Hey all you fellow LUKE owners.....

[robelinda2]

What overdrive/distortion pedals do y'all use with the fabulous Luke axe? Over the years of owning a few Luke's Ive found certain pedals dont gel with the EMG's, wheras the AL will love them. I have heaps of pedals, but a few really stand out with the Luke, mostly overdrives for me-

Fuchs Plush Cream
Ulbrick 12 Axe
Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive
Xotic BB preamp
HBE Powerscreamer
MJM Blues Devil

What do you guys find works well for you and your Luke?

 

[brownpants69]

I could never get my Luke to sound good with pedals or my amp Which is why I swapped out the pickups.

I sort of wish I'd left it as it was because the EMGs sounded out of this world with my POD and POD pro.

Horses for courses- If I had a big budget I would get a couple of Lukes- but thats not going to happen

 

[jcm900]

The BB preamp with my Mesa Roadster sound a bit harsh, but this can be good in some situations and with more vintage type of amps.

 

[LilSteve]

The thing is the EMG's are a bit compressed so you dont want a OD to be the same. OCD and BB work well for me

 

[jcm900]

The thing is the EMG's are a bit compressed so you dont want a OD to be the same. OCD and BB work well for me

How would you describe the difference between the OCD and BB?

 

[robelinda2]

I like the BB, has more EQ, I like a bit of bass.

 

[DrGonzo5150]

Hey Rob,

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

I know exactly what you mean.
My old silo special really LOVED a good boost. Could get pretty much anything working with it.

I'd love to be able to chime in with something...but you have honestly tried more pedal combinations than me

I only have 2 channel amps so I pretty much just run a super clean and lead channel. I just back the volume off on the guitar if i need to bluesy up or mellow to a rythm sound, but when i need to solo my sound is pretty much there.

I run an EQ in my effects loop which I can use to boost the volume or shape the tone a bit more if required... If i'm really really struggling haha I will occasionally use the trusty old Boss DS1 for a fraction more kick... It tends to over compress my old Luke 1s but isn't too bad with my BFR Luke.

 

[robelinda2]

I'm always surprised how many vids i see of the Luke with high gain, it really sings with low gain, tons of sweet tones.

 

[Volt]

My favorite pedal to use with my Luke is from Boss, and is called "Fender '65 Deluxe-Reverb Amp".
It has treble and bass tone controls which help fine-tune the desired tone. It has more of a low- to-midrangey fat overdrive tone than my other overdrive pedals.
It also has both a volume and an overdrive control.
Aaaand, It has reverb and tremolo. The tremolo is okay, the reverb can sound pretty weird if it's cranked up very high.
I like using small amps, like my new 5 watt Gretsch 5222 Electromatic, but most of these little amps don't have any reverb. The pedal's reverb is bearable at low settings.
It's on sale at MF I think.

 

[Christer]

I use a Tube Screamer and a Roger Mayer Voodoo-1!

 

[Johnny Guitar]

I just ordered an MI Audio Crunch Box yesterday. I'll let you guys know how I like it when it arrives.

 

[Axilla]

Hey Rob,

if you can get your hands on them in Oz, give T-REX pedals a try.
Luke endorses them nowadays and they are just great.

If you can, give the "Spin Doctor" a go as well as the "Møller".
The Spin Doctor is a 4-channel OD preamp, but also can be used as a 4-channel stomp in front of amps (damn good, but also damn expensive this one).
The Møller is an overdrive pedal (mix option for just blending a little OD to the clean signal for more kick) and a clean boost for up to +20db on the signal.

T-Rex engineering - empowering your music

Cheers

Axel

 

[phatduckk]

i saw Luke use a custom modded Tube Screamer at the Dallas bash. it sounded awesome... but then again, Luke was playing it

 

[LilSteve]

I just ordered an MI Audio Crunch Box yesterday. I'll let you guys know how I like it when it arrives.

IMO, Crunchbox is harsh with the Luke. AC/BB OCD all have fatness to them

 

[paulstew64]

Hey Rob

HNY!

I use Keeley modded Tubescreamer.

Also looking at a new pedal made in Bolton UK by Rothwell Audio products. It's currently being used by Gary Moore so can't be bad.

Paul

Radiance red Luke

 

[robelinda2]

Tried the Crunchbox, I thought it was ok, the Moller I did like too but they are so expensive here.

 

[guertzi]

Hi Rob,

I use the Boss DS-1 with the Robert Keeley Ultra Mod.
I also had the Tonebone Plexitube, which is a great pedal in itself but it did not go together too well with my Pod X3 Live, so I sold it.

Happy new year!

 

[Stu-Pendus]

I normally just turn the preamp all the way up on my TSL which sounds really fab but anyone tried a classic or trimode from tonebone???

 

[Smellybum]

good thread rob,

previously I favoured the TS-9 then lum got me a pignose detonator, which I use for everything now -it only has 2 knobs but it has an excellent voice.

Or when I'm feeling simple - just plug it straight into a 100w marshall head.... distortion everywhere, you don't need to know about boosts!