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Ernie Ball Music Man Steve Lukather Luke III HSS Guitar, Cherry Burst Flame Top
Featuring a light-weight Okoume body with a premium figured maple top and newly designed custom Music Man electronics, this latest evolution of Steve Lukather’s signature guitar perfectly fuses comfort, beauty, and tonal versatility. The HH model is outfitted with newly designed Ernie Ball Music Man high-output humbucking pickups. The HSS model is equipped with the same, new bridge humbucker and also sports Ernie Ball Music Man’s renowned Cutlass single coils, providing players with a variety of tonal options. Both pickup configurations are furnished with a 5-way switch and a 12dB boost push/push volume control. Other appointments include a roasted maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, and a floating Music Man vintage tremolo system.
Highlights
- Lightweight Okoume body and maple top with select custom hi-gloss polyester finishes
- Figured roasted maple neck with rosewood fingerboard
- Equipped with a 5-way switch for more tonal diversity and a 12db boost
A SOUND INVESTMENT
CUSTOM DESIGNED SIGNATURE PICKUPS
Newly designed custom Ernie Ball Music Man humbucking pickups offer more clarity, sustain, and a wider range frequency response.
Roasted Neck
Features a roasted figured maple neck and headstock with Schaller locking tuners.
Floating Tremolo
Ernie Ball Music Man super smooth vintage tremolo system raises and lowers pitch
ENGINEERED TO PERFORM
DESIGNED TO PERFECTION
The Maple top Luke III’s eloquently shaped double-cutaway design features a lightweight Okoume body perfectly balanced for extreme playing comfort. The premium roasted maple neck is beautifully figured, durable, and features a soft “V” profile that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand.
SCHALLER LOCKING TUNERS
The Luke III Maple Top features Schaller M6-IND locking tuners in Chrome or Black hardware.
- Model: Luke III Maple Top
- Size: 12-3/16" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 36-15/16" long (31.0 cm wide, 4.5 cm thick, 92.6 cm long)
- Body Wood: Okoume
- Body Finish: High gloss polyester
- Body Bindings: N/A
- Bridge: Music Man® floating vintage tremolo of chrome plated, hardened steel with bent steel saddles
- Pickguard: N/A
- Scale Length: 25-1/2" (64.8 cm)
- Neck Radius: 12" (30.5 cm)
- Headstock Size: Only 5-7/8" (14.9 cm) long
- Frets: 22 - Low profile, wide
- Neck Width: 1-5/8" (41.3 mm) at nut, 2-3/16" (55.6 mm) at last fret
- Neck Wood: Select figured roasted maple neck
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Fret Markers: Atlante Dot Inlays
- Neck Finish: Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
- Neck Colors: Roasted
- Neck Binding: N/A
- Tuning Machines: Schaller M6-IND locking
- Neck Attachment: 5 bolt, sculpted neck joint
- Electronic Shielding: Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity
- Controls: Custom Music Man® active preamp; push/push volume for gain boost, 500kohm passive tone - .022µF tone capacitor
- Switching: 5-way lever pickup selector
- Pickups: HSS - 2 Music Man custom wound single coils with wide spectrum MM Silent Circuit, Alnico Magnets, 1 Music Man custom wound humbucking pickup, Alnico
- Left Handed: No
- Strings: 9p-11p-16p-24w-32w-42w (RPS 9 Slinkys #2239)
- Case: Hardshell
- Instrument Weight: 7.6 lbs
| Condition | New |
|---|---|
| SKU | MUSICM-983-E1-RD-00-CS-CR |
| UPC | 749699104858 |