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The Mike Lull Club Part 3

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#101
pauliebass said:
I have a Bart in mine, but I'm sure the nordy is great as well. Ask Mike when you're about to order. You want to get a passive tone control on there with a stacked T/B knob, I think. VV or VB is up to you.
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I have a Sadowsky outboard preamp, so I may just get the PJ completely passive and use my outboard. That's what I do with my V4 when I need the pre.
 
#103
I play my bass mostly passive as well and Mike came up with this brainy idea. He is going to wire my passive/active knob backwards so I'm not always standing on stage with my knob yanked out ;)

Smart.
 
#105
I've had both on Lull P4s and couldn't tell any significant difference in tone at all. What I did find is that the reverse P puts the EA coil in the wrong spot for me, it's a more comfortable thumbrest in the standard configuration for me. Not a huge difference but I still have 2 P4s with standard Ps and the reverse P is gone.
 
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bdgotoh said:
I've had both on Lull P4s and couldn't tell any significant difference in tone at all. What I did find is that the reverse P puts the EA coil in the wrong spot for me, it's a more comfortable thumbrest in the standard configuration for me. Not a huge difference but I still have 2 P4s with standard Ps and the reverse P is gone.
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I was just reading an entire thread about how Ed Friedland recommends a reverse P on a P/J bass. He recommended to keep the traditional P if it's just a P bass. But he said the problem with having the traditional P on a P/J bass is that it puts the treble coil of the P pickup too close to the J pickup at the bridge. And he said the reverse P gives the bass a more balanced sound across all the strings.

I greatly trust Ed Friedland's advice, but I'm curious to know what everyone else thinks about this. I should be able to order my new Lull bass by the end of April at the latest (possibly by the end of March), so I need to make up my mind on exactly what I want. My only reasoning for keeping the traditional P placement would be to keep the bottom end strong, especially since I want a 5 string.
 
#108
Killens84 said:
I was just reading an entire thread about how Ed Friedland recommends a reverse P on a P/J bass. He recommended to keep the traditional P if it's just a P bass. But he said the problem with having the traditional P on a P/J bass is that it puts the treble coil of the P pickup too close to the J pickup at the bridge. And he said the reverse P gives the bass a more balanced sound across all the strings.

I greatly trust Ed Friedland's advice, but I'm curious to know what everyone else thinks about this. I should be able to order my new Lull bass by the end of April at the latest (possibly by the end of March), so I need to make up my mind on exactly what I want. My only reasoning for keeping the traditional P placement would be to keep the bottom end strong, especially since I want a 5 string.
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Id say talk to Mike as he builds these all day long.Im guessing he has made the reverse P config a time or two.I too trust Eds advise,but I would further guess that Mike would recommend the reverse P in a PJ setup if he felt the same-just a guess.But Id think it would depend on what you are going for.I just received a PJ5 from Mike last week and so far I love it.Ive been playing a P bass alot lately on my gig and love it for most things we do,but for me it wasnt working for certain things.I wanted a bass that was a P most of the time but I could get that middy jazz finger style tone or a different vibe when a straight up P wasnt working.For that it works great for what I want it for.
 
#110
I spoke to Mike yesterday, and I've got everything nailed down on exactly what I want, except body finish.
I'm going with the passive V5 with Precision pickup in neck position, alder body, and Madagascar RW fretboard. I just can't decide if I want a candy apple red, ice blue metallic, or sherwood green finish. I'm getting a tortoise pickguard and an extra white pearloid pickguard with whichever finish I choose.
There's no doubt that Mike is one of the premier masters of his craft, and one of the best people to do business with.
 
#112
I am really looking forward to my new build. I placed an order in January for an M4 with PJ configuration in Aged Olympic White with matching headstock. It will be Alder/RW, passive with Fralins.

My fretless should be done pretty soon. That order was startred in November. I went down to his shop to check out the body and it looks really nice. As for wood choices, we decided on mahogany with a maple top. Will definately share pics when they arrive.
 
#113
I had my first gig with my Lull P4 this past weekend.

It performed flawlessly. Sounded great paired up with a Mesa Walkabout and Bergantino AE210. It sounded the way a bass should. ;)


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#116
still loving the Lull , here is a post from a while back , the bass tone is there , performance , well at that time getting there , about 5 min into the tune the tone gets nice and some improv , not steller but the damm bass sounds nice , these are great basses and ill get a more recent one up soon , thanks Mike ! the stuckeys - YouTube
 
#119
Man. Just got this from Paul. This is the body for my fretless. It will have an unlined ebony board, Fralin single coil pups with a Bart pre. I am just blown away at the quality of work that Mike and company do.

Number please...
 

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