Hey all, first post. So I want to get a Luke III, it would be a new one with the EBMM pickups because I want the Fuschia Sparkle. But having a hard time deciding between HH and HSS...
I already have a great HH guitar, a PRS DGT.
I already have a great HSS guitar, a Fender Strat, with my neck and pickup choices (JB bridge and YJM neck and middle). And a Bladerunner vibrato bridge. At this point, it's a partscaster.
The Luke HSS would likely replace my strat (assuming I loved it), I don't need 2 HSS guitars.
The HH would likely NOT replace my DGT, unless I end up loving the Luke even more than the DGT.
I love the DGT bridge pickup, which is modeled after a PAF. I love the JB bridge, but it can be a little much at the times I'm looking for a more vintage-y tone (works great for Lukather and Sambora tho LOL).
I love strat and tele neck pickups, and I HATE strat middle pickups as I always hit them with my pick so I have to lower them, making the in-between positions a little weak. I love and prefer the LOOKS of the Luke HH. If it had a switch position that was a coil tap of the neck pickup, I would probably be sold on the HH. I don't know if the parallel wiring sounds anything like a single coil? I've never played a guitar that had it, and there's no one around here that carries these guitars so I'll be buying unplayed.
I play clean and semi-clean neck pickup alot. Which is why I love the neck pickups on my strat and tele. Even my P90 tele. But neck humbuckers never really do it for me... If I set the amp so the neck humbucker sound great, when I switch to the bridge it's too thin. And vice versa: if I set the amp for the bridge pickup to sound great, the neck is too muddy.
I'd love to hear any advice anyone has... since I won't be able to play them without buying them...
I already have a great HH guitar, a PRS DGT.
I already have a great HSS guitar, a Fender Strat, with my neck and pickup choices (JB bridge and YJM neck and middle). And a Bladerunner vibrato bridge. At this point, it's a partscaster.
The Luke HSS would likely replace my strat (assuming I loved it), I don't need 2 HSS guitars.
The HH would likely NOT replace my DGT, unless I end up loving the Luke even more than the DGT.
I love the DGT bridge pickup, which is modeled after a PAF. I love the JB bridge, but it can be a little much at the times I'm looking for a more vintage-y tone (works great for Lukather and Sambora tho LOL).
I love strat and tele neck pickups, and I HATE strat middle pickups as I always hit them with my pick so I have to lower them, making the in-between positions a little weak. I love and prefer the LOOKS of the Luke HH. If it had a switch position that was a coil tap of the neck pickup, I would probably be sold on the HH. I don't know if the parallel wiring sounds anything like a single coil? I've never played a guitar that had it, and there's no one around here that carries these guitars so I'll be buying unplayed.
I play clean and semi-clean neck pickup alot. Which is why I love the neck pickups on my strat and tele. Even my P90 tele. But neck humbuckers never really do it for me... If I set the amp so the neck humbucker sound great, when I switch to the bridge it's too thin. And vice versa: if I set the amp for the bridge pickup to sound great, the neck is too muddy.
I'd love to hear any advice anyone has... since I won't be able to play them without buying them...