PSA : Musicman Sterling Joe Dart signature bass £325 - for 1 month only

LionAquaLooper

https://intl.sterlingbymusicman.com/products/joe-dart?variant=41532195831923

For any Joe Dart fans out there. 

monquixote

Love Joe Dart!

fretmeister

It's about £520 including all taxes and shipping.

I'm quite tempted.

stickyfiddle

fretmeister said:

It's about £520 including all taxes and shipping.

I'm quite tempted.

lol I was just about to @ you if you weren’t already here! 

Funkfingers

Well, the control cavity is more generous than it needs to be. Probably space for a PP3 and a Stingray two-band Baxandall EQ.

My recollection is that the Asian-sourced Sterling-by-Musicman pickup is nothing special - with or without active electronics.

LionAquaLooper

The previous iterations sold for upwards of $2000.  I don't get how this suddenly goes for below $500.  It's a legitimate deal but what's the catch?

fretmeister

LionAquaLooper said:

The previous iterations sold for upwards of $2000.  I don't get how this suddenly goes for below $500.  It's a legitimate deal but what's the catch?

You know how some strats are 2K and others are 500 because they are made in different countries from different woods and stuff?

That.

Also - the 2K stuff is taking the piss.

monquixote

LionAquaLooper said:

The previous iterations sold for upwards of $2000.  I don't get how this suddenly goes for below $500.  It's a legitimate deal but what's the catch?

It's a Sterling not a Music Man

Sporky

At that price you could afford to have it painted so it looks not-awful I s'pose. 

oh_pollo

It's fugly but I like it. Comes with flatwounds which is nice.

fretmeister

Sporky said:

At that price you could afford to have it painted so it looks not-awful I s'pose. 

The amusing thing is that the USA built expensive version was in itself a copy of a cheap pile of arse that was owned by Vulfpeck boss Jack Stratton and often used by Joe Dart for recording.

It might be the only time a signature model has been made based on a really cheap nasty instrument.
Now we have another cheap one based on the expensive one, based on the cheap one!

fretmeister

stickyfiddle said:

fretmeister said:

It's about £520 including all taxes and shipping.

I'm quite tempted.

lol I was just about to @ you if you weren’t already here! 

I'm wondering if I can get away with it.

This year my kids have 18th and 21st birthdays, and my mum hits 80.

Going to be expensive!

LionAquaLooper

monquixote said:

LionAquaLooper said:

The previous iterations sold for upwards of $2000.  I don't get how this suddenly goes for below $500.  It's a legitimate deal but what's the catch?

It's a Sterling not a Music Man

Ah thanks. Ive changed the thread title to match. I'm not a bassist or Ernie Ball fan so I wasn't even aware of this.

hassleham

£200 postage is a joke.. otherwise I would be buying one.

fretmeister

hassleham said:

£200 postage is a joke.. otherwise I would be buying one.

Its not £200 postage.

It's: £110.36 Shipping, £89.60 taxes, and £29.88 duties.

Paying VAT and duty on the item and shipping applies to everything outside the UK.

Bod

fretmeister said:

hassleham said:

£200 postage is a joke.. otherwise I would be buying one.

Its not £200 postage.

It's: £110.36 Shipping, £89.60 taxes, and £29.88 duties.

Paying VAT and duty on the item and shipping applies to everything outside the UK.

£110.36 shipping is a joke

fretmeister

I thought it was quite reasonable for international insured shipping. Actually pretty cheap.

stickyfiddle

Yeah that's reasonable shipping these days. I've paid 150+ a couple of times since 2020

monquixote

stickyfiddle said:

Yeah that's reasonable shipping these days. I've paid 150+ a couple of times since 2020

Yeah, it's a big, heavy, fragile object being posted a long way.

guitargeek62

fretmeister said:

It's about £520 including all taxes and shipping.

I'm quite tempted.

£553 at checkout, I’m out - I’ll make my own for less than that instead!

fretmeister

guitargeek62 said:

fretmeister said:

It's about £520 including all taxes and shipping.

I'm quite tempted.

£553 at checkout, I’m out - I’ll make my own for less than that instead!

Yeah - the SB14 Passive is effectively a Joe Dart bass but without the name. They are about a grand new, so probably £600 ish used.

I'd rather get one of those. For a start it has a bridge that isn't made out of paper.