AlexDelores Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 (edited) If I didn’t have an 8 week old, I’d of already ordered one 😅 Feels far too good of a price to be true 👀 https://intl.sterlingbymusicman.com/products/joe-dart?variant=41532195831923 Edited May 1 by AlexDelores 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fil1ip Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 It's scarily cheap! Compared to the 'real one' shipping is a little high and assume there would be some import on this too. But wow 😲 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerfridge Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 It's cheap, but comes out at £500+ after shipping and tax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Seeing the bridge I'm guessing it's equivalent to the Sterling Sub Ray 4 rather than the sterling Ray34? Not that that means anything really, other than the cheaper price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, Fil1ip said: It's scarily cheap! Compared to the 'real one' shipping is a little high and assume there would be some import on this too. But wow 😲 If you add it to the baskets and out in the address it calculates all of it for you. FedEx deals with the tax / import on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Am quite tempted to get one of these, then put an oval pickguard on it. Then, install active electronics and EQ controls, maybe on a chromed metal plate or something. Oh, and get it refinished in black sparkle. Price of the upgrades is a bit much, otherwise I’d be on it like Vanessa Feltz on a roast dinner. Might do it anyway. Vanessa Feltz and a roast dinner I mean, not the Joe Dart bass. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Hmm. It's pretty expensive compared to the standard sub models, proportionately at least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 It's an odd bass. On one hand I've really grown to like them. And the looks. It's also great they've done a sub version. However, when you look at it objectively there's no control for tone or anything, so if the pick up isn't great you're stuck with it. Bonus if it's good though. Although, you're paying for less options and flexibility than a standard sub. As I say, it's weird. And cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I'm tempted. The pickup alignment actually looks good for a change, even the EBMM Darts have that weak G pickup design consistently throughout the MM, J and P. Nice to see it shipping with EBMM flats - that's around £45 of the cost accounted for already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edstraker123 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 (edited) An alternative ? https://retrovibe.co.uk/product/retrovibe-s30-strat-bass-30-6-short-scale-surf-green-dart-tastic/ Edited May 2 by edstraker123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerfridge Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 13 minutes ago, edstraker123 said: An alternative ? https://retrovibe.co.uk/product/retrovibe-s30-strat-bass-30-6-short-scale-surf-green-dart-tastic/ Nah, you want the original: https://reverb.com/uk/item/75888548-carlo-robelli-swd-joe-dart-bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I like the simple clean aesthetic, but Pickups H - 1 Ceramic Humbucker is a bit vague. Anyone know anything more about them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 02/05/2024 at 13:53, edstraker123 said: An alternative ? https://retrovibe.co.uk/product/retrovibe-s30-strat-bass-30-6-short-scale-surf-green-dart-tastic/ Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I was ready to buy one - put it in the basket and then.. £193 for shipping? I think not. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DvTvW Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I love the minimalist look, but I suspect we wouldn't be anywhere near as impressed without the “Joe Dart” tag? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I like the minimalist look, and the joe dart tag means nothing either way to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 59 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: I was ready to buy one - put it in the basket and then.. £193 for shipping? I think not. It's not. That includes all the VAT and Duty. bout £110 for shipping from the USA for a bass. That's pretty cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyndainverse Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1859 sold so far, I have no idea if that is a lot for a mass produced instrument at this price point, sounds like a lot over a few days of sales even if you expect a peak at the start and the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, fretmeister said: bout £110 for shipping from the USA for a bass. That's pretty cheap. It really isn't. £110 to ship 1 bass to the UK, that would be pretty good. 11000 to ship 100 basses? not so good. £335, seems like a good deal. £520, nothing special there then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb625 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 6 hours ago, Woodinblack said: It really isn't. £110 to ship 1 bass to the UK, that would be pretty good. 11000 to ship 100 basses? not so good. £335, seems like a good deal. £520, nothing special there then. True, but they're shipping 1 bass 100 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 14 hours ago, Woodinblack said: £335, seems like a good deal. £520, nothing special there then. Exactly this. The equivalent non-Joe dart model is £399 from any UK music store at the moment, and this is heavily stripped down, so this is far from cheap. It's actually a pretty significant mark up % wise, but people are buying into it because it loosely resembles the proper one. Smart move from EB! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fil1ip Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 It will be interesting to see the resale value in the UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 If it was truly a limited edition it might be higher, but I think there will probably be quite a lot of them. And its like most of these sort of basses, I have never seen a sterling by musicman actually go for much, you can get them pretty cheap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredders Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 One of the advantages of spending every other month in Dallas with work is that I have a US address. Just ordered one for $425 (around £335). Worth it for that price - as someone already said, there’s £45 worth of flatwounds on the bass already… Not sure I’d have ordered one if I had to factor in UK shipping though. That puts it in a whole different price point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 I already have two single pickup basses with minimal controls, and once you factor in the shipping and tax it costs the bulk of what my existing two cost. There's nothing here for me, especially because I dislike that unnecessarily large bridge plate those cheapest SBMM basses have. Apart from that effin' bridge (wouldn't have made it that much more expensive to use the Ray24/34 bridge, would it?), it is a handsome looking bass in its minimalist style. But it's a no from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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