<div class="bbWrapper">Hey EBMM community,<br />
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Kyle here--first time EBMM owner as of late last week. Lurked here for a bit while I was doing research. Had heard about how great the necks and build quality are with EBMM for some time, so I finally took the plunge with a new Luke 3 in Bodhi Blue, as pictured here below.<br />
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Like many of you, I'm sure, I've owned just about everything. Was thinking about taking the plunge seriously when I saw that the Luke 4s (specifically the HSS Steamroller) dropped in September. Of course, you all know that those sold out in a flash, so me coming around for that in mid-October was far too late. I also would soon realize that there were also few new/near new Luke 3 HSSs around either. Thankfully, I was able to find a pair at Willcutt Guitars and went with the Bodhi.<br />
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Huge shoutout to our friend Pete DuBaldo. I saw Pete being helpful to others on here during my lurking phase, and so I rudely interrupted him over the phone at the shop two weeks ago to pick his brain on future L4 releases given the limited run of Steamrollers. Pete--I am the hopeless guy from RI. Thank you so much again for all of your insight. I can't wait to take a trip up to your showroom later this year or early next--we will definitely do business very soon so please keep me in mind!<br />
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The L3/EBMM really was love at first play for me. I am a complete convert--I need no further convincing. Currently keeping my eyes peeled for other new/like new Luke 3 HSS/HHs around the web unless or until they do a bigger L4 release sometime next year (hopefully). <br />
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I would also definitely be interested in getting a different model EBMM is there is a style that has a similar neck to the Luke? Any folks have thoughts on that? Along those lines, I messaged the EBMM team via the website today to see if there was maybe a Ball Family Reserve release coming up that I could grab something from that--so far I think I am partial to the StingRay or Valentines--and the EBMM repr said that it is looking like early 2024 for the next BFR batch.<br />
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In any event, I wanted to comply with the "pics or it didn't happen" rule for sure. I sincerely appreciate the welcoming community here--I learned a ton just by going through the old threads, and I look forward to getting to know more about you and more about EBMM going forward.<br />
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Cheers from Rhode Island,<br />
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<div class="bbWrapper">Pretty stellar post #1. Luke III HSS Bodhi Blue. Nice. +100 points! If only you weren't a Red Sox fan... -50 points. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" data-smilie="17"data-shortname=":LOL:" /></div>
<div class="bbWrapper">Welcome man!<br />
You made a very good choice.<br />
I own the HH version of the Bodhi Blue Luke III and that's a fantastic guitar.<br />
About necks: I own 3 different MM guitars with 3 different necks (the LukeIII, a lovely Silhouette and an Axis Super Sport).<br />
What is the best neck? None.<br />
Every model has its own neck and they're all amazing.<br />
I've to say the 24-frets neck on the Silho made me feel home after 10 seconds, but the other necks have other great points in their favor.<br />
They all give me great feelings and the MM oil&wax finish is the best.<br />
And I think that Luke's neck has its own shape, like no others.<br />
So, my advice is: try by yourself when you can and let your hand decide.<br />
You'll never find a bad Music Man neck.</div>
<div class="bbWrapper">Nice congrats, great first EBMM, mine was a Luke II whhich I would like another to complete my Luke collection, congrats and welcome</div>
