The Mike Lull Club Part 4

[Vic]

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Finally got my 4 main giggers up on the wall. Along with my Lulls are an '05 American Fender Jazz which Mike PLEK'd when I was touring through Seattle and my beloved Skjold Slayer. I still can't believe the MTD lives in the closet, but that's the way it is.

Nice!

 

[pauliebass]

A wider angle of the studio with the Lulls in the middle. (The cello is my wife's... I'm glad she doesn't require more instruments

 

[Holdsg]

that fretless is so....awesome...

 

[wmmj]

I acquired these very recently, used but very close to new. Apologies for crappy cell phone pics.

Both weigh just a bit over 7lbs, and sound just like a good p-bass should. I also seem to like the vintage-style neck radius more than I'd imagined initially.

Thinking of putting a tort guard on the shell pink. Maybe pearloid guard on the burgundy mist.

 

[Holdsg]

Double the awesomeness

 

[funkythumb]

That's an awesome looking bass. What's the body wood?

 

[wmmj]

The UP4s I have are supposed to be Alder body. I've read some where that the fb for the UP4s are Brazilian rosewood, but I have no way to prove it. Feels great on my fingers and sounds awesome so I could care less

 

[jaibeau]

Little teaser of what in the works... NRT5 in satin 15% larger with reverse headstock, no pick guard

 

[Holdsg]

always thought Mike's satin black looked so cool.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

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Finally got my 4 main giggers up on the wall. Along with my Lulls are an '05 American Fender Jazz which Mike PLEK'd when I was touring through Seattle and my beloved Skjold Slayer. I still can't believe the MTD lives in the closet, but that's the way it is.

The silver P/J 24 fret one looks like the bridge is fairly far from the end of the bass. Is that just an optical illusion?

 

[pauliebass]

The silver P/J 24 fret one looks like the bridge is fairly far from the end of the bass. Is that just an optical illusion?

Not an illusion. That bass is longer than a M5V. There is definitely more body past the bridge. It's the same body shape as the M5. I think he did this because of the 24 fret design... It would be a really squat looking body otherwise.

 

[Bjornar]

This one arrived a few days ago:

http://www.rocketmusic.net/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=5793

Took it to my regular saturday afternoon jam today, and I am very happy with it so far. It is super comfortable to play, the neck feels great. Have been wanting a vintage vibe jazz bass for some time now to complement my Sadowsky and Roscoe basses and this one really delivers.

Here is a soundclip from this afternoon, both pu full, tone rolled back a little, through my Aguilar TH500 and Berg CN212

https://soundcloud.com/bjornarl/bossa

 

[RocketMusic]

Very nice, Bjornar! You're making that thing talk/sing. Thanks for sharing.

 

[jaibeau]

Little teaser of what in the works... NRT5 in satin 15% larger with reverse headstock, no pick guard View attachment 392910View attachment 392912

Arrived- very tight, balance is perfection, it's a big'n though- another mike masterpiece-

 

[pauliebass]

Rawk.

Arrived- very tight, balance is perfection, it's a big'n though- another mike masterpiece- View attachment 394668

 

[mark beem]

Arrived- very tight, balance is perfection, it's a big'n though- another mike masterpiece- View attachment 394668

LOVE IT!!

 

[Holdsg]

This one arrived a few days ago:

http://www.rocketmusic.net/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=5793

Took it to my regular saturday afternoon jam today, and I am very happy with it so far. It is super comfortable to play, the neck feels great. Have been wanting a vintage vibe jazz bass for some time now to complement my Sadowsky and Roscoe basses and this one really delivers.

Here is a soundclip from this afternoon, both pu full, tone rolled back a little, through my Aguilar TH500 and Berg CN212

https://soundcloud.com/bjornarl/bossa

Excellent, I happen to love both the bass and the keys on that one.

 

[jaibeau]

Thx guys-

 

[Holdsg]

Arrived- very tight, balance is perfection, it's a big'n though- another mike masterpiece- View attachment 394668

I'll say it again, that black satin finish is just woow.

 

[taylor16]

Does an M4V in passive with single coils sound the same (wood selection aside) as a V4? I know there is a slight difference in body size between the two.