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The Mike Lull Club Part 2

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#421
Mike's necks are super consistent from bass to bass. The gold one has a J neck, it's just a bit over 1/5" wide and has a nice slightly chunky feel front-to-back. The P neck is just a bit under 1.75" and medium thickness. Both have a wonderful round back contour that feels perfect to me, very similar to the contour on your PJ5. All of them have the fingerboard edges rounded over so they are very comfortable and easy to play.
 
#424
Couldn't be happier with how this looks and plays. All I can say is, I've arrived in Jazz Bass heaven (other than I might swap strings to my fav Prosteels). Deeps are deeper, trebs are treblier, and it just feels great to play. :bassist:
M4V Tobacco Burst/Maple/Tort


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here is some rehearsal with my M4V , need to keep working on the mix ( and the tunes ) , im going into a Avalon pre and into the board , any suggestions from you guys ? , were going out of the board into a zoom camera , love the bass , ash maple, lindys , bart pre , in active mode here with a little bass boost past center , passive tone control al the way up , the avalon has various tone settings as well , may try going DI out of my Genz Benz shuttle 9.0 next week YouTube - the stuckeys
 
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craigb43 said:
here is some rehearsal with my M4V , need to keep working on the mix ( and the tunes ) , im going into a Avalon pre and into the board , any suggestions from you guys ? , were going out of the board into a zoom camera , love the bass , ash maple, lindys , bart pre , in active mode here with a little bass boost past center , passive tone control al the way up , the avalon has various tone settings as well , may try going DI out of my Genz Benz shuttle 9.0 next week YouTube - the stuckeys
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I use the Avalon U5 very regularly (hi-cut always on.) With active basses I often leave the Avalon tone circuit off with the boost around 3 or 4, and adjust the on-board eq to taste. However, if you want to use the Avalon tone circuit, I would suggest playing your bass in passive mode into the U5, boost around 4 or 5, and try tones 3 (mid-cut) and 4 (mid-present) to find which sits in the mix the best. You can then adjust your passive tone knob to find the right amount of treble freq's you want.

I absolutely love that pre, but it's not for everyone. It's VERY clean, and IMHO very fat too. I think the boost has a sweet spot between 3 and 6, but that may just be perceived volume affecting my judgement, or just the appropriate level to send into my compressor (which I only use live), but IME it gets harsh at 7+ and weak below 3. Some people think the eq is too dramatic for bass, but I think they can definitely be used to your advantage, depending on the weaknesses of the instrument (shouldn't apply to a Lull,) the room if used live, and also the density of the mix (in your case that pianist's left hand.)
 
#429
I liked that tune a lot Craig, and since you posted it here, I think you would expect some feedback. I kept thinking that was all just backing for a sax, because I felt like the vamping went on a little long in the same key, I was really hoping for some more intricate changes. That's just where my musical mind was going on that one. I think the tune eventually got there towards the 4 minute mark, just was a slower build to get there than I thought necessary.

As to the tone of the bass, I liked the tone, it was very complementary to what the rest of the pieces were doing. The vol was way down vs. the piano, and I know you can fix that in the mix. Always interesting doing recording, isn't it?, so much different than just setting up and playing live. Very solid play on all parts.
 
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kai_ski said:
I use the Avalon U5 very regularly (hi-cut always on.) With active basses I often leave the Avalon tone circuit off with the boost around 3 or 4, and adjust the on-board eq to taste. However, if you want to use the Avalon tone circuit, I would suggest playing your bass in passive mode into the U5, boost around 4 or 5, and try tones 3 (mid-cut) and 4 (mid-present) to find which sits in the mix the best. You can then adjust your passive tone knob to find the right amount of treble freq's you want.

