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DrewH said:
Question... why the use of basswood versus alder? I have a L3. Part of what makes a luke a luke is the alder body. Basswood and Alder are similar but still worlds apart in many ways. I think this is going to be a big detriment. I understand you are trying to hit a certain price point... but... Charvel has proven you can make a guitar with USA pickups and alder body outside the US and still hit that 850 to 900ish price range. I was all excited about this until I heard about the body wood and I would think others may be put off as well. I would actually have preferred the non-dimarzio pickups and lack of boost for the correct body wood. The appeal of buying an overseas guitar is that if its structurally what you want (woods, etc) you can mod it to what you want it to be...or not...depending on what your vision is.
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Dude...? First of all if it isn't structurally what YOU want don't buy it. Buy a Charvel or whatever. As far as basswood vs. alder, I'll take basswood and the Transition pickups any day. Alder and the Transition pickups would be fine by me too, but the big thing there for me is the pickups. The Transition pickups are ridiculously amazing. Slap a pair of those on a piece of driftwood and I'm still gonna consider buying the guitar.
 
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I'm two thirds of the way through saving for an L3. I'm pleased they are offering an SBMM version though it won't sway me from an EBMM one, tempting though it is. I still maintain that 'Luke Blue' is the best colour!
 
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DrewH said:
Question... why the use of basswood versus alder? I have a L3. Part of what makes a luke a luke is the alder body. Basswood and Alder are similar but still worlds apart in many ways. I think this is going to be a big detriment. I understand you are trying to hit a certain price point... but... Charvel has proven you can make a guitar with USA pickups and alder body outside the US and still hit that 850 to 900ish price range. I was all excited about this until I heard about the body wood and I would think others may be put off as well. I would actually have preferred the non-dimarzio pickups and lack of boost for the correct body wood. The appeal of buying an overseas guitar is that if its structurally what you want (woods, etc) you can mod it to what you want it to be...or not...depending on what your vision is.
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Drew, i'm not OK with what you said, a lot of other brands make indonesian guitars with basswood body and di marzio pick ups, just try a guitar played by a guy called satriani and tell me what you think about it... More over, the axis is basswood body with dimarzio pick ups and it has one of the best sound of the world of the electric guitars!!!!
 
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The body is less responsible than the neck on overall sound,and wasn't the EVH/AXIS in basswood?was that a cheap guitar?

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dav said:
Drew, i'm not OK with what you said, a lot of other brands make indonesian guitars with basswood body and di marzio pick ups, just try a guitar played by a guy called satriani and tell me what you think about it... More over, the axis is basswood body with dimarzio pick ups and it has one of the best sound of the world of the electric guitars!!!!
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You aren't ok with a constructive and inquisitive post? Um... I wasn't putting down basswood. I own a JP6. I love it. My point is that the many iterations of Lukes get their sound from the alder. Its a defining characteristic tonally speaking. You don't see the L3 using a basswood body...or a mahogany body for that matter. Why? Because woods, shapes, body construction, etc are what give the guitar its voice. Pickups are to guitars what eq knobs are to an amp. It helps to tweak things but they never alter the fundamental voice. If wood didn't matter, you'd see all guitars made of plywood. These forums are a good method of feedback to the manufacturer. I was just stating my opinion. There is no need for anyone to take it as negative or feel they need to come to the defense. If there wasn't consumer or potential consumer feedback, then the dynamic between consumer and manufacturer is broken and both never get what they want. For me, the body wood matters more in this case, versus the pickups. Pickups can be changed. However, when one person wants that "luke sound" and can't afford the US version, then at it's basic core, the guitar should be true to the original and leave out the upgradeable stuff that can be swapped out later.
 
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DrewH said:
However, when one person wants that "luke sound" and can't afford the US version, then at it's basic core, the guitar should be true to the original and leave out the upgradeable stuff that can be swapped out later.
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Again, I gotta ask… how do you know this guitar doesn't have the "luke sound" when you've never seen it, touched it, played it, heard it? I don't think Luke would've signed off on it if it didn't meet his standards.

I don't get the cork sniffers. I've not met anyone who can definitively name the tone wood in a guitar blindfolded. In the end, if an instrument sounds good, it IS good. Who cares if it's made of ply wood, balsa, alder or whatever?
 
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The body of a guitar certainly has a certain resonance due to the material used. Lukes have an amazing resonance. I can't comment on the new Sterling ones as I have not tried one out.
 
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Brian!!!! this black metallic is killing me!!!!
I just ordered a MM super sport and a luke I reissue!!! but i'll buy it once it will be on store!!!

thanks a lot for the pics!!!!
 
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