Iperfungus
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Something you can do/try is to set saddles height a little bit higher and adjust trussrod to straighten the neck a little to recover action.
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Iperfungus
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I just gotta' say...after playing this thing and examining it...
In some music forums, people complain that EBMM's are too expensive, or at least too expensive "for what you get". Hogwash. I have a PRS DGT. Which BTW cost ALOT more than this Luke III; the DGT was 5K and change (new), the Luke (MINT- it's like new) was 3K and change.
The EBMM is absolutely every bit the guitar the PRS is. Frankly, you're getting MORE for your (less) money with the EBMM. When I took the control cavity cover off and discovered the ground wire soldered in so it contacts the metal cover, I've never seen that attention to detail, anywhere. I've done it myself with foil tape, but EBMM goes above and beyond.
BTW- this in no criticism of the DGT: both guitars are EASILY 10s. 11s even. But when you then consider the prices.... it's hard to justify to cost of a DGT these days. (granted, mine is a "10 Top" which is more expensive, but still... the "10 Top" on the DGT is no more impressive than the top on my Bluesberry Luke III.)
In some music forums, people complain that EBMM's are too expensive, or at least too expensive "for what you get". Hogwash. I have a PRS DGT. Which BTW cost ALOT more than this Luke III; the DGT was 5K and change (new), the Luke (MINT- it's like new) was 3K and change.
The EBMM is absolutely every bit the guitar the PRS is. Frankly, you're getting MORE for your (less) money with the EBMM. When I took the control cavity cover off and discovered the ground wire soldered in so it contacts the metal cover, I've never seen that attention to detail, anywhere. I've done it myself with foil tape, but EBMM goes above and beyond.
BTW- this in no criticism of the DGT: both guitars are EASILY 10s. 11s even. But when you then consider the prices.... it's hard to justify to cost of a DGT these days. (granted, mine is a "10 Top" which is more expensive, but still... the "10 Top" on the DGT is no more impressive than the top on my Bluesberry Luke III.)
I'm going to end up putting a "de-mud" mod on the neck pickup (it's a cap+resistor that cuts a little low end). I've done it on other guitars and it's brilliant. IDK how it will affect the in-between positions, but it could be a compromise: it might cut too much bass for the in-between sounds to sound good (they sound fantastic as-is), but it would make the neck pickup (alone) imminently more usable for me. We'll see how it all goes.
But other than that, and putting 10s on it, this thing is perfect. The only other guitar I had that was perfect out-of-the-box is my PRS DGT (and I had to put the de-mud on it too).
Iperfungus
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I own a 1987 PRS Custom where I had to fix some grounding issues...solderings are "flying in the air" there.
I love that guitar, no doubt.
But I had to name many times The Lord, before I completed the job, working in that cavity.
Everytime I opened a MM instrument to work in the inside, I always found the same things: ORDER and ATTENTION TO DETAILS.
The Silho have a CONNECTOR between jack wires and volume wires...you just have to disconnect...remove pickguard...do your job....reconnect...close.
That's it.
I love them. Also for trussrod wheel available at the end of the neck.
No wasted time, when you've to do some working on MM instruments.
It took me a couple of days to get used to it. I had to change the way i hold the neck and use a lighter grip and lighter touch. But once i did, yes it makes playing so much easier and faster. The notes just fall under my fingers instead of my fingers having to search for the notes.
Now that im used to it, it is a seemless transition going from a les paul to the luke.
The luke come with 9s as standard.
