Happy Jack

[Smug] I also own this: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/Mike%20Lull%20PT4%202013%20CURRENT/Mike%20Lull%204%20-%20complete%202_zpshg2pqyeb.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/Mike%20Lull%20PT4%202013%20CURRENT/Mike%20Lull%204%20-%20complete%202_zpshg2pqyeb.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/Smug] If only you were closer to London, wayne58 ...

In all fairness, he's only used it a few times.

I play the T5 with the Junkyard Dogs. Being a Lull 5-string it has 35" scale (which I love) and it is undeniably a stretch to the D-string tuner for average height me. Playing at the nut is no real issue and I barely notice the extra length. I have no issues with balance at all. It's a light bass - the main feature that first attracted me to Lull - and I use a grippy Comfort Strapp. If I do something stupid like letting go of the neck and jumping, then yes I can induce some neckdive. The sound of those Lull T-pickups is utterly majestic.

Sorry to be displaying my ignorance, but isn't it basically just another P/J bass? Obviously the body-styling is intended to make you think 'Alembic' but won't it sound just like an Encore or a Westfield?

Bas Extravaganza was a wonderful site.

Nice hat!

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1486999045' post='3236139'] It's truly horrible! I feel sick looking at it! [/quote] I agree. I hate all Jazz basses.

Judging by the OP's user name and avatar pic, we might conceivably be talking about a Rick here in which case advising that he uses a different bass is probably not helping.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1486994338' post='3236083'] I'd say no watches on stage at all - unless you're Flavor Flav! [/quote] I'm guessing that cufflinks and a tie-clip are right out then?

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1483092067' post='3204610'] Headless would be even better. Oh, look: although I prefer parallel necks (which they do too). And they're composite so they keep the weight below 6kg. [/quote] Not that 6Kg is actually "light", you understand. As for myself, I found my double-neck disappeared quite quickly when I went on a diet ...

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1486633896' post='3233352'] That bit of heartwood running from the lower horn to the control cavity is an accident waiting to happen. [/quote] I thought that was epoxy!

I find the best way to get a great sound is to always play in exactly the same place in the same room using the same bass through the same rig at the same volume. As soon as I try playing in a different pub it all goes to sh*t.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1486577869' post='3232983'] Not [url="http://crimsonguitars.com/"]http://crimsonguitars.com/[/url] then? Someone had better call Ben and tell him he's mis-spelt it! [/quote] Correct! NOT Crimson but Crinson. I used to own this: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20SOLD/Crinson%20Telebass%202007%20SOLD/DSCF4457.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20SOLD/Crinson%20Telebass%202007%20SOLD/DSCF4457.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I can't remember his name now, and I never actually dealt with him (I bought the bass from Eubassix of this parish IIRC), but he was a Scots luthier of - allegedly - cantankerous disposition. He didn't do many basses, and his specialism was very convincing relicing. Were it not for the fact that I just can't get my ahead around relicing, I'd still own that bass. Twas a wonderful player and really looked the business.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-Birdsong-Embrace-4String-Fretless-Bass-Mesquite-wTurquoise-4-of-8-38845-/322416506732 Lovely piece of carved wood? Check. Beautifully-sculpted oval hollow to receive pickup? Check? Rectangular lump of black plastic badly screwed in at a slight angle? Oh yes.

The thing about open mics / jam sessions is that the audience will comprise almost entirely musos waiting to play. In most cases that means that they'll be nursing a soda & lime, so even if the place is full there'll not be much to show for it from a landlord's POV. For an open mic to be viable, you'll probably need to attract local musos who might in due course become regulars at the pub on non-music nights. Whether you go open mic or bands, the key will anyway be the promotion. Posters, websites, gig listing, social media, you name it. And that never stops. Ever.

[quote name='shadowalka' timestamp='1486220942' post='3230140'] Anyone have any experiences with Crimson? [/quote] Yup. And it's CriNson.

[quote name='DanOwens' timestamp='1486333532' post='3231005'] ... the white thing and the yellow thing and the little thing ... [/quote] You sir are a man I could do business with.

No, it's cause he's in Moray.

Anyway, the guy from Madness never used that bass,

Yup. Someone did.

Also check out work by Crinson and Bravewood. Harder to do business with than Jon Shuker, but making beautiful P-basses to order is more part of their DNA than I suspect it is for Jon. You weren't keen on my Mike Lull P5 were you?

That is a GREAT deal for someone. I'm trying to downsize at the moment, and I already have an SB320, and I don't live near Oxford, and I'm STILL tempted. http://youtu.be/vZic9ZHU_40

Another idea for a topic would be [b] When your fiancé doesn't know you[/b] That could go off in some very interesting directions ...

That's a lovely piece of work, and the cracking of the nitrocellulose is simply lush.