The Marcus Miller Jazz Bass

The Marcus Miller Jazz Bass is Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...

's signature bass, produced by Fender

Fender

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, commonly referred to as simply Fender, of Scottsdale, Arizona is a manufacturer of stringed instruments and amplifiers, such as solid-body electric guitars, including the Stratocaster and the Telecaster...

. Introduced in 1998, it is available in both 4 and 5 string versions (made in Japan and America respectively). This bass builds on the typical Fender Jazz sound by adding a 2 band active EQ to the bass, allowing the "scooped mids" sound that Miller uses. In addition to the EQ, the bass also sports a larger pickguard (to cover the extra electronics) and a large chromed ashtray over the neck pickup. The bridge is a Leo Quan Badass II.