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That's where I'm at as well, they look and feel much more expensive than they actually are! I wish it were lighter but it's only like a half pound heavier than my Fender was so it's really not that much heavier.

@@vandarth I guess I was lucky because my Bass is not heavy at all, weighing in at around 9lbs. But I have the V3 which is made from mahogany rather than Alder which the V7 is made of, and the Preamp on mine doesn’t have the noise problems that you described in your video.

9 lbs is pretty good for a bass! Shielding my Sire with copper tape cut the noise down a decent amount. In their defense, I was running compression and crunch. But I used to run that same setting on my Fender and it was less noisy. More comparable now

@@topa1798 hah no, why? I did grow up listening to Stone Temple Pilots though

Yes, I personally got the 2013 Studio Deluxe II because it had the 60's slim taper neck (my favorite neck profile), and pickups I wanted (490R in the neck, Burstbucker Pro in the bridge, a more modern sound). The 2014 model is the Studio Deluxe III, the pickups were changed to a '57 Classic and Super '57. I don't like '57's as much because they're muddier, but some people love them for overdriving old amps so it's sort of a preference thing. The 2015 Studio Deluxe IV has awesome pickups (Burstbucker 2 and Bursbucker 3), but they changed the neck to a rounded C profile so that year lacks the 60's slim taper neck that I prefer. If you have bigger hands though, you might actually like that better. Just depends. All three variations offer true coil-splitting for single coil tone. Hope this helps!

@@bigoldnoob those look pretty slick, I especially like the green model. I might have to try one of those and compare tones. Still considering a pickup change but I like the look and feel of my Sire a lot still.

It would be awesome if they were weight-relieved. I wish they were!

@@-whiskey-4134 I've been impressed by the recent Ibanez guitars and bassists. They have made some really cool designs on top of being comfortable. I think you're right about comfort. I have a really beat up old Gibson SG that I don't like the looks of much. But it feels and sounds so good. I cannot find another guitar as comfortable.

I also play a couple Ibanez, they are great not active but way more push than my 90's Precision. To get any decent sound I need an EQ with boost or a killer expensive Rig? Yup my Ibanez does the job , I believe this statement that anything made in Japan is done so with pride i.....

I also play a couple Ibanez, they are great not active but way more push than my 90's Precision. To get any decent sound I need an EQ with boost or a killer expensive Rig? Yup my Ibanez does the job , I believe this statement that anything made in Japan is done so with pride i........

I also play a couple Ibanez, they are great not active but way more push than my 90's Precision. To get any decent sound I need an EQ with boost or a killer expensive Rig? Yup my Ibanez does the job , I believe this statement that anything made in Japan is done so with pride i........

I also play a couple Ibanez, they are great not active but way more push than my 90's Precision. To get any decent sound I need an EQ with boost or a killer expensive Rig? Yup my Ibanez does the job , I believe this statement that anything made in Japan is done so with pride i........

Thank you! Yeah, SSD5 and Trigger2 are not standalone programs, so they have to be used with recording software of some kind. But it does work with a wide variety of recording software. Reaper is a cheap option. There's an official list of compatible software on the Steven Slate Drums site

@@vandarth thank you so much for the answer, really helpful:)

I'll consider making an update sometime soon! I've shielded 2 of my guitars as well with good results. I totally get where you're coming from on the pickups. I think I currently have a good bridge pickup tone on my Sire that I really dig, but I can't quite match my Fender with the neck pickup. At least not yet. So many knobs to get used to. The jury is still out on if I swap in some premium Fender or EMG bass pickups to compensate for that, but I decided it was worth keeping the Sire over the Fender even if I do have to swap pickups

Ah okay. I have only tried Midi on my Roland kit. Had the best luck with USB though on both my kits

Don’t bother with using general midi (the weird lookin port) Just use the big ol USB port

@@Wakawakawakawakawakawakawaka7 yeah, I found that to be a lot easier too

Interesting! Maybe I'll have to recheck my connections

@@lockheadanddogrockvideo That's happened to me a couple times! I meant to flip a Gibson J-45 acoustic and an SG but I just couldn't part with them lol. The Sire is a beauty to look at and it's comfortable. I can see how it'd be hard to get rid of!

Thanks! That is a great question. I'm not sure I know the answer. As far as I can tell, the Profiler Player uses the same profiles, it's just a little more limited in terms of switching assignments than the big units and it may not have as large of a list of FX. But I believe it can use all the same amp profiles. I would have to look more into that to tell you for sure. Maybe someone who has the Kemper Profiler amp head can tell us on here?

