Tell me about the Luke neck pickup tone

[yngzaklynch]

How "straty" does it get? Anyone got clips of their luke doing some Hendrix or SRV type tones?

Jim

 

[slukather]

Steve Lukather's version of Little Wing.

YouTube - Steve Lukather & Los Lobotomys - Little Wing (live @ the Paradiso)

Scottie.

 

[agt]

Depending on the particular guitar and pickups (and how high or low the pickup height is adjusted), there is a range of strat-style neck and neck/middle tones. The Luke single coils overlap quite a bit of that territory. I would say that Hendrix and SRV is fairly well covered. IMO, the area that they do not cover completely is the crystal clean, bright/chimey tones, although one can compensate with amp settings.

Best of all possible worlds: own a Luke and an AL and a Silo Special. I own all three and wouldn't want to be without any one of them!

 

[alpjr]

I don't have any clips but I'll give you my opinion. I think it does very well for SRV and Hendrix stuff. I was surprised at how well. Before I bought the Luke I was playing a Fender Road Worn with Tex-Mex pickups for my SRV tones and I actually prefer the Luke tone. I do prefer the neck and middle together though over just the neck. The EMG's can get that nice overwound sound without all of the noise, of course, some people like the noise, so that's all up to you. For me, once I find the sweet spot with my volume knob, it nails it. I've used it with a Marshall Class 5 and now mostly with a Mustang 3 amp (I love this amp for Fender tones!) Anyway, hope this helps.