I absolutely love that pre, but it's not for everyone. It's VERY clean, and IMHO very fat too. I think the boost has a sweet spot between 3 and 6, but that may just be perceived volume affecting my judgement, or just the appropriate level to send into my compressor (which I only use live), but IME it gets harsh at 7+ and weak below 3. Some people think the eq is too dramatic for bass, but I think they can definitely be used to your advantage, depending on the weaknesses of the instrument (shouldn't apply to a Lull,) the room if used live, and also the density of the mix (in your case that pianist's left hand.)
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Thanks , that is very helpful , i am not all that familiar with the unit , I will try those settings for sure, It is a great unit , trial and error , thanks
 
#431
Holdsg said:
I liked that tune a lot Craig, and since you posted it here, I think you would expect some feedback. I kept thinking that was all just backing for a sax, because I felt like the vamping went on a little long in the same key, I was really hoping for some more intricate changes. That's just where my musical mind was going on that one. I think the tune eventually got there towards the 4 minute mark, just was a slower build to get there than I thought necessary.

As to the tone of the bass, I liked the tone, it was very complementary to what the rest of the pieces were doing. The vol was way down vs. the piano, and I know you can fix that in the mix. Always interesting doing recording, isn't it?, so much different than just setting up and playing live. Very solid play on all parts.
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Thanks for the feedback , helpful for sure , were mainly doing these recordings for post practice adjustments , it is super helpful , the tunes need work but it is fun , there is more Lull sounds on the vimeo link below with Franchot Tone , that is more mixed though , but the Lull sounds great , really appreciate the feedback and suggestions , going to keep adjusting ,
 
#432
Anyone have a suggestion on what the best tool is to adjust the truss rod on these Lull's. Previous to these I've always had alan-style nuts at the nut, so I don't really have anything to get into these at the body (besides a standard phillips screwdriver, and a posidriver, but neither seem to fit very well.)

Just received this one from another TBer, and it could use a little relief.

Alder/Maple MV5, Aguilar Pre:
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I've been AB-ing it with my Alder/RW PJ5 and all I can say is MAN Mike makes a great bass!
 
#434
yeah, I had that thought as well. may need to go there or HD this weekend, as I think my new M4V needs just a slight tweak as well (for my taste, I actually like a little higher action, more relief).
 
#435
Quoting this so I can look at it once more.

That's one of the most beautiful basses ever!

Holdsg said:
Couldn't be happier with how this looks and plays. All I can say is, I've arrived in Jazz Bass heaven (other than I might swap strings to my fav Prosteels). Deeps are deeper, trebs are treblier, and it just feels great to play. :bassist:
M4V Tobacco Burst/Maple/Tort


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#436
hey there, does anybody know what frequencies the push/pull mid switch is set at on their M or MV? I'm swapping out the Aguilar OBP-3 in the MV5 I just got with the Bart NTMB, and was just looking for a consensus from other Lull owners.
 
#439
kai_ski said:
I use the Avalon U5 very regularly (hi-cut always on.) With active basses I often leave the Avalon tone circuit off with the boost around 3 or 4, and adjust the on-board eq to taste. However, if you want to use the Avalon tone circuit, I would suggest playing your bass in passive mode into the U5, boost around 4 or 5, and try tones 3 (mid-cut) and 4 (mid-present) to find which sits in the mix the best. You can then adjust your passive tone knob to find the right amount of treble freq's you want.

I absolutely love that pre, but it's not for everyone. It's VERY clean, and IMHO very fat too. I think the boost has a sweet spot between 3 and 6, but that may just be perceived volume affecting my judgement, or just the appropriate level to send into my compressor (which I only use live), but IME it gets harsh at 7+ and weak below 3. Some people think the eq is too dramatic for bass, but I think they can definitely be used to your advantage, depending on the weaknesses of the instrument (shouldn't apply to a Lull,) the room if used live, and also the density of the mix (in your case that pianist's left hand.)
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Hey , thanks , i tried the settings you suggested and went passive , I think the bass sounds better in the mix , the tunes still need allot of work but that is the fun part , this one is a bran new tune , still real rough with a improv jam thing about 4.5 min in thru the end , will still keep tweaking the sound but love my Lull bass , just dig playing it YouTube - the stuckeys
 
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