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Very nice!
both of my Lulls are rosewood but I would love to try a a Lull with maple
Does your Shadowsky also have a maple board? How would you compare the two?
Thanks for posting the photos
mark beem
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Yes, my Sadowsky also has a maple board. I've also had a Sadowsky with an ebony board and two Lull's with rosewood. I've found I like the little extra brightness that maple boards give you, especially from the B string. I also like the "feel" of a maple board. (Hard to explain what that is, but I notice it.)
The Sadowsky (7.3 lbs, BTW), with hum-cancelling pickups and stock preamp, sound a little compressed when soloing the bridge pickup (I love that sound), and has lots of natural snap. The neck pickup has that big J neck pickup sound, but nice and bright. The slap tone is absolutely wicked and seems to "jump off the board."
The Lull, with hum-cancelling Nordstrands and an Audere preamp, can sound fuller or leaner, depending on the Z-mode. I use these modes a lot, along with the three-band tone controls. I feel like I have infinite tone-shaping ability with this arrangement. The bridge pickup is punchy but not compressed like the Sadowsky, and the neck pickup isn't quite as "big" as the Sadowsky, but still nails the J neck pickup sound. The Lull slap sound is great, but seems more controlled and nuanced somehow. Some of this difference may be due to pickup height and setup.
Also, the Lull neck seems to be slightly thicker, but it doesn't affect playability. I think Mike and Roger make the most playable necks in the business.
Bottom line -- they're different sounding enough that there's a reason to have both, and they're both an absolute joy to play. If I was told I could only keep one of them, I have no idea which I'd pick. I guess I'd toss a coin!
TimothyGroovy
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Really nice looking bass!
Is that just me? Why the M5V on this one seems featured a downsized body to my eyes??
It is downsized. A few weeks back I was picking up a bass from Mike's shop and he was testing that M5V out in his showroom. I said the same thing and he said it was a downsized body. He explained that he usually does a full sized body on the M5V because he feels it gives the tone a little more heft.
mark beem
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Mine's identical but with the full size body.
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Both are damn good looking basses!
mark beem
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Well, the full-sized body definitely give the bass more weight, but I don't think this bass give up anything in tone!
You're right about that! When I heard Mike plug that bass in and start playing, I had to go check it out. That was probably one of the biggest, thickest sounding basses I've ever heard.
Well, I am excited to say that I'm about to join the club. I own one, but it just ain't here yet, DAMMMIT!!!
Glamor shots will have to do for now. Has the Lindy Frailins, and weighs a svelte 7.9 pounds. Swamp ash body. I guess you would call the finish transparent sonic blueburst?
Glamor shots will have to do for now. Has the Lindy Frailins, and weighs a svelte 7.9 pounds. Swamp ash body. I guess you would call the finish transparent sonic blueburst?
mark beem
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Well, the reason I suggested that is that it does seem to get dark and solid around the edges, which is sort of characteristic of a burst. But, it works for me!
