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pjc812

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Yep. I had a customer come in today and I showed him our Luke. He played it for quite some time and told me it played too easy. He's used to Str@ts (when was the last time you played one of those and went "wow!"?) and said the Luke responded to his thoughts rather than his fingers. Couldn't get over it. I found it amusing. I smiled and said "yep".

Dang I want a Luke. The other night I actually dreamed about Dargie Lukes all night long. Some day when I have the cash maybe somebody will part with theirs (Larryandrews???) :)
 

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Yeah, it's like the guy who said, " I hate these Super Slinky strings, they never go out of tune! I'd like to use my tuners once in a while."
 

GuitarHack

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Sounds like a "real men play S***ts" attitude struggling to express itself.
 

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All EBMM are too easy to play!
They actually make me feel like a better player. (But I know I'm not!) :p
 

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You know, I feel that my Luke is almost too easy to play too. I can't get used to the sensitivity of it. Well, I CAN, it's just different. My action is so low that my strings buzz a bit on the low side. I'm gonna adjust the saddles a little. I also might switch to 10's, but I can't decide. I kinda like it this way, but it's just different from my ASS and my Les Paul.

j
 

pjc812

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You know, I feel that my Luke is almost too easy to play too. I can't get used to the sensitivity of it. Well, I CAN, it's just different. My action is so low that my strings buzz a bit on the low side. I'm gonna adjust the saddles a little. I also might switch to 10's, but I can't decide. I kinda like it this way, but it's just different from my ASS and my Les Paul.

j

There's something special about the Luke at our store. I wouldn't change the string guage if it were mine which is odd. I run at least 11's on everything but I feel it would mess with that particular guitar.
 

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I now have 10's on my Luke and it's feels great.... I put slightly taller frets on there and the guitar is amazing now... I quite literally can't put it down.... this is the only little mod that I did only because I need the firm feel of 10's but still being able to bend the way I like to.... apart from that this guitar is a very special instrument.... I never fail to get remarks on it's tone... I had another Luke years ago... it was again excellent... but this one is unbelievable..:D
 

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BP..I just raised a couple saddles a kiss, height wise. No way would I "replace them".

I'm gonna continue with 9's for a while to see how stable my tuning is at Eb. I did have to tweak my tuning more than I normally do this weekend, but I forgot to stretch the crap out of the strings. I'm pretty sure they are factory strings. I think I'm going to change them and start over, stretch them a ton, and I should be fine!

Luvin' my new toys!!!!

J
 

jpoprock

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Yes, I'm loving mine too. The switching is so dynamic and varied too. It's like having the BEST sounding strat ever really. It's exactly what I wanted. I wanted a "better strat" than I had. This gives me the gain that I want with the HB, but then can clean up nicely, retain it's warmth, and even get nasty if you want.

I'm a rhythm player.. which is why you'll be hard pressed to get me to upload Youtube clips of my playing! And I think this guitar does a fine job for that. I think my ASS is maybe a tad better for chords and chugging than my Luke. The Luke seems to be voiced more for soloing... which makes sense considering it's a Lukather guitar! This isn't a complaint though, as it's a fine rhythm guitar. It's just it's true colors really stand out when soloing.

jason
 

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I get spoiled with my Luke...it's a one of a kind!

When I wrap my hand around that neck..it almost feels like it's a part of me...wait...that didn't sound right...
 

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Yep. I had a customer come in today and I showed him our Luke. He played it for quite some time and told me it played too easy. He's used to Str@ts (when was the last time you played one of those and went "wow!"?) and said the Luke responded to his thoughts rather than his fingers.

honestly? I kinda get where he's coming from. It's not about which is a better guitar here. It's obvious that the strat is a piece of crap compared to the EBMM. And I have 3 strats. The thing is, strats do challenge the player and puts up quite a bit of a fight. It's challenging to get a good sound from a strat, much less a great one. But when you land a great performance on a strat, it's one of the most satisfying things in the world. It's like you conquered all your own demons.

I tried a luke for the first time last saturday. Guess what? I love it. The neck is nice, though I'm not a huge "V" fan. and the only thing that bugged me was the low frets. But it's still far easier to play and sound great on a luke than a strat.

I think I'll never get rid of my strats. I might not play them as much, but they're always there, challenging me. Everytime I don't want to work so hard to sound good in a band, I bring my JP6. Everytime I'm up for a fight, I bring my strat. I usually lose and get frustrated with the strat, but then again, who said life was easy?
 

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My Carbon Blue Pearl Luke is without a doubt, the best playing guitar I have ever owned. I almost understand someone saying the action is too easy to play. Oddly, it was not so easy to play out of the box. No surprise there. The guitar made a trip from SLO to Chicago and then NY. When I bought it, it sat in it's case for at least 6 months. Then one day I decided that if I wasn't going to play it, I might as well sell it. So I took it out and was compelled to adjust the trem springs (since the trem angle seemed a little severe) and the trem (to get the action down after adjusting the trem springs).

That was it. I hit the sweet spot and the strings are just off the fretboard. Practically no buzz (no low action is completely buzz free). Since then, I haven't had to touch the adjustments. It might even play better than the Pet I sent back to EBMM to be levelled (and Jon did a beautiful job too).

They're great guitars. Probably the best guitar for me. If I had the balls (no pun), I'd pull the EMGs out and put in some passive pickups. Maybe I'll buy a used one that is less than perfect to experiment on.

Dave
 

francric

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honestly? I kinda get where he's coming from. It's not about which is a better guitar here. It's obvious that the strat is a piece of crap compared to the EBMM. And I have 3 strats. The thing is, strats do challenge the player and puts up quite a bit of a fight. It's challenging to get a good sound from a strat, much less a great one. But when you land a great performance on a strat, it's one of the most satisfying things in the world. It's like you conquered all your own demons.

I tried a luke for the first time last saturday. Guess what? I love it. The neck is nice, though I'm not a huge "V" fan. and the only thing that bugged me was the low frets. But it's still far easier to play and sound great on a luke than a strat.

I think I'll never get rid of my strats. I might not play them as much, but they're always there, challenging me. Everytime I don't want to work so hard to sound good in a band, I bring my JP6. Everytime I'm up for a fight, I bring my strat. I usually lose and get frustrated with the strat, but then again, who said life was easy?

what?, why?:confused:
 

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This thread makes me chuckle, but I too can sorta understand what's been said about "too easy". Some just have and prefer a more heavy handed approach, I s'pose.
 
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