Hi there,
I'm Marcello, from Roma, Italy. I don't write so much on this forum, but I often follow intresting threads and, of course, I'm a Ball user!
I want to share with you the joy of owning a beautifully EBMM made guitar customized by myself to suit my own taste and playing. It's a pearl blue Luke II made in february 2005 and bought in Rome few months later.
So, that's how the guitar looks like:
headstock close-up:
inside its great-smelling case:
and the case itself, featuring the mighty Flying Spaghetti Monster and the Elvis-faced Jesus sticker:
You can see more pix (all hi-res) here
So Marcello, you may think, what about the mods?
Here we are:
First I replaced the original EMG pickups with Di Marzio Hs-3 (x2) and Paf pro, now the guitar sounds less "hi-fi" and more strat-like, though punchier than the usual 3 single coil pickups guitar we all know about. I replaced all the plastics too to match the new pickups.
Then I sanded away the Luke decal, nothing against the man himself or EBMM (they're both great!), I just didn't feel as "mine" a guitar with someone else's name on the headstock
The third interesting mod was adding an N-Tune, an amazing chromatic tuner you can install inside your guitar
The next two step will be changing the frets (which are really damaged) with a medium-jumbo fretwire and adding a Tremol-no, does anyone ever had the chance to try it?
So guys, thanks for reading, sorry for my messy English, I hope you enjoyed and comment heavily this thread of mine! I'm here to answer every question and listen to any suggestion.
Rock and Roll!
Marcello
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Originally Posted by Norrin Radd
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