TSHOW
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Nice color.....I love the Rosewood neck!!!! Wow!!
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Warg Master
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That looks awesome!
Sys
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Beautiful...Congratulations
I wish I didn't see this...
However, there is an empty spot on the wall for just one more...
I wish I didn't see this...
However, there is an empty spot on the wall for just one more...
guitarp77
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The rosewood "profile" on the neck looks amazing!!
GoKart Mozart
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Man...wish someone would post some soundclips of one of these. I'm ordering an AL HH in about 2 weeks and want to make sure that I don't like this one more!
kimonostereo
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Thanks for that info BP. Your teams attention to details makes this instrument a joy to play!
Eilif
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Congratulations! I saw the unopened box at the store, and I told Dave that I'd a hunch it was for you.
kimonostereo
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Did I just miss you? I came into the shop maybe 2 hours after it arrived at the store. We'll meet one day!
Warg Master
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That's a sweet luke!
Tim O'Sullivan
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How are those humbuckers voiced? Are they anything like the Axis?
yngzaklynch
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Killer!! Can we get a vid/clip?
guitfiddle
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Very sweet Luke III KS. I'm a huge fan of the colour, and I bet it just sounds incredible. Congrats!
kimonostereo
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This is a comparison between the Ernie Ball / Music Man Albert Lee HH and Luke III HH
In my opinion, this is a very bad demo of both guitars. The feel of each guitar makes a difference. I happen to like both the Al HH and the LIII but your milage may vary. I wouldn't want anyone to make any judgements on these fine instruments based on sound clips heard from the internet through a computer speaker.
That said, I found the LIII pickups to be very nice and almost high-fi sounding. The pre-amp has a lot to do with it. The sound is very "alive". Not sure how else to explain it. These pickups have a bit more growl when used with an overdrive channel. Again, you probably can't tell from this short demo.
The Al HH has the same pickups as the Axis but the Al HH humbuckers are covered. Compared to the LIII pickups, these sound a tad warmer to my ear.
Recorded using the microphone on my iPad. Everything played through an EVH 5150 III 50 watt w/ 12" EVH cab at bedroom volume. Only effect is TC Electronics Hall of Fame Reverb on the plate setting placed in the 5150 III effects loop.
I play each pickup selector position on each guitar starting with the neck pickup, then the next postion all the way to the 5th position which is just the bridge pickup. First guitar played is the Albert Lee HH followed by the LIII HH. At the tail end of the clip, I play each guitar through the channel 2 (blue channel) which is close to EVH's Plexi sound.
Check it out here:
Al HH vs LIII demo by Kimonostereo on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
GoKart Mozart
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Appreciate you putting together the demo! BTW, that 5150 III blue channel sounds killer.
acwild
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Congrats! That's a great looking guitar! All the chrome accessories are really classy. The electronics compartment looks intimidating to mess with.
Many thanks to take the time and share these samples
i've notice that a real difference exist with bridge pickup more treeble and thin sound
bases to your samples i prefer the AL HH but like you said it's not a general jugment
waiting to try HH luke in real for have my opinion
i've notice that a real difference exist with bridge pickup more treeble and thin sound
bases to your samples i prefer the AL HH but like you said it's not a general jugment
waiting to try HH luke in real for have my opinion
lukather101
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Simply stunning ...
Going out to buy a couple of scratch cards
Going out to buy a couple of scratch cards
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kimonostereo
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Many thanks to take the time and share these samples
i've notice that a real difference exist with bridge pickup more treeble and thin sound
bases to your samples i prefer the AL HH but like you said it's not a general jugment
waiting to try HH luke in real for have my opinion
I wouldn't necessarily say it's thinner sounding, but the frequency response is different. With these new Dimarzios on the Luke, you can actually do Van Halen and not sound overly focused as compared to the EMG's in the Luke II. Again, the preamp makes a huge difference and you can hear the clarity and punchiness with these in person.
Also, the feel of the guitar makes you play differently. I think that's a big factor that folks forget when hearing clips. I simply love the rosewood necks on these and they both have great contours that make we want to play them. Hopefully the LIII will arrive in more shops soon and you can try them side by side.
