For the last 2+ years JOE has been saving up his talking energy just so he could talk about his jr. Today and the next time we hear his voice will be in 2025 about his HEADLESS, KNOBLESS AND ALMOST BODYLESS BASS .
It's gunna be one string on a fretless neck. Tuning will be done without a tuning machine. The body will be a pickup attached to the neck with a solid piece of wood and a small palm rest. Audio will be through a small BT transceiver so you can record directly to your smart phone for streamline modern music production.
I can back @Vulf on this one as a big ol' weirdo who loves Fender designed basses. Nearly every instrument he ever designed was on the basis of being friends with country and western musicians and liking country and western music. When he showed the sting ray to people they were like "Bruh, what is this, it's sooo bright" He made a prototype bass with a 5 string pickup on a 4 string model to address this (and actually scientifically there are some major advantages to using a 5 pole piece pickup on a 4 string bass).
the business mind of Jack Stratton is not even out of this league - he's literally playing a different game than the rest of active-push-over-bass makers out there. This is versatile, YOU're not versatile
Summary: It's cut from a tree, sized for a scaled-down Pino, and best listened to via a screwdriver. If that doesn't scream VERSATILE, I don't know what does.
"Everything about my specifications were taking into account to build the bass that in my hands would simulate the feeling of being Pino Palladino" yeah, we all feel the same way, thanks for this Joe
_The Joe Dart Jr Artist Series Signature Bass is the younger sibling of the popular Joe Dart bass. With its custom contoured body and simplified single humbucking layout, the Joe Dart Jr packs a serious punch in a convenient smaller package. The bass features a lightweight ash body, select maple neck, and a passive neodymium pickup that is at the heart of its warm, punchy tonality. No controls or equalization to color the sound; the tone is manipulated solely by the user's technique and finesse. Finished in Olympic White, the Dart Jr is nicely outfitted with 22 stainless steel frets, chrome hardware, and comes set up tuned down to C standard with custom .045 - .105 Ernie Ball Short Scale Flatwound Bass Strings. The Joe Dart Jr ships with a black Mono "Vertigo" gig bag providing unparalleled protection thanks to its military-spec rugged construction._ *The Joe Dart Jr is limited to just 50 instruments worldwide.*
I'm glad they solved the problem of that volume knob. Mine came cranked down and it made no sound, had to hire a bassologist to come and turn it back up for me.
@@fknWorldSeries I am very aware, I've got a nice squire j-bass and a Schecter stilleto studio. It's more just that I've wanted to get a short scale bass and/or a music man recently and this would be right down my alley. Also limited addition is always fun
First i wanted to do a comment like: "We had "No more government subsitoutions for active basses" now we have "..." ", But there are too many legendary quotes of the god Stratton himself to put them in one single comment. This video is a GEM!!!
I've never met Joe Dart, but assuming he is 5'10", the ratio of his height to Pino Palladino's height (6'8") is almost exactly the same as the ratio of the scale length of the Joe Dart Jr. bass (30") to the original Joe Dart bass (34".)
As someone who loves playing bass but has absolutely terrible shoulder issues, something like this would be right up my alley. Too bad there's only 50 of them and they sold out instantly. Definitely gonna need to make many more of them.
Cool video, great bass and Joe is amazing. I’m a pro bass player and am so done with bass manufacturers putting tons of knobs on bass’s, all ya really need is a volume knob with any bass, use your amp or pedals to create your sound. I recently discovered and purchased two Sterling short scale bass’s and love them, I’m not going back to 34” scale bass’s and have sold most of 34” bass’s, my next purchase will be a Music Man short scale bass when a new batch get released for sale. Minimalist bass’s are awesome. Ok, that’s my rant. Cheers, Davyo
This bass would look like a toy next to my Spector NS-5, which is a ginormous beast with all its knobs, switches, and 37" multi-scale neck, while this one is pretty much the exact opposite. Which makes it a potentially interesting instrument to add to the collection, as I suspect it fills a particular sonic niche, as would a baritone guitar, piccolo bass, or fretless. Honestly think I'd like to have one of these.
I love how Joe is trying to explain the bass and Jack is just using his mouth to make noise
Hahahaha "using his mouth to make noise" is actually the perfect description.
He sounds drunk.. I mean hey do ya thang but drinking ain't all that cool. I say that as I'm drinking 🍻
@@sofusdelamotte9541 That is the perfect description of his entire personality.
It’s like Jack thought this was a diss track video and not a promo for an overpriced bass guitar.
I love how Joe trying to explain the bass is cut short to make more room for jack in the video.
Jack: "This is how innovation happens...going deaf."
Beethoven: "My brotha."
my brothe
Bach "Eh?"
