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Joe Dart VisionSeen in The Joe Dart Vision (Vulf), May 2026
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22 items · Last checked What bass does Joe Dart play?
Joe Dart uses signature Sterling by Music Man basses, including the Joe Dart I and Joe Dart Vision, and has been seen playing Ernie Ball Music Man Joe Dart models. He has said he plays straight into a Markbass rig with no pedals, through a Radial ProDI.
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Sterling by Music Man
Joe Dart ISeen in The Joe Dart Sterling Bass 2025 (Vulf), April 2025
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Joe Dart BassSeen in The Joe Dart Bass (Vulf), March 2019
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Joe Dart IISeen in The Joe Dart II Bass (Vulf), April 2022
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Joe Dart IIISeen in The Joe Dart III Bass (Vulf), January 2024
What bass gear Joe Dart uses: a sourced gear guide
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Basses
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Sterling by Music Man
Joe Dart VisionSeen in The Joe Dart Vision (Vulf), May 2026
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Sterling by Music Man
Joe Dart ISeen in The Joe Dart Sterling Bass 2025 (Vulf), April 2025
SponsoredSeen using
Ernie Ball Music Man
Joe Dart BassSeen in The Joe Dart Bass (Vulf), March 2019
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SponsoredSeen using
Ernie Ball Music Man
Joe Dart IISeen in The Joe Dart II Bass (Vulf), April 2022
SponsoredSeen using
Ernie Ball Music Man
Joe Dart IIISeen in The Joe Dart III Bass (Vulf), January 2024
SponsoredSeen using
Ernie Ball Music Man
Joe Dart Jr.Seen in The Joe Dart Jr. Bass (Vulf), May 2021
Seen using
Ernie Ball Music Man
Cutlass BassSeen in Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass Bass: Joe Dart Demos (Ernie Ball), May 2016
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Has said they use
Ernie Ball Music Man
StingRay“We borrowed a Stingray, we borrowed a Sterling Classic, and played those on a few Vulf tracks to great effect”
Has said they use
Fender
Jazz Bass“When I started with Vulfpeck, I was playing the one bass I owned, a Fender Jazz.”
Has said they use
Squier
Precision Bass“If something had a more Jamerson bent to it, Stratton’s little Squier P-Bass might do the trick.”
Said in Joe Dart: "The one thing you absolutely can't skip on is developing great time" (MusicRadar), July 2019
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Sterling by Music Man
Joe Dart II
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Sterling by Music Man
Joe Dart II“Jack Stratton and I are thrilled to team up once again with Sterling by Music Man”
Sterling by Music Man
Joe Dart III
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Sterling by Music Man
Joe Dart III
Has said they use
Ernie Ball Music Man
Sterling Classic“We borrowed a Stingray, we borrowed a Sterling Classic, and played those on a few Vulf tracks to great effect”
Said in MusicRadar: Joe Dart: The one thing you absolutely can't skip on is developing great time, July 2019
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Carlo Robelli
Bass with Music Man pickups
Has said they use
Carlo Robelli
Bass with Music Man pickupsSaid in Guitar World: Vulfpeck's Joe Dart: We intentionally keep things on edge and in the moment, January 2020
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Fender
Precision Junior
Has said they use
Fender
Precision JuniorSaid in Guitar World: Vulfpeck's Joe Dart: We intentionally keep things on edge and in the moment, January 2020
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Amps
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Markbass
Little Mark Tube 800“I’ve been playing this Joe Dart bass through a Markbass rig. I’ve got the Markbass Tube and I love it.”
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Markbass
Standard 104HF“Now I only play through Markbass rigs, and I’ve never heard another amp that sounds more like ME when I play through it.”
Said in Joe Dart (Markbass artists), September 2026
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Markbass
Standard 104HR
Has said they use
Markbass
Standard 104HRRadial Engineering
ProDI passive direct box
Has said they use
Radial Engineering
ProDI passive direct boxStrings
Rotosound
Swing Bass 66 roundwound strings
Has said they use
Rotosound
Swing Bass 66 roundwound stringsSaid in Guitar World: Vulfpeck's Joe Dart: We intentionally keep things on edge and in the moment, January 2020
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Thomastik-Infeld
Flatwound bass strings
Has said they use
Thomastik-Infeld
Flatwound bass stringsSaid in Guitar World: Vulfpeck's Joe Dart: We intentionally keep things on edge and in the moment, January 2020
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Questions
About Joe Dart's gear.
What bass does Joe Dart use?
Joe Dart uses signature Sterling by Music Man basses such as the Joe Dart I and Joe Dart Vision, and has been seen playing the Ernie Ball Music Man Joe Dart, II, III and Jr. models in Vulf videos. In 2025 Sterling added the Dart II and Dart III. Early Vulfpeck sessions used a Fender Jazz Bass.
What amp does Joe Dart use?
Joe Dart has said he plays through Markbass rigs, naming a Little Mark Tube head in 2019 and a Standard 104HR cabinet in 2020. Markbass lists a Little Mark Tube 800, a Little Mark Vintage and a Standard 104HF cabinet on his artist page.
Does Joe Dart use pedals?
In 2019 Joe Dart told MusicRadar he did not have a pedal rig and plays straight into the amp, and that Vulfpeck records bass direct in the studio. His 2020 rig list in Guitar World named a Radial ProDI direct box.
What strings does Joe Dart use?
Joe Dart's 2020 rig list in Guitar World named Rotosound Swing Bass 66 roundwounds and Thomastik-Infeld flatwounds. He has said his signature bass was designed around flatwounds with some brightness for an old-school disco tone.
What is the Joe Dart bass?
A one-knob, one-pickup passive bass designed with Jack Stratton and Ernie Ball Music Man, first released in 2019 and later joined by the Joe Dart II, Joe Dart III and Joe Dart Jr., plus lower-priced Sterling by Music Man versions.
What Music Man bass did Joe Dart play before the signature model?
Joe Dart has said Vulfpeck borrowed a Music Man StingRay and a Sterling Classic for several tracks, after a cheap Music Man copy owned by Jack Stratton gave the band one of its strongest bass tones.
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