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carydad

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I had a JP6 a few years back. Ordered a Koa model, but the band it fit was gone by the time the guitar came in. Never did bond with it. Picked up a LukeIII last week and loving it. Always wanted a SM but never loved the colors-until I saw the DL.

Arrived in my office a few minutes ago. The A/C unit was dead when I got in this morning. Hoping it is toast so I can get out early to mess with this sucker.

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And here is the brother-though I flipped the pup around so the screws are where they look right. I had Suhrs in it for a few days, but the original pups seem to fit it better.

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One is at home-and the other is behind me at the office-where I really can't play it. Torture. I'd say the darklord smells more, but it hasnt been out of the case. The Luke hung in a store for a week or two so it probably vented itself. Play wise, I am mainly a les paul guy and the morse feels a lot like my les pauls-just not sticky. Which is one of the reasons I am really liking the EBMM stuff-the necks never bind me up. Gonna be hard to get me workout in today with this sucker staring at me.

Overall, I have been a 4 knob/3way switch type for most of my life. But I fell right into the controls for the LukeIII, and the boost is very cool. My only worry is wearing it out because I like it so much. The luke neck is effortless, but seems just a little small-since I am used to bigger, so the DL neck feels more normal-or at least my definition of normal. Though compared to my parnell sig, I think it is smaller. Just playing it acoustically, the DL just rings out in a very warm and toneful way. More so than the Luke. That might be neck, bigger body, dunno. My Luke bridge is against the body with 5 springs, so it's not like it is floating in the breeze. Through a ton of kemper amp profiles, the sucker rings. Can't wait to turn up both at band practice on thursday. I sold a lifeson sig, and an SC58, got these two and still have quite a bit of cash left over.
 
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The Morse got thru QC with the wrong headstock. Send it to me and I'll take care of it for you.
 
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Congrats on a Amazing new guitar!I love the DL the way it is,i'd like to hear your thoughts on the 180 neck pickup swap as far as tone goes.
Again,Congrats!
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Congrats on both amazing guitars! I wish the blackburst was a standard color and the roasted necks too!!! Would look great next to my purple sunset Y2D hehe. And the LIII is most certainly my next EBMM in HSS.
 
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Both very cool guits. Amazed at how quickly I am getting used to the controls. Spent a few hours with the DL last night. Looks like the DL will be the #1, the Luke will be the 2nd guitar(second tuning for a bunch of songs) and the LPs will stay home. Though I could flip flop the EBs either way. They both play extremely well. Really love the look of the DL, but the switching on both allows for a ton of good and varied tones. I wasnt sure about the morse pups after reading the specs. But they sing.

I got the DL from musicians friend-they had it in stock and only charged 9 bucks to get it overnight. Had a coupon too, so it worked out pretty well. I'm big on that instant gratification thing. The two times i have ordered guitars that took 6 months to get in-they didnt fit what I needed those 6 months later.
 
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