About Mike Lull Custom Guitars

Mike Lull was born in Eugene, Oregon. He moved to Washington in 1959, and grew up in Bellevue where he continues to reside with his family. He has been involved in the heart of the Seattle music scene since 1977. 

Mike began his career as a repairman at a guitar store in Washington State in 1970. By 1975 Mike had opened his own shop under the moniker Mike Lull’s Guitar Works. Mike’s reputation for performing only the highest quality repair work spread throughout Seattle and surrounding areas. Soon work came from such artists as Bob Dylan, Bill Frizell, Heart, Queesnryche, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Experience Music Project, Nirvana and Foo Fighters, having heard of Mike’s legendary fret work and fine tuning of guitars and basses.

Mike works on acoustic and electric instruments both popular and obscure. He has maintained instruments produced by all the big companies as well as boutique shops, and everything in between. He has been a gigging bass player for most of his life (currently playing in three bands). As both a working musician and professional repairman, Mike has developed a unique understanding of playability and tone. Several years ago he decided to build a bass for himself combining his knowledge as a player and luthier to create the ultimate instrument in playability and sound. It worked so well that in 1977 he decided to try his hand at building custom basses and guitars on a small scale using his successful formula of features.  In 1995 the Mike Lull Custom Guitar and Bass lines were launched.

Mike hand builds and tests every bass and guitar himself. He is truly a boutique builder.  He will work with you on options such as finish, fret type, fretboard wood, neck wood, body wood(s), inlays, pickups, pickup placement, pickguard, string gauge, tuners, bridge type, and hardware finish. Left-hand models are available. Every instrument is given a precision setup using the Plek Pro machine. Every order is a custom order!

He has an extensive list of top professional players using his instruments for styles of music as varied as jazz, pop, metal, classic rock, blues, country, and any other style you can think of.

Mike continues to maintain his repair business in Bellevue, with the help of Tom Albert and Jeff Hoppe in the shop, and Paul Schuster as General Manager.