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The Mike Lull Club Part 4

#1,941
kevk said:
Maybe a weird post...I've got nothing new (Lull-wise) to show off. But, I just have to say (after playing my M5 fretless for awhile tonight) Lull's are so ridiculously comfortable to play! I don't know if it's just the neck feel or what? They're just flat out comfortable to play! I find myself pulling this bass to noodle with, over anything else...and I seriously love other brands, too! Why is this the case with Lull's? What is Mike doing, that makes them so subtly addicting? PleK'ing? I usually tell people it's the neck feel, but seems more than that?
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Interesting and I hope to not come off like a broken record.
Besides the obvious extremely high quality, playing ability and the added beauty of the pleKing on all of Mikes instruments...

There is something really special about the M5/JT5-24 body and neck combo... (Same body on both those models)
I don't think its just 1 thing either. It has the longer horn (which I love), more of a contour in the back, the slightly smaller body does make it cozy and the access to notes past the octave is really easy.

Who knows what the future brings, but I don't see myself ever going with any other platform for a 5 string.
 
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TonyP- said:
Interesting and I hope to not come off like a broken record.
Besides the obvious extremely high quality, playing ability and the added beauty of the pleKing on all of Mikes instruments...

There is something really special about the M5/JT5-24 body and neck combo... (Same body on both those models)
I don't think its just 1 thing either. It has the longer horn (which I love), more of a contour in the back, the slightly smaller body does make it cozy and the access to notes past the octave is really easy.

Who knows what the future brings, but I don't see myself ever going with any other platform for a 5 string.
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^^^^+1... The left hand access is nice (and spacious) all the way to the 24th fret. Add the pleKing, and the stellar satin finished necks = comfort! Just wish they were priced at the "low end" of their model selections!
 
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TonyP- said:
This bass doesn't look ultra aggressive...BUT it ripped.
Let me explain why.

Mike offers actually 3 different stock pickup spacing for his T-bird pickups.
-J bass
-T bass
-P bass (this one is the most aggressive and is pictured below)

This bass had some serious growl and had a killer slap tone.
Its looks more conservative but man oh man...Loved it.

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This one really does it for me. I love a P body with those pickups.

Got to hang with Tony a few days ago and play his Lull basses. Haven't played a Lull in years. They were outstanding. Very well made and, most importantly, they feel super comfortable and play great.
 
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Greets. I just picked up an M5 in 34" scale from Chicago Music Exchange. The sales experience was mediocre, but the bass kills in every way and I love it. I only have 2 minor complaints. The 1st is the (IMHO) rather crappy Lull branded gig bag it came with and the 2nd is the fact that the battery cover requires a screwdriver to open. I realize these are minor issues, but at this price point, IMHO, details matter. Anyway, time to go back and play that wonderful instrument some more :-)

BTW my only previous Lull was T-Bird, which I had to part with because I found it very uncomfortable not to have a forearm rest for the plucking hand when seated. That bass (sonic blue/maple, now FS by its' current owner) remains the most esthetically pleasing bass I have ever seen, and those T pups my absolute favorite sounding.

Happy thumpin"!
 
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lomo said:
Greets. I just picked up an M5 in 34" scale from Chicago Music Exchange. The sales experience was mediocre, but the bass kills in every way and I love it. I only have 2 minor complaints. The 1st is the (IMHO) rather crappy Lull branded gig bag it came with and the 2nd is the fact that the battery cover requires a screwdriver to open. I realize these are minor issues, but at this price point, IMHO, details matter. Anyway, time to go back and play that wonderful instrument some more :)

BTW my only previous Lull was T-Bird, which I had to part with because I found it very uncomfortable not to have a forearm rest for the plucking hand when seated. That bass (sonic blue/maple, now FS by its' current owner) remains the most esthetically pleasing bass I have ever seen, and those T pups my absolute favorite sounding.

Happy thumpin"!
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Hmm, I had a good experience with Chicago Music. Too bad.

Did it come with the Protec bag?

Most of the boutique builders don't use battery boxes. They don't hold up all that well. Lull, Roscoe, Sadowsky...they all need a screwdriver to get to the battery. At least the Lull only uses two screws. My Sadowskys are in the control cavity under 4 or 5 screws...
 
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Dave W said:
Most of the boutique builders don't use battery boxes. They don't hold up all that well. Lull, Roscoe, Sadowsky...they all need a screwdriver to get to the battery. At least the Lull only uses two screws. My Sadowskys and Roscoe are in the control cavity under 4 or 5 screws...
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That is precisely why we don't use the battery boxes: high failure rate.

For the record however, our battery is housed in a separate compartment, and it has 2 screws. Not in the control cavity with 4+. :)
 
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Dave W said:
Hmm, I had a good experience with Chicago Music. Too bad.

Mine wasn't bad, but there were very minor things I didn't like. It was nothing that would deter me from buying there again, but only if they already had in stock what I wanted.

Did it come with the Protec bag?

I guess so-it's a floppy bag with adequate padding and a Lull logo. IMHO a rigid bag with some form to it is in order, but that's my opinion.

Most of the boutique builders don't use battery boxes. They don't hold up all that well. Lull, Roscoe, Sadowsky...they all need a screwdriver to get to the battery. At least the Lull only uses two screws. My Sadowskys and Roscoe are in the control cavity under 4 or 5 screws...

This makes a lot of sense and I wasn't aware of it. IME the ultimate battery cover is the magnetic Dingwall iteration, which is a flash of brilliance=better mouse trap.
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#1,955
Dave W said:
That doesn't sound like the Protec bag. They're very similar to a Mono. Somewhat rigid, light, good protection, all in all a nice bag.
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Then I guess it's not. The stock bag is already buried in the garage and the bass is in my favorite iGig bag. The bag it came with was the sort that MuFr sells for 49 bucks, with a Lull logo. At 3500, I had hoped for a little more. However, I reiterate that as much as the bag sucks, the bass is really lighting it up :bassist:
 
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lomo said:
Greets. I just picked up an M5 in 34" scale from Chicago Music Exchange. The sales experience was mediocre, but the bass kills in every way and I love it. I only have 2 minor complaints. The 1st is the (IMHO) rather crappy Lull branded gig bag it came with and the 2nd is the fact that the battery cover requires a screwdriver to open. I realize these are minor issues, but at this price point, IMHO, details matter. Anyway, time to go back and play that wonderful instrument some more :)
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So Mike works with Protec and the lighter bags are made from Protec as well (They are just not the Contego which are an up-charge and not included). They will have however give the light bags with basses. Sorry for the experience, just clarifying for yourself and anybody curious.

Stoked for you that you dig the bass...The M5 are yummy.
 
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TonyP- said:
This bass doesn't look ultra aggressive...BUT it ripped.
Let me explain why.

Mike offers actually 3 different stock pickup spacing for his T-bird pickups.
-J bass
-T bass
-P bass (this one is the most aggressive and is pictured below)

This bass had some serious growl and had a killer slap tone.
Its looks more conservative but man oh man...Loved it.

35b78uo.jpg
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Would you be able to describe the tonal difference of the T Bird in P spacing between a normal J or P?

I've owned a T Bird before and wasn't all that crazy about the tone of it, but I just had a crazy thought about modding one of my P's with T Bird pickups from Mike.
 

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