Hey I need help with my LUKe???

[thisispastrami]

Hey wassup, I just buy my Music Man Luke Guitar yesterday I dont know if any of you guys have seen ToTo Live in Amsterdam DVD but he have his brdge setup in a way that he can punch it and it creates this cool sound and i wonder if any of u guys knos how to do that?? Thanx

 

[Toto Head]

When the guitar is set up properly, the bridge on the Luke should be set up so it is at an slight angle.

If you were to pull up on the whammy bar, it should raise the pitch on the G string from G to Bb.

I see players do this quite often, where they kind of thump the guitar around the bridge area and sometimes hitting the bridge itself. Sounds pretty cool!

 

[thisispastrami]

So..

So i just need to tight the nuts on my bridge?

 

[beej]

The bridge on your Luke- is it flush with the body (and you can't pull up on the bar)? If it's floating as it's supposed to be, you can just depress it slightly with your hand and get the "warble" sound from it.

If not, to change the angle of the bridge you need to lower the tension in the trem cavity. Either remove a spring (I have 2 springs on mine with 9's on it) or loosen the screws holding the claw. A turn or two counter-clockwise should do it. Once you've done this, re-tune your guitar and check the bridge angle. As Toto Head mentioned, it should be set up so you can pull up a third.

 

[Dcareaga]

The bar Flutter works best with Only 2 springs... it will work with 3 but with Much less of an effect

When set up properly you can pull up on the bridge:

a Half Step on the High E string
a Whole Step on the B string
a Minor Third (Bb as Totohead said) on the G String

 

[Colin]

I'm not sure which term is used in which country, but it's either called warbling or a trem flutter. Bit like tubes and valves. First time I heard somebody do it was Gary Moore in the 80's. Cool sound.

Colin

 

[thisispastrami]

Thanks!!!!!!

Hey Thanks all of you now I can do the cool strange sound!!! now i just have 2 springs