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| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
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Key Features
The Sire Marcus Miller Z3 Bass, Sparkle Black is a four-string active bass suited to players wanting deep lows and flexible tone shaping. Its Sire Standard MM pickup provides the groovy humbucker character at the heart of the Z3, while the Marcus Heritage-3 active preamp gives you control over treble, middle, and bass for adjusting your sound. This lets you shape tones that suit both classic and contemporary playing.
The mahogany Z-Bass body combines a distinctive shape with a rounded forearm contour and defined lower cutaway, helping the bass feel comfortable while giving you practical access around the neck. And for the fretting hand, the hard maple neck features an Edgeless hard maple fingerboard with rolled edges. Paired with 22 medium-jumbo frets, a 34-inch scale, and a 12-inch radius, it provides a comfortable foundation for grooves, rehearsals, and performance.
Product Ref: 390079
The Marcus Heritage-3 active preamp gives you direct control over the Z3's tonal balance. Separate treble, middle, and bass controls make it easy to adjust different areas of your sound, alongside a dedicated volume control. That flexibility means you can dial in a bass tone to suit different playing approaches, whether you want to emphasise deeper frequencies or create a more balanced response. Paired with the Sire Standard MM pickup, the electronics are designed around a defined humbucker sound with satisfying low-end depth — giving you plenty of scope to find a tone that works with your playing.
At the centre of the Z3's sound is a Sire Standard MM pickup. Its humbucker character is geared towards deep, groovy bass tones, while the active equalisation gives you further control over how that core sound behaves. This combination makes the Z3 useful when you want more than a fixed pickup voice. You can adjust the three-band EQ to move between classic and contemporary tonal territory, helping the bass fit different musical settings. Metal dome control knobs keep those adjustments close at hand, so shaping your sound is straightforward whenever you need to make a change.
A hard maple neck and Edgeless hard maple fingerboard give the Z3 a comfortable playing platform. The rolled fingerboard edges soften the transition around the sides of the neck, helping it sit naturally in your hand as you move between positions. Its C-shaped profile provides a familiar foundation, while the 12-inch fingerboard radius and 2.7mm medium-jumbo frets support comfortable fretting across all 22 positions. You also get a 34-inch scale and 42mm bone nut. Plus, the neck is secured to the body using a five-bolt steel plate for a firmly constructed neck joint.
The Z-Bass introduces Sire's own body shape, drawing inspiration from an iconic '70s bass design while adding details aimed at traditional and modern players. Its mahogany construction is paired with a rounded forearm contour, giving your picking arm a smoother place to rest while you play. A defined lower cutaway also helps with access towards the upper end of the fingerboard. Visually, the Sparkle Black finish is matched with a black three-ply pickguard, including the Z-Bass's distinctive egg-shaped design. Standard open-gear tuners and a Sire Standard MM bridge complete the hardware setup.
