Active preamp gives you a +12dB boost

The Luke III’s double-cutaway design gives you plenty of access across the fretboard to put its custom-wound Music Man humbucker and two custom-wound Music Man single-coil pickups to work. It’s easy to breathe life into your playing with these passive pickups, but the Luke III gives you even more control with its Ernie Ball Music Man active preamp. From ear-splitting leads to cream-covered rhythms, these pickups deliver, and with a +12dB boost when you need it, complete tonal control is within arm’s reach.

Incomparable roasted maple neck

The Ernie Ball Music Man Luke III’s roasted maple neck features 22 frets, a 25.5-inch scale, and 12-inch neck radius. Its gunstock oil and hand-rubbed wax finish is unlike any other neck you’ll play. There’s no stickiness to slow you down and the natural woodiness makes the instrument feel like an extension of your hand. Along with its double-cutaway body style, the overall fluidity of this guitar’s neck is extraordinary in all regards.

Floating tremolo and Schaller locking tuners for perfect pitch

With the Luke III’s Ernie Ball Music Man floating vintage tremolo, you’ll get in tune and stay there. This vintage-style tremolo is constructed of chrome-plated hardened steel with bent steel saddles. The guitar’s headstock is adorned with Schaller M6 locking tuners that make string changing a cinch. Just insert the string, tighten the clamp screw, and tune it up to pitch. Strings won’t be wound around the shaft so your tuning will be reliable, no matter how hard you play. The guitarists here at Sweetwater swear by the performance and reliability of Music Man instruments, and the Luke III is no exception.

Ernie Ball Music Man Luke III Features:

• Contoured alder body provides equal doses of lows, mids, and highs
• Select roasted figured maple neck and rosewood fingerboard play like a dream
• MM chrome-plated, hardened-steel vintage floating tremolo with bent steel saddles
• 22 low profile, wide frets ensure high-speed, low-drag playing
• 3 custom-wound Music Man pickups: 1 humbucker (bridge), 2 single-coils (middle, neck) serve up a massive tone arsenal
• Active +12dB boost for pushing your overdriven amplifier over the edge
• Extensive electronic shielding eliminates pickup noise