Old Horse Murphy Posted September 9, 2015 Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) I've just picked up a mint condition Mike Lull PT4 which is basically a P Bass with Mike Lull Gibson Thunderbird-style pickups. I was fortunate enough to own a Mike Lull Jazz bass for a while and forgot just how amazing the build quality is. They are absolutely perfectly put together and the quality of the parts is amazing. This is Mahogany bodies with a lovely orangey brown tint to it. It weighs in around 9lbs but if anything feels lighter. Very happy apologies for the awful pics. I'll take some better ones shortly [URL=http://s945.photobucket.com/user/nwmurphy/media/image.jpg1_29.jpg.html][IMG]http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad298/nwmurphy/image.jpg1_29.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s945.photobucket.com/user/nwmurphy/media/image.jpg2_25.jpg.html][IMG]http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad298/nwmurphy/image.jpg2_25.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s945.photobucket.com/user/nwmurphy/media/image.jpg3_20.jpg.html][IMG]http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad298/nwmurphy/image.jpg3_20.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Edited September 9, 2015 by Old Horse Murphy Quote
Chiliwailer Posted September 9, 2015 Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) I noticed that had disappeared off the Bass Direct website, good work Nick! Those pickups always sound lovely when I hear them on sound clips. Very cool bass, absolutely love my Lull's Edited September 9, 2015 by Chiliwailer Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted September 9, 2015 Author Posted September 9, 2015 [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1441827303' post='2862169'] Lull pups surely, not Gibson? [/quote] Correct. Badly worded on my part and now edited Quote
Chiliwailer Posted September 9, 2015 Posted September 9, 2015 [quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1441827430' post='2862170'] Correct. Badly worded on my part and now edited [/quote] Apparently reversed engineered from a set of 1964 Thunderbird pickups. Quote
Billy Apple Posted September 9, 2015 Posted September 9, 2015 [quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1441827430' post='2862170'] Correct. Badly worded on my part and now edited [/quote] Very nice BTW Quote
Sibob Posted September 9, 2015 Posted September 9, 2015 Very cool looking bass! But how does it sound? Si Quote
gary mac Posted September 9, 2015 Posted September 9, 2015 Nice one Nick, that is a fine looking thing. Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 [quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1441830716' post='2862210'] Very cool looking bass! But how does it sound? Si [/quote] Not had a chance to plug it in yet. I'll remedy that this weekend Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted September 11, 2015 Author Posted September 11, 2015 [quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1441903303' post='2862853'] Not had a chance to plug it in yet. I'll remedy that this weekend [/quote] And it sounds wonderful Quote
ezbass Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 Nice. Isn't this the kind of thing Pino is playing these days? Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted September 13, 2015 Author Posted September 13, 2015 [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1442091946' post='2864424'] Flats? [/quote] Absolutely it's currently got La Bella Flats on it but the E and A strings sound a bit too thuddy to my ears. I'll get some TI's on it ASAP Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted September 19, 2015 Author Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) Well these Lulls are addictive. I'm having a clear out to make was for my new one. It's a Lull V4 Jazz and as always the craftsmanship is out of this world. Edited September 19, 2015 by Old Horse Murphy Quote
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