MusicMan Joe Dart Signature Model

[BassApprentice]

Considering he uses a Jazz bass 99% of the time live this is a huge scoop for MusicMan. 

 

 

Although this could also be a joke, you never know. Looks cool AF anyway! 

[Twincam]

I'm liking that. Curious to what the single control does exactly. Volume?, tone? I assume its active being a mm. 

 

[Graham]

So long as he's happy, but that just looks fugly to me

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[BreadBin]

It looks tiny! Is it a short scale? 

[Cato]

Would he be the first bass player to get an official Music Man signature model?

[franzbassist]

I usually quite like MM basses, but this does nothing for me.....

[NJE]

Passive Sterling perhaps? Maybe a coil tap on the bridge pickup to go single coil? 

Musicman made a single knob black Sterling for Nine Inch Nails once, so this isnt breaking new ground really. I can’t find a picture of the NIN bass now.

I remember reading a Q&A Joe did and whilst he is seen with the Jazz (apparently it’s the only bass he actually owns) he used a band mates bass which has a MusicMan pickup in it and they use sterlings and stingrays for recording, and I seem to remember him saying one of his favourite recorded Vulfpeck tones was a MusicMan bass.

Makes sense for MusicMan to jump on it and give him a signature, he’s well respected and it’s about time they did a signature bass, there are loads of signature guitars now.

 

[AndyTravis]

Looks like the Carlo Robelli (sam ash/musicians friend cheapo) that he used to knock about on before the jazz bass was the main bass.

not sure I get the point - it’ll probably be about the same price as a normal MM but with less features...

[spongebob]

Jeez, not sure my eyes will recover after seeing that bass! Unpleasant isn't the word! 

[Cato]

2 minutes ago, spongebob said:

Jeez, not sure my eyes will recover after seeing that bass! Unpleasant isn't the word! 

Maybe it's a protoype and he hasn't decided on a finish yet?

[project_c]

That looks like a stack knob to me, I quite like the idea of that. Vol / tone, passive. I don’t think it’s a short scale but that’s a great idea, why have EB not made one of those yet? I would love a short scale Sterling or Stingray with a slightly downsized body. 

[TheGreek]

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

Looks like the Carlo Robelli (sam ash/musicians friend cheapo) that he used to knock about on before the jazz bass was the main bass.

not sure I get the point - it’ll probably be about the same price as a normal MM but with less features...

..that they'll charge extra for...

[eude]

Here he is beasting said bass.

Looks regular/long scale in this vid, must just be a weird angle in the picture above...

 

[totorbass]

Does it sound like a passive bass to your ears? 

[AndyTravis]

[foya]

i also have a stingray with a bypassed preamp... i use always in passive mode, and... i love it

😁

[AndyTravis]

take the Pickguard off...and add a white pickup cover...and you’ve got the deluxe version for an estimated 1/3 the price 🤣

[NJE]

1 minute ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

That’ll change if he joins Basschat 😀

Ha ha, don’t we all know it 😄. I remember the pre bass forums days, when I was happy with my gear and I spent more time practicing than looking up what bass I needed next. 

[songofthewind]

Looks like stack knob to me. 

[PatrickJ]

I kinda like it, and if it makes me play like Joe (that's what signature models do right) I'm all in!

[Graham]

13 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

That looks remarkably more attractive than the Musicman he's holding to me

[TheGreek]

The body looks Aria-ish to me..

[Niall6002]

I quizzed Joe about this bass back in July at a bass workshop he held at Sligo Jazz,

Its a prototype, its a Sterling 34" scale, its passive, it has Ernie Ball cobalt flats,

and He loves it!

a fair coup for Musicman as Joe is the best player of his generation in my opinion.

 

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[PatrickJ]

47 minutes ago, Niall6002 said:

I quizzed Joe about this bass back in July at a bass workshop he held at Sligo Jazz,

Its a prototype, its a Sterling 34" scale, its passive, it has Ernie Ball cobalt flats,

and He loves it!

a fair coup for Musicman as Joe is the best player of his generation in my opinion.

 

Musicman published a few videos on YouTube a few years ago with Joe demonstrating some of their basses - perhaps this is a partnership they've been working on for a while.

It didn't sound like he's using flats in the video @eude posted.

Edited September 25, 2018 by PJ-Bassist

[Twincam]

15 minutes ago, PJ-Bassist said:

Musicman published a few videos on YouTube a few years ago with Joe demonstrating some of their basses - perhaps this is a partnership they've been working on for a while.

It didn't sound like he's using flats in the video @eude posted.

He may not be using them in the vid. However Eb cobalt flats don't sound like traditional flats anyhow And have more a roundwound tone.