Transition PU

[Carteyano]

Hi. I bring you another question about Luke III.

Don't you think it seems that PU Transition are too dark? My Luke III is the SSH version and I can't stand out in the mix, I play through a Deluxe Reverb and I run out of treble. I am considering a change of singles coils, perhaps for Area 58 or Area 61. What do you think?

Thanks

Y saludos desde España.

 

[mikeller]

Personally I do not find them dark at all. Have both HH & HSS versions and love the pickups on both. Indeed my go-to guitars everytime. But that's my 2cents

 

[Pain-Free Music]

Could you EQ notch the other instruments out of your Luke’s range?

It may not be a matter of the Luke not cutting thru the mix but rather the mix covering up the Luke.

 

[LordRiffenstein]

I agree with mikeller, I have the LIII HSS and find if anything it's too bright. Definitely the brightest in my collection anyways.

 

[welshlukather]

I agree with mikeller, I have the LIII HSS and find if anything it's too bright. Definitely the brightest in my collection anyways.

Yep, totally agree with this too - my LIII HSS is most definitely the brightest of the bunch, in fact I run the tone down a little on the HSS to match the rest of rig..

 

[Carteyano]

The neck is all rosewood. Can that influence the dark of the sound?

 

[beej]

Are you sure it's treble? If you're not cutting through the mix, that's usually mids. I'd try more midrage - that's where guitar lives.