR5, and save up and by a Marcus if you gotta have one...

 

[Bobbo 77]

You talked me out of it!

Compadre's,
I guess I'll go with my first thought, taking it in and getting the side of the fret's filed down. I knew dollar for dollar I could make out better selling it outright, but I'm too darn impatient for THAT common sense move!

Bobbo 77'

 

[barroom hero]

go with what you feel is right. when i first picked up my jazz bass, i had the shop hold it because it just was the bass i was looking for and it just fit me. play the marcus miller some, and which ever you like more keep it, dont let anything else change your mind.

 

[Franky]

i'd trade my brothers old one in it doesnt have a 9th or 16th fret

 

[LoveThatBass]

I'll ask, what is fret sprouting?

 

[mike jungle]

isn't the marcus miller made in japan?
it seems wrong to trade an american made instrument for a japanese one.

 

[Aragorn35016]

Why not just send to good ol Jon and let him fix it for ya?

 

[rowyco]

You could always sell it cheap to a fellow Michigander *cough me cough* I'd definitely pay $600 for it plus I’d pick it up.

 

[Doogels]

A close friend bought a Marcus Miller 4. I've tried it a few times, and I never grew to like it. Quality is a good thing. Value aside (which is a poor trade, btw), the MusicMan is much better, and I wouldn't be able to recommend that trade.

 

[Chet the Jet]

What the heck is fret sprouting?

I would say that fret sprouting is when the frets lift up off the fret board ,for what ever reasons.

You are supposed to know these things and keep the conversations to ,

Gush ,gush ,trans teal or pacific blue burst, gush, gush.

 

[Moondog]

frets protrude from the edge of the fretboard &
may feel kinda sharp on your hand. Wood
expands and contracts, frets don't.

pacific blue burst all the way . . gush

 

[Chet the Jet]

frets protrude from the edge of the fretboard &
may feel kinda sharp on your hand. Wood
expands and contracts, frets don't.

pacific blue burst all the way . . gush

My bad ,got fret sprouting mixed with fret lifting.


Ya way with that pacific blue burst. gush

 

[cgworkman]

First off, I'll say that you're going to hard pressed to find anyone here that will say you should trade...

Secondly, I used to have a MM4 Jazz. The quality, tone, and playability are the reasons I bought it. Not because it says Marcus Miller in the brochure. However, I can't say that when played side by side, which they were, that trading is a good thing. I agree with what someone said earlier, keep the SR5, get it fixed if it needs it, and save up for the Jazz. MHO.

Good luck