Help! What's more versitile, Morse or Luke?

[Pittman75]

Hey Guys,

Looking for something to compliment my *****ocaster, which I'm sorry but I love. I had a petrucci, but found I wasn't playing metal much. I just like everything, but I don't shred too much- I like getting new sounds and writing. Which is better for, well, everything? And I still can't decide between a hardtail morse or a trem luke...

 

[whitestrat]

I'd say the Morse... There's just something about active pickups which bug me... Heh...

 

[Astrofreq]

Probably Morse. It has more pickups, therefore more sounds. Get an Axis with the Humbuckers instead of the MM90s. Might suit you more than the other one did.

 

[Pittman75]

Probably Morse. It has more pickups, therefore more sounds. Get an Axis with the Humbuckers instead of the MM90s. Might suit you more than the other one did.

Yeah man. I loved your ASS and I sold it to someone who lives the next town over. If I was rich, I would have kept it. The thing is, Pete has the Luke I want. Another guy has the Morse I want in NY. And I have a gig tomorrow night. Hmm.

 

[Roxy]

If you're keeping your Strat then I'd recommend the Morse. The Luke is kind of a super Strat and the Morse is its own animal. I think you would have more variety this way.

 

[paranoid70]

Hey Guys,
Which is better for, well, everything?

I know it wasn't an option, but the answer to that question is Silhouette Special.

 

[Ripper]

There's no single guitar that can do all the job. Why dont you sell away your JP, use the money to fund a SM AND a Silo Spec?

 

[ScoobySteve]

Strat is censored out.

Nice!

 

[NorM]

There's no single guitar that can do all the job. Why dont you sell away your JP, use the money to fund a SM AND a Silo Spec?

My EMG'd piezo SiLO with the split coils and the Morse bridge switch comes to mind. That or Beej's piezo Morse.

For the purpose of this discussion I would suggest a piezo Luke. But I do love my Morse.

 

[D.K.]

Morse. More different tones, better sustain and more picking control due to the hardtail (at least it is so for me), the neck is easier to adjust to, no active pick-ups, and You have a strat for the in-between single coil sounds anyway...

 

[Eilif]

I'd suggest the Morse for you.

The Morse is more versatile than the Luke, no question. It has four pickups (one more than the Luke has), so it has a larger variety of sounds than does the Luke. (How many of them would be useful to you, however, is a completely different question.) And it would be a better complement to your Strat since is has a humbucker, rather than a single coil, in the neck position, whereas the Luke, like the Strat, has a single coil neck pickup.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Yeah man. I loved your ASS and I sold it to someone who lives the next town over. If I was rich, I would have kept it. The thing is, Pete has the Luke I want. Another guy has the Morse I want in NY. And I have a gig tomorrow night. Hmm.

Nice dilemma to have...

Having played S/S/S, H/S/S, & S/S/H guitars for most of my guitar playing life, I can tel you you can't go wrong with either. With the Morse though, you can get 11 different tones to the Luke's 5. That said, do you need 11? I use them all. Now also, there's a bit of a learning curve with the Morse switching. If you have a gig in the next few days, you might find yourself fumbling around with the switching for the first little bit. I did. But, it's very logical in design and makes sense.

Personally, I'd go with the Morse. I know one guitar doesn't do it all and both Luke and Steve Morse have very eclectic styles. I truly think one of those guitars would handle pretty much any musical situation.

 

[beej]

If you're keeping your Strat then I'd recommend the Morse. The Luke is kind of a super Strat and the Morse is its own animal. I think you would have more variety this way.

That's good advice.

I love my Morse, but it's a different animal than, say, my AL. If I just want to crank out some single coil goodness I usually reach for another guitar, though live I can cover some of the same tones with the Morse.