Luke III Maple Top
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Luke III Maple Top Highlights
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Lightweight Okoume body and maple top with select custom hi-gloss polyester finishes
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Figured roasted maple neck with rosewood fingerboard
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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.
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Roasted Neck
Features a roasted figured maple neck and headstock with Schaller locking tuners.
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Floating Tremolo
Ernie Ball Music Man super smooth vintage tremolo system raises and lowers pitch
ENGINEERED TO PERFORM
DESIGNED TO PERFECTION
The 2020 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.
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Specifications, Schematics & More
Specifications
| 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) |
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| 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 | HH - 2 Music Man® custom wound humbucking with chrome covers, Bridge- Alnico Magnet, Neck Ceramic Magnet / 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) |
Compare Specs
| Specifications | 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 Colors | ||
| 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 | |
| Truss Rod | ||
| 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 | HH - 2 Music Man® custom wound humbucking with chrome covers, Bridge- Alnico Magnet, Neck Ceramic Magnet / 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) |
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