Brudda
*Mein Bruder
Next time my wife says my hearing is bad, I’m gonna refer back to that. She’s likes Vulf too, so it’s an air-tight response. Thanks, Jack!
"I can't hear my bass, where's the volume knob?"
Jack : "YOU'RE NOT VERSATILE!"
That knob was really difficult to work with. I had no idea what it was for.
It turns down the funkness to avoid bigger problems
UNMISTAKEABLE, CAN'T MISS IT volume knob is now officially missed.
what is that controlling??
WHAT IS THAT CONTROLLING
The knobs Mason, what do they mean???
For the last 2+ years JOE has been saving up his talking energy just so he could talk about his jr. Today and the next time we hear his voice will be in 2025 about his HEADLESS, KNOBLESS AND ALMOST BODYLESS BASS .
Don't forget fretless, intonation is in the fingers
The Joe Dart signature Air Bass Guitar™.
Finally, the only bass I can play
It's gunna be one string on a fretless neck. Tuning will be done without a tuning machine. The body will be a pickup attached to the neck with a solid piece of wood and a small palm rest. Audio will be through a small BT transceiver so you can record directly to your smart phone for streamline modern music production.
2025, Joe Dart Nano bass gets released. It is just a shoestring on a stick
I'm not sure the Pino Palladino joke is getting the love it deserves. "Now I know how he does it." 😂
This was the best part
Also my favorite part haha
Best part indeed!!
The volume knob will eventually grow when junior hits puberty
@caprice.t he definitely did
🤣🤣🤣 din't expect this
😳
Hahahaha
We all know that Tone is in the fingers, Funk is in the sunglasses and Rhythm is in the neck.
I hope you mean his human neck
Is Joe Dart even human or is he funk itself taking on a human form to deliver us his groof
And the striped shirts.
Why is this not taught in anatomy!
This would be a good tshirt with Joe darts face on it @Vulf get on that
So you're hiding the fact that Joe Dart absorbs funkyness from the environment and keeps growing every day by pretending the bass got smaller? Hm
How... how did you even come up with this magical comment?
@@Just_Sara it's mainly entering the groove zone, getting rid of the problematic knobs and removing the input jack
the lesser the size of bass, the higher the density of the funk
@@bepisman3161 ukulele be groovin then
@@fredfp U-Bass is indeed groovy, you'll know it if you have heard one
I actually can’t tell if that Leo Fender story is real or if it’s just more improvised bullshit and that’s the best part about these guys.
100% jack stratton improvisation
Leo was the man behind Music Man but that’s just about where the truth ends 😂 he designed the bass and that’s it
I'm 90% sure that he designed his first electric bass for country. Don't know about the stringray tho
true story. heard from sterling ball himself.
I can back @Vulf on this one as a big ol' weirdo who loves Fender designed basses. Nearly every instrument he ever designed was on the basis of being friends with country and western musicians and liking country and western music. When he showed the sting ray to people they were like "Bruh, what is this, it's sooo bright"
He made a prototype bass with a 5 string pickup on a 4 string model to address this (and actually scientifically there are some major advantages to using a 5 pole piece pickup on a 4 string bass).
the business mind of Jack Stratton is not even out of this league - he's literally playing a different game than the rest of active-push-over-bass makers out there. This is versatile, YOU're not versatile
Everyone else is stuck in capitalism 1.0. Jack's already figured out how to use funk to manipulate the stock market.
Jack and Joe talking about this bass and the other sig model get me amped up to practice and get “versatile”
Its still paying more money for less features
@@ileutur6863 bruh it’s already sold out so obviously it was a good idea
@@ktown0173 all 50 of them. You. Dolt.
I'm ready for that song they play at the end to be on a Vulf album in 2 years
That actually kinda reminds me of Vulf Pack outro. Is it so or my brain is doing the stuff again
@@mafirasyaharani7836 equally groovy, but I think it may be a different part
@@AaronFitzgerald I see. This means new possible song 😮can't wait
That song really does go
Bro this song 🔥🔥🔥
I love how the product page has a "Controls" section that's just empty.
They say removing the volume knob improves your ghost notes by a 100%
“In my hands would simulate the feeling of being Pino Palladino” if that isn’t a reason to use a short scale then I don’t know what is
that's the highlight of the video for me!
That joke made me laugh out loud
Really ought to be fretless to make that simulation accurate.
@@Cr4zyD4vEe I did, as well. Quality content. 😂
Now this is minimalist funk!! Fonce would be proud
Something happened when jack popped that dramamine.
Dieter Rams watching this: 👁️👄👁️
I learned who Dieter Rams was earlier today and I approve this message
Big facts
Sure when Jack provokes an 89-year-old it's funny, but when I do it I get served with a restraining order.
