The Mike Lull Club

[Basso Gruvitas]

+1 for Bassline humcancelling singles over the Bart singles. Just no comparison in jazz tone and versatility.

I have the Audere preamp in mine which sounds awesome, but I wish I could switch to passive. That comes in handy when the battery dies.

 

[lullbass]

This are my very favorite basses Sunburst M5V Alder body maple neck. #732

My first Mike Lull is this Natural M5V Ash/ Maple #409

This 4 string is a crushing jazz bass ... Natural M4V #859

 

[lullbass]

 

[YCBass]

Great basses, give the man a number!

 

[Basso Gruvitas]

Must be nice to be a Lull ENDORSER!


Luck-KEEEE!

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[lullbass]

I paid for my Mike Lull basses. I play them and endorse them because they're great basses. I truly found my voice in Mike's bass. And he's a bass player that understands what bass players want in a bass. ......... and yes I am lucky to have found an instrument that really works for me.

 

[ghiadub]

Just picked this up at Guitar Man in NYC:

My first lull and a keeper. Seems to be a rare color.

 

[B.C.]

I paid for my Mike Lull basses. I play them and endorse them because they're great basses. I truly found my voice in Mike's bass. And he's a bass player that understands what bass players want in a bass. ......... and yes I am lucky to have found an instrument that really works for me.

Cangrats man! I love love love my Mike Lull!

 

[Spencer!]

This came yesterday, but I've been too busy playing it to post pics until now. Fralin pickups, bartolini preamp, nails the 70's jazz tone!

 

[Basso Gruvitas]

Wow, some beautiful new Lulls on the scene! Congrats guys! I hope you enjoy your Lulls as much as I do mine!

Played it all day at church -- it can create just ANY tone, with comfortable playing!

 

[lowstrung5]

I paid for my Mike Lull basses. I play them and endorse them because they're great basses. I truly found my voice in Mike's bass. And he's a bass player that understands what bass players want in a bass. ......... and yes I am lucky to have found an instrument that really works for me.

Not to blow your cover.......but arent you Darryl Anders? Ladies and Gents, this is one of THE baddest cats on the west coast. This is also one of the guys that has done the recording for Guitar Hero, played with Tower of Power..... along with many other credits. I'm a big fan. Check him out on Youtube and Myspace. He's also listed on Mike Lulls website on the endorsing artists page. If this isn't Darryl, ooops.........my bad.

 

[B.C.]

This came yesterday, but I've been too busy playing it to post pics until now. Fralin pickups, bartolini preamp, nails the 70's jazz tone!

Wow! That is nice!

 

[HUH!WHAT?!?]

Hi, brace yourselves. I am currently a rather disgruntled and exasperated owner of a new Mike Lull bass. I either need to find a shop to adjust my new bass for me, or some advice which I haven't already tried. At this point what I have is a brand new, expensive piece of crap, goes by the name of "BUZZ". I live in northern Minnesota, if anyone can suggest a shop in this area. I have owned this bass for two months, changed the strings that I ordered with it to D'Addarios' Chromes, at the suggestion of the builder. I had to change three of the screws in the bridge saddles because they weren't long enough and caused some of the buzzing I am experiencing. I have adjusted the neck repeatedly during these last two months, (the buzz returns after a day or two). And I have been running a room humidifier everyday since this bass arrived. I have discussed this problem with the builder,on a couple of different occasions. Any practical suggestions on a shop in the north MN. area, or adjusting advice would be greatly appreciated! (I have purchased two brand new Fender basses, still own one, and I have not had any problem with either of those basses)

 

[Zooberwerx]

Hi, brace yourselves. I am currently a rather disgruntled and exasperated owner of a new Mike Lull bass. I either need to find a shop to adjust my new bass for me, or some advice which I haven't already tried. At this point what I have is a brand new, expensive piece of crap, goes by the name of "BUZZ". I live in northern Minnesota, if anyone can suggest a shop in this area. I have owned this bass for two months, changed the strings that I ordered with it to D'Addarios' Chromes, at the suggestion of the builder. I had to change three of the screws in the bridge saddles because they weren't long enough and caused some of the buzzing I am experiencing. I have adjusted the neck repeatedly during these last two months, (the buzz returns after a day or two). And I have been running a room humidifier everyday since this bass arrived. I have discussed this problem with the builder,on a couple of different occasions. Any practical suggestions on a shop in the north MN. area, or adjusting advice would be greatly appreciated! (I have purchased two brand new Fender basses, still own one, and I have not had any problem with either of those basses)

We feel your pain as there is nothing more frustrating than a bad set-up on a stellar instrument. How much of the set-up have you been able to do on your own....relief, intonation, string height, etc.? I take it the bridge screws in question were for height adjustment? If so, I'd be suspicious that the neck relief needs some attention. Can you tell us what you've done so far? Pics may help. If there is no structural compromise, there's a good chance you can do most of the adjustments yourself.

