{"id":1689,"date":"2025-06-30T09:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nikosguitars.com\/guitar\/ibanez-uv-77-mc-steve-vai-signature-1990-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:18:18","slug":"fender-marcus-miller-jazz-bass-2008","status":"publish","type":"guitar","link":"https:\/\/www.nikosguitars.com\/en\/guitar\/fender-marcus-miller-jazz-bass-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Fender Jazz Bass Marcus Miller signature &#8211; 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary bassist Marcus Miller plays a 1977 Fender Jazz Bass ; he has many others, of course, but this one is his favorite bass. In 1998, Fender asked him to copy it and make it a signature model. Two versions were born, a 4-string produced in Japan, and a 5-string produced in the United States, from 1999 to 2014. It existed in 3 colors: natural (Marcus's), White and Sunburst.<\/p>\n<p>Full maple, it's made for funk, slap, and a slamming sound. But its ultimate weapon is a small switch that allows it to go from passive to active ! So there are two basses in this already sublime bass.<\/p>\n<p>The model we have is from 2008, and was signed by Marcus himself, as was the flycase. 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