Questions from new Luke owner

[mact]

Hi there, new here, I just got a new-to-me Luke. Great guitar, great feeling neck, am very happy! As the guitar was pre-owned I need to do some tweeks to it and have a couple of questions to other Luke owners; would be great if somebody could help me out....!

- what distance do you have between the EMG-pickups and the strings? All pickups at same or various heights?
- The previous owner did some creative modification to the wiring of the five way switch that I would like to reverse to the original state. Could somebody of you provide a photo and / or a wiring diagram of the 5-way switch?

Any help would be deeply appreciated!

 

[kimonostereo]

Hi there and welcome!

The Luke has a fixed height for the EMG pickups. There is no height adjustment unless you'd like to put some foam behind the pickup and adjust the screws. I have done this on other guitars but not the Luke. IMO it doesn't need adjustment. It's set up just the way Luke likes it!

I have a pickup diagram, but I think it's better for you to contact customer care to get it from them directly.

 

[mact]

Thanks! Ok, I was wondering about that. Seems I don´t have to worry about pickup height.

The 5 Way Switch seems to be really odd at the moment:
1: middle PU
2: middle + neck
3: neck
4: neck + bridge
5: neck + bridge (same as 4)


The double layer switch seems to be standard in all Lukes, right?
I found already a pickup diagram on the support page of EMG, but was hoping somebody would have a photo. There is also a small circuit board in there. Well, let´s see.....

 

[jcm900]

hm, interesting layout.

 

[Headstock]

Hope this helps - not a wiring diagram per se but shows you how the switching should work from factory.

http://www.music-man.com/pdf/Luke.zip

 

[kleinmeiner]

I put some foam under my Luke's bridge pickup and now I finally got this heavy sound I was looking for!!! Huge improvement (to me)!

 

[mact]

Thanks to all! I ended replacing the switch, which finally turned out to be defect. The previous owner obviously had been looking for a creative workaround....

 

[fumanii]

I had foam put under my humbucker too and it sounds so much better to me.

 

[jamie_au]

I got my tech to raise the pickups up a fair way to just under the strings. Sounds much nicer, I think.

 

[kleinmeiner]

I got my tech to raise the pickups up a fair way to just under the strings. Sounds much nicer, I think.

How/what did he use to raise the pickups? Foam or something else?