Low frets on Luke???

[Guitarexplosion]

Hi all,

Have been offered at trade of a Luke for my Silo spec i Rolls burgundy.
Since I have 3 Silo Spec's I thought this was the time to own a Luke.

I've tried the Luke several times in stores...but only for 5-10 minutes at a time.

Here's the thing. I just saw on EB/MM homepage that the frets on the Luke are low profile as oposed to the other balls I've owned (Pet, AS, ASS, SS).

Does this affect the easy/uneasiness of bends?
What other characteristica is the with low profile frets?

We're going to swap by post dilevery(sorry for spelling) so I can't really try it out first.

Hoping for some quick responses on this!!!!

Thanks a lot....

 

[Larry]

Lukes frets are noticeably lower profile. Almost vintage F3nd3r like. It took me time to adjust but now you can't snatch that damn guitar from me for nothing. Bending is second nature to me now. The best I can describe it is it will take a day or to to fully adjust but you will love it the Luke is a sweet axe.

 

[leftyguitarblue]

Lukes frets are noticeably lower profile. Almost vintage F3nd3r like. It took me time to adjust but now you can't snatch that damn guitar from me for nothing. Bending is second nature to me now. The best I can describe it is it will take a day or to to fully adjust but you will love it the Luke is a sweet axe.

Same here. I have been used to the Schcter, E$P, Ib@nez style neck and have been for years. After a few days I adjusted to the Luke neck and like Larry said, you can't snatch it from me now. I have divorced all my other guitars for a new lady. A lady named Luke. that can be a girl's name too right?

 

[glockaxis]

If a boy can be called Sue, a lady can be called Luke. (Do even go anywhere w/ Lola)

 

[Guitarexplosion]

Thanks guys...can't wait for it to arrive!

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I still want to play one!

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Having short frets is also a cool trick for keeping intonation more solid (think: studio tricks... think: LUKE!) The less clamping tension you can put on a string when fretting it, the more it stays in tune!

 

[leftyguitarblue]

If a boy can be called Sue, a lady can be called Luke. (Do even go anywhere w/ Lola)

haha, good point!

 

[gerry d]

low frets on my Luke has been a problem for me.. I love the guitar but I really want slightly higher wire... i bend strings a lot and find that I need a bit more fret to grab on to... I also like to use heavier strings... hence my decision to have a refret... i think I will go with Dunlop 6150 fretwire after a bit of reasearch... does anyone know what is on the Y2D... ?? now I really like that fretwire...

 

[guertzi]

I experienced the same with my Luke, since I have been playing mostly Str*t-type guitars with Dunlop 6105 frets.

But after a week or so I have gotten fairly used to this and I can confirm that you have less intonation problems in recording situations with the lower profile frets.

I would like to add that these frets are not totally vintage, they are much wider and still higher, although not as high as Jumbos or the afore mentioned 6105s.

Two years ago I had a F3nd3r Eric Clapton Signature Strat and just could not cope with the vintage frets on that guitar, so I quickly sold it on eBay.
Compared to that instrument, I find the Luke to actually be the workhorse guitar I was looking for when I purchased the Clapton Str*t and that I should have bought in the first place.

My bottom line: the frets on the Luke are the best of both worlds combined.
You can still bend easily enough to do even those really wide bends but you won't have to struggle with those intonation problems that are normally connected to higher frets.
Seems like Lucious has been doing some thinking here before putting his name on that guitar

 

[wolfbone07]

I was worried about the frets before getting a Luke. I too don't like true vintage frets (way too small), but the frets on the Luke seem to be just right to me. It is fabulously easy to play. Give it a try!

 

[kbaim]

If you like your action really low, it is more difficult to bend. If not, you shouldn't have much trouble adjusting.