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Music Man USA Luke Piezo CH - PDN Honey Roasted Limited Edition

Electric guitar
  • An instrument from the strictly limited "Music Man PDN Honey Roasted" series. These are guitars and basses, some of them unique and one-of-a-kind, built to individual specs exclusively for the Music Man Premier Dealer network. Using selected Music Man guitar and bass models from the current production as a basis, all these guitars and basses share unique features such as a mahogany body in the special "Honey Burst" finish, Pao Ferro fingerboard, stainless steel frets and MOP inlays, and on top of that, as a special extra feature, an extremely beautiful figured neck made of "Roasted Maple" and a color-matching headstock. These instruments are priced very moderately, considering the numerous extra features, however, they will be instant collector's items!
  • Ernie Ball Music Man Premier Dealer Network is a select, international group of high-end retailers, dedicated to the Music Man brand and stocking a wide range of Music Man instruments, with the exclusive opportunity to offer special, limited-edition models with special features that showcase the highest level of quality and workmanship inherent to all Ernie Ball/Music Man instruments.
  • A very versatile instrument with an excellent tone and unbelievably ergonomic handling - created in a close co-operation with Steve Lukather. There must be serious reasons why Steve uses it in his numerous studio jobs, as well as in all of his live concerts!
  • Crafted in San Louis Obispo, California by the famous Ernie Ball Music Man team, using a combination of latest guitar building technologies, high skills and meticulous craftsmanship.
  • Finish: Honey Burst, High Gloss Polyester - a special PDN finish, warm and transparent, to highlight the fine wood structure. The instrument looks simply awesome! With chrome hardware.
  • Body: Mahogany.
  • Neck: Best birdseye maple, roasted - this new special treatment by Music Man allows the performance of the neck to benefit of a thermally modified microstructure: It increases dimensional stability, resistance to temperature and humidity changes and subsequent warping, reduces density while maintaining stiffness for a lighter neck with sufficient strength, yields a microstructure similar to naturally aged woods with lower moisture content, results in more resonance and less damping, eliminates the need for hazardous chemical treatments.
    Vibrational testing indicates that roasted maple exhibits clearer tone with a stronger fundamental than untreated maple samples. Back of the neck unpainted, hand oiled and waxed for a smooth satin feel. Music Man guitars are particularly so famous among musicians, because of the outstanding quality of their necks. The neck is a pleasure to grab, feels perfect to your hand and plays just fantastic!
  • Scale: 25.5" - Standard.
  • Fretboard: Pau Ferro - a very noble look and feel, while the tone is somewhat similar to the more commonly used rosewood. A medium-flat 12“ fretboard radius supports fast playing and easy string bending.With mother of pearl dot inlays.
  • Frets: 22, low profile, wide - a perfect fretjob, another famous feature on Music Man USA guitars.
  • Nut: 41,3 mm - Standard.
  • Headstock: Matching the body color - which is normally an option subject to an upcharge on Music Man instruments.
  • Tuners: Schaller M-6 IND locking tuners with pearloid knobs - placed in the compact 4+2 design typical for Music Man guitars. Often requested by professional artists, these tuners are a must-have for the demanding musician. The key to their design is eliminating wraps around the string post, which can cause string slippage and tuning problems. Simply loosen the thumbwheel located on the back, feed the string through the post, lock the thumbwheel tight, cut off the remaining string, tune up and you’re finished – better tuning stability and no more restringing nightmares.
  • Bridge: Original Music Man vintage tremolo - contributes perfectly to the excellent tone of the instrument and proves itself to stay in tune very well. Has great sustain and bass response.
  • Pickups: EMG 85 active humbucker (bridge) and 2x EMG SLV active single coils. By the way, the EMG SLV pickups have been developed by EMG exclusively for this guitar model, after exact specifications by Steve Lukather. They are normally not available for sale separately, only coming factory-installed in the Music Man Luke, or alternatively in the expensive EMG SL20 prewired Strat pickup board or upon special order. The pickups' sound is very warm and lively (especially, in comparison with other active pickups). They are dynamic and absolutely quiet at the same time, and feature a very low electricity consumption: A 9V battery lasts for many months to several years, depending on your playing time, because of the very efficient electronics which are only activated when a guitar cable is plugged in. The battery change is a breeze, due to the separate battery holder on the back.
  • Alternatively, upon request of the purchaser, we can also perform a professional installation of a different pickup combination, e.g. any DiMarzio, EMG or Seymour Duncan etc. (Very fair prices per pickup swap). Furthermore, we offer installation of active boost and EQ circuits like EMG Afterburner, PA-2, SPC, RPC, VMC, EXG etc. Please ask for details if interested.
  • Special feature: This instrument comes with the factory-installed (expensive) optional piezo bridge - with a built-in piezo preamp and a dedicated 2 band EQ plus a separate balance control knob!
  • Electronics: 1x magnetic volume, 1x magnetic tone, 1x piezo volume, 3-way magnetic/both/piezo-switch, 5-way pickup switch, separate and combined outputs for Magnetic and Piezo! Therefore, it can be used with mono or stereo cords, in a total of 4 different connection modes.
  • Absolutely outstanding quality of selected woods, craftsmanship, handling and sound!
  • The guitar comes with a high-quality original Music Man USA formfit hardshell case and all factory accessoires.
Additional information
  • Name
    Music Man USA Luke Piezo CH - PDN Honey Roasted Limited Edition
  • Product type
    Electric guitar
  • Manufacturer
    Music Man
  • Condition
    new
  • Product Series
    Luke
  • MPN
    MM916CHPM00
  • Model
    Steve Lukather
Shipping and Warranty

    We ship worldwide on daily basis, with DHL, DPD, FedEx and freight carrier. All in-stock items are usually shipped within 24h upon receipt of payment, mostly on the same working day. Of course, all orders are checked by our qualified personnel and professionally packaged for shipping. Express delivery options are available upon request.

    We stand behind the flawless quality and function of our products and provide you an extended warranty of 3 years for regular brand new items, as well as 2 years for B-stock or demo items and 1 year for second hand equipment.

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