Luke

TheGreatGreen said:
Yeah that makes sense. He used a ton of rack gear, tons of cables, and the EMGs' low output impedance signal is great for maintaining integrity over long cable runs.
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having had experience with both it is a very wise strategy. but the EMGs for me square off the rounder finer nuaces of the vintage guitar tones a bit too much for my tastes.
that being said i’d love a side axe loaded with them and have been looking.

how’s this cool story including some Luke shreddery?

 
mixn4him said:
Also the Rivera at that time too, which was just a copy of the 3+ pre amp..
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i used a Rivera tbr-1 as a power amp live for years and became acquainted with the clean and dirty preamp tones in it.

Luke was the using the Bonehead sig and Los Lobottom subs at that time. when i ran into him in the Brauer hallway rolling my rack out of Dave F’s shop he pointed out the Rivera and gave me a thumb’s up.

truthfully, and with all due respect to Paul, the Rivera crunch tones i’ve experienced (TBR/Bonehead/Knucklehead) aren’t my cup of tea. too stiff. although i learned the day i traded my tbr for a mesa 395 is that they really came alive with EMGs as the guy i traded with demonstrated to me. those amps like to be hit hard on the front end.

my fave Rivera is the Sedona acoustic amp Doyle Dykes endorsed which i got to check out through him, but the bewer venus recording amps look cool. and i still love my og rock crusher and used it last night!
 
mentoneman said:
having had experience with both it is a very wise strategy. but the EMGs for me square off the rounder finer nuaces of the vintage guitar tones a bit too much for my tastes.
that being said i’d love a side axe loaded with them and have been looking.

how’s this cool story including some Luke shreddery?

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Yeah, the amount of extended high end they retain is really different from standard pickups, like they can almost approach piezo territory. The first time I installed an 81 / 89 combo in my guitar, I thought the 81 almost sounded closer to a stronger single coil than a standard humbucker, almost hi-fi sounding.

But I will say that once you get used to those extended highs and learn to dial your rig to accommodate the way they sound, they can be awesome. And despite them almost exclusively being used for metal, they can get surprisingly dynamic too.
 
Got an EMG SL20 Lukather Pickguard in my white MIM Strat. Killer in any amp I’ve used it with.

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