Joe Dart

Joe's Mexican Jazz bass with a Badass 2 Bridge

Listed in his gear at the bottom

in this video, you can see him use this bass.

In a YouTube video titled "The Joe Dart Jr. Bass" by Vulf, Joe Dart is featured playing the Joe Dart Jr. Signature Bass, a compact version of his popular signature model.

in a few of vulfpeck's 2017 music videos it can be seen that he is playing a precision junior, identifiable by the one volume knob and very short scale. It can be also seen on the 2022 Vulfpeck's Sauna video.

In the article "Joe Dart: Spontaneous Soul with Vulfpeck" on Bassplayer, Joe Dart lists Rotosound RS66M Swing Bass Stainless Steel Bass Strings (40-90) as part of his gear.

In the video we can see Joe playing an electric bass in an upright position. When the camera pans over him, we can clearly see the SX logo on the bass, along with some additional writing along the headstock. I would tend to believe the writing says Vintage Series. It is also very clearly a natural finish, the body probably is made of ash.

In the Vulfpeck recording session for "Back Pocket," Joe Dart is seen playing an Ernie Ball Music Man Sterling 4 Classic bass. This distinguishes it from the StingRay model, as the Sterling lacks the control plate found on StingRay 4 basses.

Dart can be seen using this amp at 0:58

Joe Dart uses the Carlo Robelli SWD bass, which is originally Jack Stratton's, as seen at the 00:56 mark in the YouTube video titled "Vulfpeck - Jack Stratton breaks it down with Joe Dart - Live in LA." This bass features a Seymour Duncan pickup and is typically used in passive mode, although it has active capabilities. Dart has played it on several Vulfpeck tracks, including "It Gets Funkier."

I'm sure on a lot of earlier Vulfpeck videos Joe Dart can be seen playing through a Roland Bass Cube. Most notably, he can be seen using one in the video for Dean Town.

It's a custom Squier Classic Vibe Precision Bass '60s, in Fiesta Red. He added a J pickup, 2 stacked pot for volume tone (like the one on the newest Squier Jaguar bass or a vintage jazz bass or the Flea signature bass), he probably also changed the P pickup. He removed the thumb rest from the pickguard - you can notice the holes in the video. You can notice the finish on the headstock and the Squier logo match the same of a standard CV '60s.

In the article "Joe Dart: Spontaneous Soul with Vulfpeck" from Bassplayer, Joe Dart's use of the Markbass Little Mark Tube 800 bass amplifier head is mentioned among his gear.

Joe Dart uses the DB 751 in this live performance at Lockn'

Listed in his gear at the bottom

In this interview, Joe explains that for the recording of "It gets funkier" from their EP "Mit Peck", he used Jack Stratton's (Vulfpeck's band leader) Music man clone.

He can be seen using it on the official video for the song "It gets funkier" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKg_3kyIhHc).

"That was probably the best tone we ever got on a Vulfpeck track" - Joe said

The bass is a Carlo Robelli SWD which Stratton made entirely passive by removing the preamp. It contains a Seymour Duncan pickup

Joe Dart playing his new signature bass in collaboration with Ernie Ball Music Man

In It Gets Funkier III, Joe can be seen using a StingRay with a natural finish which doesn't look like a gloss finish. It has a 2-band EQ setup, which can be seen at 3:20, and possibly a maple neck. It is very hard to tell exactly which model this is due to the bad quality Vulfpeck likes to make there videos in, but I am thinking this is about right because other models like this have 3-band EQ or are too expensive for Joe Dart in 2013. One thing I've heard about this bass is that it is passive and Joe is known for playing a jazz bass around this time, compared to most StingRays which are active. This is exactly what we see in his signature model, which is a natural finish with passive electronics.

In the article "Joe Dart: Spontaneous Soul with Vulfpeck" on Bassplayer, Joe Dart is listed as using the Radial Engineering ProDI Passive Direct Box.

In an article on BassPlayer.com, Joe Dart is mentioned using the Markbass Standard 104HR bass amplifier cabinet during his performances with Vulfpeck.

On the Markbass website, Joe Dart is featured using the Markbass Little Mark Vintage bass amplifier head.

You can clearly see it through the video, especially the logo at 2:28:47

In this video Joe Dart is using a fender music master bass (ignore the last post, I couldn’t really tell because of the vintage style video but taking a look at the hardware and pickup it seems that it is a vintage music master)

These strings ship on the Joe Dart II bass, meticulously specced by Joe.

In a Reddit AMA from several years ago, bassist Joe Dart mentioned that he used the La Bella 760M Deep Talkin' Flatwounds, specifically the "Jamerson set," for the Joe Dart Jr. bass, which he tunes to C standard.

Joe Dart mentioned in a Reddit AMA that he uses Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flat Wound JF344 / 43-100 strings on the bass crafted by Jack Stratton, which served as the prototype for the Joe Dart bass.

The Ernie Ball 2805 Stainless Steel Flatwounds Bass Strings, .045-.105, Group 2.5, are confirmed to be used by bassist Joe Dart, as they are the stock strings for his signature basses from Music Man. This is supported by observations of the blue silk at the ends of his basses, as noted on the Music Man website.

Joe Dart uses the Ernie Ball 2801 Flatwound Short-scale Electric Bass Guitar Strings, .045-.105, Group 2, which come stock in the Joe Dart Jr. bass. According to Ernie Ball Music Man, Joe tunes this bass to C standard with these strings.

During a live performance at the Levitate Music & Arts Festival on July 8, 2022, Joe Dart was observed using an Ernie Ball Polypro strap with his "Joe Dart II" bass. This can be seen in the YouTube video provided by Levitate, capturing the performance by Vulfpeck.

Joe Dart confirmed he used Rotosound RS66LD Swing Bass on his Jazz Bass for 10 years in a recent interview with Scott Bass Lesson due the influence of John Entwistle, he stated that he kept them because "he was too lazy to change them" but eventually fell in love with the warmer sound of old rounds so he never replaced them until he went with Music Man