Riis

 

[HUH!WHAT?!?]

Hi Zooberwerx, and thanks for the quick reply. The screws I am referring to are the intonation adjustment screws, when I changed strings, the saddle for the 'd' string shot right off the end of the screw. After changing to new strings I checked the intonation and had to readjust it. And found that I was getting some buzzing from the saddles because the adjustment screws were only touching the saddles by a couple of threads. I switched strings from Thomastik-Infelds which I had sent to the shop while they were building the bass. I have been adjusting the neck relief mainly, following the builders' suggestions. Most recently I adjusted the neck relief and checked the string height according to the Fender manual specifications since I was told "ballpark" figures for neck relief and string height adjustments. Unfortunately I don't have a decent camera, I would have to borrow one, it's definitely a beautiful bass to look at.

 

[Zooberwerx]

Hi Zooberwerx, and thanks for the quick reply. The screws I am referring to are the intonation adjustment screws, when I changed strings, the saddle for the 'd' string shot right off the end of the screw. After changing to new strings I checked the intonation and had to readjust it. And found that I was getting some buzzing from the saddles because the adjustment screws were only touching the saddles by a couple of threads. I switched strings from Thomastik-Infelds which I had sent to the shop while they were building the bass. I have been adjusting the neck relief mainly, following the builders' suggestions. Most recently I adjusted the neck relief and checked the string height according to the Fender manual specifications since I was told "ballpark" figures for neck relief and string height adjustments. Unfortunately I don't have a decent camera, I would have to borrow one, it's definitely a beautiful bass to look at.

Thanks for the clarification. I've had that happen myself when setting the intonation on a HipShot bridge. I was almost there when *blammo* the saddle comes off the screw! I made the concession to leave the D string just a little flat.

Where's the relief when doing the 1st / 24th and the 1st / 15th? I'm using business cards as reference as I can't find my pocket rule at the moment. Science!

Riis

 

[HUH!WHAT?!?]

Thanks for the clarification. I've had that happen myself when setting the intonation on a HipShot bridge. I was almost there when *blammo* the saddle comes off the screw! I made the concession to leave the D string just a little flat.

Where's the relief when doing the 1st / 24th and the 1st / 15th? I'm using business cards as reference as I can't find my pocket rule at the moment. Science!

Riis

I put a capo on the first fret and pressed on the last fret (21st) and the relief at the 8th fret is set at 12 thousandths of an inch. Oh, and just FYI, the size of the intonation adjustment screws are #4 40 count threads, 1" long. I had to change to 1 1/4", and 1 1/2" screws. The hardware store I went to didn't have them in black.

 

[Zooberwerx]

I put a capo on the first fret and pressed on the last fret (21st) and the relief at the 8th fret is set at 12 thousandths of an inch.

Did you say 12 / 1000's of an inch? Try the 1st and 15th, please.

Riis

 

[HUH!WHAT?!?]

Did you say 12 / 1000's of an inch? Try the 1st and 15th, please.

Riis

Okay, tried that. Just to be clear, capo on the first fret, fretted at the 15th fret, and checked at the 8th fret, 12/1000's of an inch. Unfortunately, still buzzing from the first to the last fret.

 

[Zooberwerx]

Okay, tried that. Just to be clear, capo on the first fret, fretted at the 15th fret, and checked at the 8th fret, 12/1000's of an inch. Unfortunately, still buzzing from the first to the last fret.

Getting ready to leave for a gig but I'll leave with thought for now:

I've found that Fender specs don't always translate well when dealing with all instruments. First thing I would do is drop a tad more relief into the FB, maybe 1/12-1/8 of a turn. I'm kinda concerned as the relief is exactly the same when measured at both reference points (15th and 21st frets). Recheck using both methods and get back to me. I'll check the thread when I get home this AM.

We'll fix this thing yet!

Riis