I keep clicking back and forth between a picture of Dieter Rams and this comment and I am laughing harder and harder every time.
Do you wanna know the meaning of life?
Congrats to Joseph Dart and family for the arrival of their child, Joe Dart Jr.
Wow, we’re even getting rid of subsidies for passive basses now? Now it’s just bass.
I can dig it.
The last time I was this early joe dart basses were big
Summary: It's cut from a tree, sized for a scaled-down Pino, and best listened to via a screwdriver. If that doesn't scream VERSATILE, I don't know what does.
"this is how innovation happens"
"GOING DEAF"
No volume knob to encourage innovation
Disappointed it's not tuned to DEAF
@Andrea Austoni LMAO
This video:
0% Volume knobs
15% Funk
15% advertisments
70% "Come at me Dieter Rams"
I am sensing an instrument battle of truly miniscule proportions
Can confirm, I bought this bass two weeks ago and I've already been in two fist-fights with Dieter Rams.
Rutger Gunnarsson!
True facts. The bass on Money Money Money is so good. Never paid much attention to it until a few years ago.
"Everything about my specifications were taking into account to build the bass that in my hands would simulate the feeling of being Pino Palladino" yeah, we all feel the same way, thanks for this Joe
Jack is fully in character now with those sideburns. Whoever Jack Stratton is, he is unstoppable.
Why is Jack Stratton aging in reverse? He looks like he's 6 weeks from singing Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
deep cut
"One, two, away ya go"
OOF
The Curious Case of Benjamin Stratton
someone should definitely do a THE VULFPECK ICEBERG: EXPLAINED with this on the lowest layer
We've been blessed with Joe's voice
Joe talking about his new bass while Jack threatens everyone the movie
Built to scale so normal humans and Joe Dart know what it is to play bass like Pino Paladino
The fact that this video exists in the first place makes up for the fact that I can’t afford this instrument
Yeah I'm gonna keep jamming on the instruments I have won at Dave and Busters for now 🤣
It’s also already sold out so I think we’re far out of luck anyways lmao
@@Lonech holy god I realized it would sell out but first day? Crazy.
@@blakesmith8961 Not only on the first day, but also within 4 hours (maybe less) of the video being up!
@@henryrichard7619 I guess that’s Vulf for you but damn. Did you see they also released the other bass again? Also in a black this time, really nice
You guys should have you’re own tv show. This content is rich. The bass is pretty awesome too
that pino palladino joke was actually so funny and well-delivered
Next stop: Dean Town
Population: *Joe Dart*
you could call it a Lonely Town
Great to see Joe "Joe "Joe Dart on the Joe "Get Me Out Of This Mess" Dart Jr." Dart" on the Joe Dart Jr.
_The Joe Dart Jr Artist Series Signature Bass is the younger sibling of the popular Joe Dart bass. With its custom contoured body and simplified single humbucking layout, the Joe Dart Jr packs a serious punch in a convenient smaller package. The bass features a lightweight ash body, select maple neck, and a passive neodymium pickup that is at the heart of its warm, punchy tonality. No controls or equalization to color the sound; the tone is manipulated solely by the user's technique and finesse. Finished in Olympic White, the Dart Jr is nicely outfitted with 22 stainless steel frets, chrome hardware, and comes set up tuned down to C standard with custom .045 - .105 Ernie Ball Short Scale Flatwound Bass Strings. The Joe Dart Jr ships with a black Mono "Vertigo" gig bag providing unparalleled protection thanks to its military-spec rugged construction._
*The Joe Dart Jr is limited to just 50 instruments worldwide.*
MM: *remove unmistakable can't miss it volume knob that nobody knows what it's controlling*
[ V E R S A T I L I T Y A C H I E V E D ]
It represent the passion for minimalism that all we bassplayers got. It's exquisite. Good job. Love from Argentina.
This is the kind of bass I've been looking for my whole life.
literally sold out instantly. Please make more they are gorgeous.
Finally I can stop worrying about that suspicious knob and focus on what I’m playing
Coming back to this daily for Joe's super funky bass lick. Thanks Vulf.
The Joe Dart Bass Jr. Jr. will be nothing but a string, a magnet and a jack to plug it into your amp
no you mic it
@@Michael-yr3ok oh yes freedom
JOE DART MY BELOVED
I have never been happier in my life than I have been when I saw this in my sub feed
The speech about effort makes me think that bassists have the equivalent of Dark Souls hardcore fans.
The poster behind you guys ❤️ NHØP was an outstanding bass player.
I strangely gravitate to this video at least once a day and it somehow emboldens me every time
"puritanical roots speaking through you" said the funkmasters
So early that they are still recording the video
This is how innovation happens: going deaf!
