Music Man Luke 3 HSS BFR Shadow Gold

Limited to 65 pieces in the world, this particular Music Man Luke 3 features many qualities not found in the regular version of the model. Starting with the most important - the guitar is a part  of a custom run released by Ball Family Reserve in 2019. BFR is Music Man's "Custom Shop" - guitars released as BFR versions include special features and arguably sound much more defined than stock versions.

Let's list all the crazy qualities in which the guitar differs from regular Luke 3: A full mahogany body, ebony fretboard without markers, stainless steel frets and a backplate signed by Steve Lukather himself! Custom wound DiMarzio pickups also seem to be much more dynamic and brighter to previous version (Transition).

Soundwise, the guitar takes you to another level. Not a slight of muddiness, incredible punch and dynamics both in the humbucker and single coil sounds. Stainless steel frets along with the ebony fretboard give every note a touch of brilliance. Finally, the active boost can take you from crunch to roaring overdrive in one touch of a knob. 

The guitar is in mint condition with all the paperwork and a hard case.

Specification:

• Body Wood: Full mahogany
• Body Finish: High gloss polyester
• Body Color: Shadow Gold (sparkling)
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Neck Radius: 12"
• Frets: 22, stainless steel
• Neck Width 1-5/8" (41.3 mm) at nut, 2-3/16" (55.6 mm) at last fret
• Neck Wood: Figured roasted maple neck, satin finish
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Fret Markers: no
• Neck Finish: Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
• Tuning Machines: Schaller M6-IND locking
• 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: HSS with 1 DiMarzio Custom humbucker + 2 DiMarzio custom single coil
• Strings 9-42
• Hard case: yes
• Case candies: yes, including BFR certificate of authenticity
• Steve Lukather signed backplate