Some specs needed on 2025 Sterling Luke

[Mincer]

Hey! NGD for me, I just got a purple sparkle Sterling Luke!

I was wondering if anyone has the specs on the pickups for this. All the ad copy says is '2 humbuckers'. Also, what strings does it ship with?

 

[GWDavis28]

Here is the info about the strings.

Luke

The Luke LK100 features a 12dB Push-Push boost, a roasted maple neck, a 5-way balanced switching, a classic “V” contoured neck, and a vintage tremolo to keep the player in total control. Designed by Ernie Ball’s award-winning engineering team in collaboration with Steve Lukather.

sterlingbymusicman.com

I'd email Sterling Customer Service about the pickups.

You got it, let's see it!!

Glenn |B)

 

[Mincer]

This is a pro pic of my exact guitar (waited since NAMM for them to show at Sweetwater).

 

[GWDavis28]

Love it man!!! Congrats!!!

Glenn |B)

 

[beej]

Nice one!

 

[Mincer]

Small follow-up- I got a reply from the Sterling tech email about the pickups:
"We don't have a spec sheet on the pickups. What information are you looking for?"

Uh, anything? Well, if I replace them, I will measure the DCR and at least post that here for anyone else who is looking for any info. They won't get it from Sterling themselves, apparently.

 

[Mincer]

They were able to provide me with a little info:
Neck: 7.59 KΩ
Bridge: 7.64 KΩ

I will also say that these are on the brighter, more scooped side. EQ would be something like (BMT) 5 3 8.

 

[beej]

Are you happy with them? Or looking to replace them?

 

[Mincer]

Are you happy with them? Or looking to replace them?

I haven't used them through my performing rig yet, just through my home one. I will be doing that this coming week. So far, they are a little bright, but I like that they are vintage output. If I don't swap them out, I might try to do a magnet swap on them.

 

[beej]

That's not too far from the MM L3 pickups. They're in the ~7k ish range. (Less for the neck.)

 

[Rbg]

Who told you that?

 

[beej]

Sorry-

Who told you that?

Yeah my bad

I was reading that off a spec sheet but it must be per-coil. I measured the MM neck pickup just under 12k as well.

 

[Rbg]

Only Steve can handle 12k neck humbucker with a ceramic magnet lol. In my hand it was a total mess! haha