Now I have two videos to watch every day
The nerve of the website they sell on to have an “options” box
I'm glad they solved the problem of that volume knob. Mine came cranked down and it made no sound, had to hire a bassologist to come and turn it back up for me.
I swear, if I wasn't financially struggling, I'd order one immediately.
@@fknWorldSeries I am very aware, I've got a nice squire j-bass and a Schecter stilleto studio. It's more just that I've wanted to get a short scale bass and/or a music man recently and this would be right down my alley. Also limited addition is always fun
@@ryanschulz7653 limited functionality for $2k: not so fun.
@@OnPointFirearms you’re not versatile
Rutger Gunnarsson from ABBA is crazy good! So cool that Joe mentions him. Just listen to the basslines from "one of us" or "gimme gimmie gimmie"
Yow, those guys are actually great players! They could start a band and get famous, I feel like!
These guys should make minimalist funk
First i wanted to do a comment like: "We had "No more government subsitoutions for active basses" now we have "..." ", But there are too many legendary quotes of the god Stratton himself to put them in one single comment. This video is a GEM!!!
How many times is Jack gonna call out Dieter Rams?! 😂
That groove has to be a song its too good
I've never met Joe Dart, but assuming he is 5'10", the ratio of his height to Pino Palladino's height (6'8") is almost exactly the same as the ratio of the scale length of the Joe Dart Jr. bass (30") to the original Joe Dart bass (34".)
So much of this is going over my head but that's the way I like it
Congratulations on the son, Joe Dart Bass Sr.!
I love how much love the Gibson ES 140s are getting
As someone who loves playing bass but has absolutely terrible shoulder issues, something like this would be right up my alley. Too bad there's only 50 of them and they sold out instantly. Definitely gonna need to make many more of them.
Give these guys a sitcom! Come on Netflix!
I'm calling it now the next joe dart bass is just gonna be a Steinberger, no head, no body, just strings and a thicc pickup man
The lick Joe plays right at the end 🤣🤣🤣🤣 come ON, bro!! So much funk.
just realized if joe dart has a kid named joe he'd literally be named after a bass
The chaos each and every Vulf video radiates is terrifying because it only increases with each upload
I would pay attention to way more commercials if Jack and Joe were doing them.
Nice. Renewing my words of wisdom collection from these two that I would quote in every ocasion
The absolute class of jack stratton
Jack, on the phone to MusicMan:
"Set a market order cause I'm pretty sure I've got this."
I would pay so much money for an album where each track was Joe just jamming with one different Vulf member
It's all about the bass!
The text here is so boldy sans that it emulates the feeling of having no knobs
Just proves that size doesn’t matter. It has been and always will be the funk in the fingers.
Cool video, great bass and Joe is amazing.
I’m a pro bass player and am so done with bass manufacturers putting tons of knobs on bass’s, all ya really need is a volume knob with any bass, use your amp or pedals to create your sound.
I recently discovered and purchased two Sterling short scale bass’s and love them, I’m not going back to 34” scale bass’s and have sold most of 34” bass’s, my next purchase will be a Music Man short scale bass when a new batch get released for sale.
Minimalist bass’s are awesome.
Ok, that’s my rant.
Cheers, Davyo
thank you for cutting out that knob, i had no idea what it was controlling and couldn’t seem to get it set the right way.
2019: “What’s that controlling?”
2021: “What’s what controlling?”
Hahaha!
I love how in focus everything is
These guys need their own segment on QVC. Only 29 left as of this comment
Now sold out!
Small bass, big heart
I think if the volume knob was replaced with a volume fader we could finally figure out what it's controlling.
My man is a proud artist a respect that!
The number of Talkbass members having an "old man yells at cloud" moment over this is quite satisfying.
And joe dart has finally spoke in 2021 what a time to be alive
3:27 missed a great opportunity to call this bass an Asstrument
it really does go!
“This is how innovation is made, going deaf” - Jack Stratton
“This is how innovation happens - going deaf.”
You guys are amazing.
We no longer know what they do. But here we are!
This bass would look like a toy next to my Spector NS-5, which is a ginormous beast with all its knobs, switches, and 37" multi-scale neck, while this one is pretty much the exact opposite. Which makes it a potentially interesting instrument to add to the collection, as I suspect it fills a particular sonic niche, as would a baritone guitar, piccolo bass, or fretless. Honestly think I'd like to have one of these.
JOE DART ON THE ᴶᵒᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵗ
Well played.
Dude that short scale sounded sweet in drop D!
"As few moving parts as possible save for the strings which... do move when you play them. "
IVE NEVEF BEEN SO HYPED