"Can't wait to see them out in the world." Given the small run I'm pretty sure most of them will go to collectors who don't plan on taking them out into the world unfortunately. However, I can't wait to see Joe Dart playing these out in the world
that was my first thought... they weren't interested in making an instrument for the people; they just made a collectors item for rich dudes to hang on their wall and never touch 😞
I half wish this featured Jack explaining this instrument via several loosely related metaphors but the uninterrupted Joe time is not lost on me. This bass looks like it really goes.
yeah and limited to just 50 units, ensuring that this bass will never "go" anywhere other than straight into the unseen and unplayed vaults of stingy collectors... real shame
What we need now is a new EP '3 with E' where Joe, Jack, and Cory play 3 different versions of Joe Dart MM bass (and Theo lays sweet melodic line with his kazoo) creating an ultimate testament to this perfect blend of art and craft.
That's close to what actually happened! Check out "Three Basses" by the Fearless Flyers - Cory Wong slapping on the II, Mark Lettieri harmonizing on the I (in a beautiful Velvet Black finish) and Joe himself on his Jr. model, bulldozing as always. Also, the legendary Nate Smith on a drumkit. What more can we ask for??
I have no desire to wield Joe Dart's tone for my own creative efforts, but I think I'll always want to at least hold a Joe Dart bass in my hands for a while.
If MM makes a Sterling short-scale P, I seriously think it will become one of their most popular models. I'd sell my Mustang and buy two...best necks in the biz!
You could also get an Aria TSB Standard, this should come closest being a medium-scale P-style bass with a slim neck and a similar shape. I have an RSB Standard, the long-scale sister, and I love it! Other options would be Vantage or similar 80s MIJ medium-scale basses with a P pickup.
O, Jack and Joe, Why do you grieve me so? I fret and fuss, Torment of tantalus. To reach out and take, But a minute to late. My wearying hell, To buy at the hands of those who re-sell.
