The Mike Lull Club Part 4

[TonyP-]

Should be done any day now. Here's the latest pic I got from Mike on Wednesday.

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Oh My...
Stock pickups or Nordstrand?

 

[Holdsg]

Looks amazing

 

[Xansky]

Oh My...
Stock pickups or Nordstrand?

EMG GZR Geezer Butler

 

[JRMK]

Hi Lullers,

Has anyone ever swapped out 4 knob Bartolini NTMB preamp out of their M5V? I have one with stock SD pickups and while I have no issues with Bart pre itself I miss the passive tone control badly...

I have been skimming through the market landscape and it seems that both Nordstrand and Sadowsky are an option (while Nordy can be configured for 3 band AND passive tone within 4 knob layout).

Would love to hear any experiences/recommendations on the pairing with stock Seymours that Mike has? Feeling a little lost here

 

[TonyP-]

Hi Lullers,

Has anyone ever swapped out 4 knob Bartolini NTMB preamp out of their M5V? I have one with stock SD pickups and while I have no issues with Bart pre itself I miss the passive tone control badly...

I have been skimming through the market landscape and it seems that both Nordstrand and Sadowsky are an option (while Nordy can be configured for 3 band AND passive tone within 4 knob layout).

Would love to hear any experiences/recommendations on the pairing with stock Seymours that Mike has? Feeling a little lost here

Hi I gone the opposite route several times in Lulls "Nordstrand pickups -> Bart Pre"

Just for the record I think you there is a Bart pre that offers a passive roll off with a multi band pre. You might want to look into that.

 

[TonyP-]

EMG GZR Geezer Butler

I hear great things about those pickups

 

[s0707]

Hi Lullers,

Has anyone ever swapped out 4 knob Bartolini NTMB preamp out of their M5V? I have one with stock SD pickups and while I have no issues with Bart pre itself I miss the passive tone control badly...

I have been skimming through the market landscape and it seems that both Nordstrand and Sadowsky are an option (while Nordy can be configured for 3 band AND passive tone within 4 knob layout).

Would love to hear any experiences/recommendations on the pairing with stock Seymours that Mike has? Feeling a little lost here

I forget, is that the stock preamp in M5V's? If so, have you tried pulling the volume knob? In my M5V, pulling the volume know sets it into passive mode.

 

[GeeBass]

There is no need to swap the preamp out in order to get a passive tone control.

I posted a while back about having a passive tone control added to my stock M5V by Mike at his shop. I believe it is added in the circuit before the preamp.
Call the Lull shop to discuss this mod - it can be done without the need to send the entire bass - you'd just send them the control plate.
BTW - the passive tone control they added works in both active and passive modes. The mid-frequency selector was retained by adding a small mini-switch to control plate.

 

[MattLplaysBass]

I have one that has a passive tone control, stacked on the mid knob. There's a two way toggle for the mid frequency. It's a bart pre.

I'll post some pics later.

 

[JRMK]

Thanks for the advice guys!

@TonyP- I actually thought of you but reckoned that you are pretty much always going full Nordy (PUs and pre)? Interesting to hear you kept Bart pre in some instances.

@GeeBass @Fred312b Adding mid switch and passive tone on top of stack mid-knob sounds like a clean (at least economically clean) solution!

Now onto thread archeology to find your posts GeeBass!

 

[Xansky]

I hear great things about those pickups

They are definitely my favorite!

 

[Xansky]

Just took delivery of my new custom PJ4. EMG GZR Geezer Butler pups, glow-in-the-dark fret marker dots in the black neck binding, and autographed on the back of the headstock by Mike, himself. Thanks, Mike, Paul, and all the crew!

 

[MattLplaysBass]

Hi Lullers,

Has anyone ever swapped out 4 knob Bartolini NTMB preamp out of their M5V? I have one with stock SD pickups and while I have no issues with Bart pre itself I miss the passive tone control badly...

I have been skimming through the market landscape and it seems that both Nordstrand and Sadowsky are an option (while Nordy can be configured for 3 band AND passive tone within 4 knob layout).

Would love to hear any experiences/recommendations on the pairing with stock Seymours that Mike has? Feeling a little lost here

Sorry for the delay- real life and all...


Please excise the unpolished control plate

I'm guessing I'm at least the 3rd owner, but it came from the shop this way

Rocket Music - LullM5VCharcoalBurstSOLD

 

[MattLplaysBass]

Also, wish I hadn't seen this- wowzas!!!

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[Saluki]

Also, wish I hadn't seen this- wowzas!!!
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Wish it were a 34" scale!

 

[Xansky]

Also, wish I hadn't seen this- wowzas!!!
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Great price!

 

[gossmanster]

Am I doing this right?

 

[xnewyorka]

Am I doing this right?

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Not at all. The fretwrap is supposed to be on the other side of the nut. And you only have two. Which is a good start, but you only have two...

 

[gossmanster]

I only play above the nut...I don't like that deep boomy sound when you play the lower parts of the strings. Thanks for the advice on getting more of these things...I just may do that.

 

[Notch Johnson]

Am I doing this right?

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That short scale with the Tbird pickups is HOT