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12-13-2019, 08:05 PM
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NGD: Something Different
I'm not into signature guitars for their own sake but sometimes a guitarist's sound intrigues me enough to try out his guitar. This is one of those situations. This is a MusicMan Sterling Steve Lukather Signature LK100D guitar. It is a nearly-identical Indonesian-built brother to the MusicMan Luke Sig Steve plays. The "D" in the name stands for "DiMarzio," as in Luke's Dimarzio "Transition" pickups. This year, Sterling decided to lower the price of the guitar and did so by replacing the Lukather Sig. DiMarzio pickups with a less-expensive design that many consider inferior. They changed the guitar's name to "LUKE."
A local store had a used Sterling LUKE with added Transition pickups. I got my hands on it long enough to be impressed and start a search for an original. I finally found one (1) original LK100D on the web, and this is it!   To a casual glance the body looks like just another Strat but the lower cutaway is deeper for better access and the body is smaller. The pickups are brighter than a Gibson pickup but still meaty and full sounding. The headstock is a short 4+2 design that makes the 25.5" scale feel shorter when you are bending. There's a 12db boost in the push-push volume control and locking tuners. I put on fresh strings and did some basic setup work. It is small and comfortable in the lap and looks like it is going to a "fun" guitar for lead. I got a rectangular hard case for it just because. Bob
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12-13-2019, 08:13 PM
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Nice looking guitar! I agree with your hunch about lead work with it.
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12-13-2019, 09:19 PM
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Congrats! I owned one. For quite a while. The transition Dimarzios are fantastic pickups! The 12db boost is fantastic as well. Wonderful necks. Just great guitars all the way around.
IMHO sterling guitars are HIGHLY underrated. Great craftsmanship and excellent playability. I had an AX40D (Dimarzios) as well. It sounded fantastic also. With the pickup change in the newer Luke models I’d expect these to become a little more difficult to come by at some point. Enjoy! And play in good health.
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12-13-2019, 09:45 PM
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Congrats Bob!
What a cool and unique looking guitar! - Glenn
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12-13-2019, 09:53 PM
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I've been massively gassing for a Sterling Cutlass CT50 (before they lowered the features and price).
I actually like it better than the EBMM Cutlass it's modeled after because it has low "fast" frets. I cant find an HSS model though but man these Sterlings are nice guitars !!!
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12-14-2019, 08:06 AM
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Thank you for your kind remarks!!!
Bob
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12-14-2019, 10:25 AM
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Congrats Bob! I've heard many great things about the MusicMan including how it has one of the best headstock designs and tuner placements to keep guitars in tune.
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12-14-2019, 07:18 PM
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Beautiful guitar! Enjoy!
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