Mark Wilson
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Just so I can figure it out... Are the pickups 70's spacing?
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The Mike Lull Club
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Just so I can figure it out... Are the pickups 70's spacing?
Just from eyeballing the pic, it doesn't look like it... Looks about the same as my M5V.
I know the best thing to do before I ask is to go back through this whole thread - but honestly, I am lazy.
Does anyone have a fretless Lull? M5V specifically, but any model will work too... Or does anyone have pics they're keeping around?
My GAS list changes almost daily but a fretless has been a mainstay and I was thinking how great it would be to have another Lull... I missed out on the PJ5 on eBay recently.
A fretless Lull would be pretty darn amazing, but I'm so in love with Vic's(now sold) Zon fretless that that would be the only way I go.
However, man I bet his sound good too!
no, the bridge pup is inline with it's volume knob, for 70s spacing it needs to be inline with(or almost) the tone knob, or in this case the third knob..
I know the best thing to do before I ask is to go back through this whole thread - but honestly, I am lazy.
Does anyone have a fretless Lull? M5V specifically, but any model will work too... Or does anyone have pics they're keeping around?
My GAS list changes almost daily but a fretless has been a mainstay and I was thinking how great it would be to have another Lull... I missed out on the PJ5 on eBay recently.
Bryan Beller has one. He talks about it on his gear page at:
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or the direct link:
http://www.bryanbeller.com/music/instrumentsandstrings.html#mikelullcustom
His fretless is just breathtaking, and he is a great player.
So did someone in dah club grab that candy red M4V on Ebay?
Looked awesome.... I prefer single coil Fralins though.
Looked awesome.... I prefer single coil Fralins though.
Question for you Mike Lull owners:
Darn near every lull I've seen is lovely - but the few I've played seemed exactly like a fender to me. I guess what I was hoping for was that whole "Sadowsky Feel"... Am I missing something here?
Darn near every lull I've seen is lovely - but the few I've played seemed exactly like a fender to me. I guess what I was hoping for was that whole "Sadowsky Feel"... Am I missing something here?
Well, as far as I can tell that is Mike's goal - to make his basses feel like vintage Fenders but with modern appointments like preamps, 5-strings, etc. My M5V feels more like a vintage Fender than my previous Fender CS. And it sounds like J, even with the Bart preamp it still sounds like a J - not the J on steroids that people normally describe Sadowsky's as.
What do you mean by "Sadowsky Feel"??? The logical solution is to get a Sadowsky if that's what you're after (right?)... As much as they are both J (or P) style instruments they are very different from each other.
Well, if I had tons of disposable income, I'd gladly get a Sadowsky... BUT I DON'T. Hence my interest in a Mike Lull.
Given that Lull's seem to be made to pretty high standards, use nice parts, are often just gorgeous, I keep thinking they should just have *that feel*. Perhaps I've just not found the right one, I dunno. Can some one tell me if they use the smaller body's ala Sadowsky, or are they the stock Fenders size?
Well, IMHO having played both, the Sadowsky is a real different animal. What YCBass said is correct, his view is a vintage jazz bass with modern features. With the Sadowsky's, it may look like a jazz bass but it won't be an exact copy of a vintage Fender. IMHO and IME the only way to get the Sadowsky tone is to have a Sadowsky.
IMHO, BOTH the Lull and Sadowsky basses are modern takes on the J. There's no such thing as a Fender J with a 35" scale, and that really does change the tone. Not in the same way as the Sadowsky preamp, but enough to where I don't think either instrument, as great as they each are, could ever be called truly faithful to a genuine Fender J sound. Just depends on what kind of twist on the J you want most.
The M5V is a full size J body, the edges are a little more square than Fender, the Modern (M5 or M4) is the downsized body. I've also seen M4V's with a smaller body - care to fill in CaptainWally???
The one Sadowsky I played was an NYC 24-fret 5, the neck was thicker than my Lull - I really love the neck on mine.
Build quality is excellent just like Sadowsky's...
For me one of the biggest selling points for Lulls is the price - for the same $2800 that you'd spend on a Sadowsky Metro UV70-5 you can get a custom US made Lull with your choice of electronics, woods, finish, etc.
All this, IMHO.
What he said, plus the neck is extremely comfortable. It's a slightly flattened C profile if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, it is effortless to play.
IMHO, BOTH the Lull and Sadowsky basses are modern takes on the J. There's no such thing as a Fender J with a 35" scale, and that really does change the tone. Not in the same way as the Sadowsky preamp, but enough to where I don't think either instrument, as great as they each are, could ever be called truly faithful to a genuine Fender J sound. Just depends on what kind of twist on the J you want most.
True. Given the two though, I would call the Lull a much more "classical" take on the jazz bass.
What if you want a Lull to sound like a Hondo?
Well, I mean the Lull can't sound good at all anyway because it is just a parts bass.
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