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can't believe you let me gig that bass.....
I’m lovin the Petersson Lull Tbird. Built very well, nice and light and the Mary Kay Trans White has always been one of my favorite colors. I’m still debating on changing the control harness to a couple of vol/tone stacks, which I’m positive would make this already great bass phenomenal. The only thing holding me back is the fact that this particular beauty is in pristine condition, truly investment grade and super rare with the swamp ash body. Any desoldering of pickups raises the question of authenticity of the pickups. For that reason I’ll probably pass on the mod and just enjoy the wonderful bass as is.I took a roundabout sort of trip to Mike Lull's today to pick up my EB-3, not a bad for November here in Seattle. While at Lull's I had the pleasure of chatting with Spencer about T4s and the TPT4 that George picked up recently. He knew exactly which bass it was, and that The Bass Shop had sold it, as evidently there are very, very, few of them in existence. Which led to him telling me that a total of only 105 T4s were made counting the TPT4 production, so any Lull is going to be a rare one, might be a good idea to hang onto a T4 if you have one,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Spencer asked that if I were to ever wish to sell mine that I bring it back to the shop as they'd be first to want to buy it.
Mike Lull TPT4 Bass — Mike Lull Custom Guitars
www.mikelull.com
The leaves on my Japanese Maple are beyond vibrant when the sun hits them.
I'm guessing this and the above reply is a soft "no"?
It's one of those basses you see and just want to play it.
Count me in. As much as I love Thunderbirds. There's something very special about a good Pbass that will never ever get old. Js are nice, but they ain't no Pbass IMO.
This one is very special to me.
Killer!!
Don’t have a J. Maybe someday. Maybe not.
I know. For me it’s mostly an ergo thing. They just aren’t comfortable for me sitting down. And that’s mostly how I play. Some don’t care for Tbird ergonomics. We’re all a little different. I toss chips at you guys over the tone, but that’s mostly just to bug you. They’re the right bass for some music.
Totally get it. It’s a ymmv thing.
No no, back up there, would not be here without you!!!! None of us....time for oysters, what do you say?..,,
I posted a pic of the body of this Lull T4II a few days ago. Still kind of shocked that I landed this. There can't be many of them. Mark do you know how many T4IIs were made? I've never seen another one other than yours. Anyway, this was FS on Reverb. Priced pretty high. The seller and I went back and forth with offers and counters over a couple of weeks. He finally accepted a fair offer. I think I was the only one making offers. I knew the chances of seeing another of these at all much less for sale was next to none. It's very light and plays beautifully. I just put a new set of 45-105 Power Steels on it and backed off on the truss rod a hair. It came with bridge cables on it, a 50-110 set of flats. Those things do not bend! This one is also an ash body with a Mary Kay finish. Gonna shake the house a bit this afternoon. My family's away for the weekend.
