Question New Luke II owner - But why doesn't the case fit ?

[franne500]

Hi all !

Just bought my first Luke II - I've had a EVH a few years back and figured it was time to get a new guitar

I am VERY happy with it - I am in the process of setting it up to my personal taste with EB010's - Has anyone measured the height of the tremolo ? I just want to find the right spot for string tension/spring tension

Below I have posted a few pics of the beauty - and yes i like the colour BUT - is it the right case for it ? if you look in the pictures you ca clearly see that the case is too big for that little body on the guitar. Is this correct ?

 

[BartB]

Congrats! A beauty!
About the case, it seems to be the good one.
But there are others here who know this for sure!
Enjoy!

 

[DrKev]

The case is deliberately sized that way - it actually results in less damage to the guitar if there is a shock. Search through the forum archives and you'll find some older threads about it.

As for the trem, the factory specification is 3 mm gap behind the trem, and looks like this!



And welcome to the forum family!

 

[Mikey]

Hi and welcome!
The trem should be set up in a way that you can bend up a minor third on the G-string.

Cheers
Mikey

 

[ErnieJohn]

Congrats , you're gonna love that guitar,

 

[Tollywood]

Welcome to the forum - love the matching headstock.

 

[franne500]

The case is deliberately sized that way - it actually results in less damage to the guitar if there is a shock. Search through the forum archives and you'll find some older threads about it.

As for the trem, the factory specification is 3 mm gap behind the trem, and looks like this!

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And welcome to the forum family!

Thank you for great info ! And the 3mm is for guitars with 010's ?

 

[DrKev]

Luke's normally ship with 9s. But for ten's that's what I would do too. Try it and see. It's not critical. Set it where you like it.