@@gabepiano30 that's awesome!

@@2000SkyView it probably would have been covered by the warranty except I bought both my J-basses used. Bummer. Turns out Sire has fixed the wiring issues on newer basses but the older ones still may have some grounding issues. Not sure when they updated that though

I was actually able to get the hum down significantly by adding copper shielding to the cavity. It made a pretty big difference on mine

@@vandarth I'll have to look into that. It's such an amazing bass that it doesn't bother me, and I've got other single coils that are louder, but if I could get rid of even some of it, that would be a bonus

@@OrnetteColeman10mm yeah, it made a difference. Course I use some crunch when I record bass so that was part of it. It's a cheap solution too

@@anthonyturner9927 I might look into the M5 or m7 if I ever start playing bass live more. In recent years I've mostly just had a bass for recording. The v7 is so amazing but I could see it being hard on my back.

Hmm I'll have to keep an ear out for that. I wonder what caused it?

No lol...

@@TheFriendlyPsychopath try one, if you actually hold one in your hands it's pretty hard not to be impressed

Those look awesome!

@@kijekuyo9494 that's a pretty sweet model!

@@kurdtjohn ah that does make sense. I bet that was hard to get rid of! I always have trouble parting with instruments

@@charlieburns1385 ah, I see! Is it just the Sire pickups that you don't like or the p-bass style pickup sound in general? I used to have a Fender P-bass but found I liked the J-bass sound a lot better

I can get close to the sound I liked on the Fender but it's still a little different even with EQ. It's hard to match another pickup perfectly. I have to sit with the new sound for awhile though and see if I get used to it first

Most important is a good amp good neck and’s best strings

Thank you! It was fun to write, despite everything else going on at the time!

@@joannalewis5279 I agree with that! I wish they were weight-relieved like newer Les Paul's are

@@daleskidmore1685 good idea regarding the shim! I also took the bridge piece off the D string and swapped it with the one on the low B string for now, because it has the bottom part shaved off and is shorter. But the D is still high. I'm happier with that for now because the D is the string I use the least. I'll measure the neck tomorrow and check the scale. That's an interesting idea. The ebony does look incredible!

@@vandarth You may be able to create a Frankenstein's Monster, and end up with 2 guitars, ha, ha.

That would be awesome!

@@carlosdrfx haha. In my defense I'm primarily a guitar player. Glad I came across Sire though!

@@troytroy3066 interesting. I can see where you're coming from, I have a tricked-out SG and 90% of the time I still only use one tone setting. I would imagine I will end up doing the same with the Sire, one or two main tones but not much tinkering after that.

I just really didn't like the neck on my J-bass. It was my 2nd Fender 5-string, I was just ready to branch out a little. I like the neck on the Sire a lot better, plus the looks (I know that's not the most important thing but I think I treat guitars somewhat like artwork). It's quite possible that I eventually put Fender or EMG pickups in the Sire, but we'll see, gotta spend more time with it first

To bad u didnt know about thomann

@@elijahjones2889 I actually do, I bought two Harley Benton guitars from them. I haven't tried their basses yet though. Would like to try their newest one sometime.

@@mrbassman2400 lol I do not get any money directly from Sire nor was this a paid review. I am just a Guitar Center affiliate. The way the "commission" works is I get a small percentage of anything bought from Guitar Center whether they buy a Fender or a Sire or any other brand, so there was no incentive here to choose Sire over Fender. That was my personal choice. If I really cared about the money that much I would be pushing expensive basses or USA Fenders because that's where the real money is. The opinions shared in this video are purely from my personal experience. Btw my Fender was a Made in Mexico bass.

Yup i hear .you Bro.

Yeah that's probably right once you get to this level of pickup. I've actually thought about putting Fender pickups in this bass to get the sound I liked from the J-bass in the Sire. Or trying EMG's. Not completely sure. I'm still getting used to these pickups so I will wait awhile to decide. The Sire has some tones I really like, they're just different than what I was used to

@@krisjones7985 thank you! yes! The copper tape actually fixed the problem! At least enough that I'm happy with it.

Yeah I agree, the neck feels pretty incredible. If anything, someday a pickup swap may be an option for me. That would make it perfect other than being a little heavy. But I don't think it's much heavier than a Fender, can't remember. Maybe half a pound

Hahaha