The Best High-End Guitar I Ever Played!?

For more info about Luke's Guitars: / lukesguitars
Here's some basic info about the guitar:
S-Style late '62 "Shell Pink" Reissue Guitar.
Curved Brazilian Rosewood Board.
Neck: Maple Neck Profile: '62 - C Shape
Finish: Aged Shell Pink Relic - Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Wood: Alder
Handwound Pickups by Luke
Tabs for both solos featured in the video can be found here: / 102131010
Timetable for video:
0:00 Intro
0:15 The Guitar
1:38 Demo 1
2:41 Demo 2

[@miramarensis]

Wow, my most sincere compliments, Maestro!

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks 😊

[@RupesMcDGuitar]

Luke is a master, I hear from him quite often as we share the passion for Strats (like you, ha). To me it looks way better than custom shop. Great playing as ever Emanuel. 👌

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Couldn't agree more! Thank you also 🙏

[@rickkohnken4776]

Pickups sound really special. I'm sure it at least rivals custom shop.

[@RupesMcDGuitar]

@@rickkohnken4776 it’s interesting these days with boutique builders making strats. They were never boutique guitars in the first place!

[@dezionlion]

@@RupesMcDGuitarthat’s all right, nobody’s been able to make a better strat for 75 years

[@sboy1955]

Looks like a comfortable guitar

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Awesome guitar

[@onlykekko]

Hands up for Luke! Lovely craftsman and friend.

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Awesome guitar builder

[@predigr]

Love your playing and sound, really good!!

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks a lot! 🙏🙏🙏

[@JazzStrat781]

Beautiful guitar and outstanding playing as always 👍🎸

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Many thanks :)

[@craiger2399]

Sounds and looks incredible! Congrats on the new guitar.

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Many thanks!

[@hkguitar1984]

Beautiful checking on that body, as for the pickups, they seem to have found a great recipe for making them, excellent indeed. The Shell Pink color doesn't always look so nice, again, your Luke guitar is beautiful. I have a Stratocater Body in Sonic Blue that is similarly aged and checked. With the Sonic Blue, the aged clear top-coat has aged turning the guitar to a light surf green color, except in the areas when my play wear has rubbed off the clear coat, those areas fad to the original sonic blue, its really very stunning.

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks! It's a lovely guitar and congratz to your Sonic Blue. Sonic Blue is one of my favourite colors for sure

[@hkguitar1984]

@@EmanuelHedberg Yes, Sonic Blue and Surf Green are big favorites of mine, I couldn't decide one or the other so the Luthier who painted my guitar body suggested the relic and fade between the Sonic Blue and Surf Green. Much like your Shell Pink the relic checking is beautiful.

[@JensLarsen]

Sounds amazing when you play it 😁

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks Jens! Your the best!

[@JONNIE_ROCKER]

Some nice chords,, congrats on the new guitar E, 👍👍🍺

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks 😊

[@xiscogg]

Nice guitar. I just want to thank you. I ordered a Luke's guitar that soon will be finished, never heard of them until you posted a video with a Luke's tele.

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Rock on! That’s awesome! So glad to hear that! It will be worth the wait 🔥👏❤️🙏

[@mraggrovator]

Outstanding player.

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thank you thank you :)

[@pharmerdavid1432]

When the bolt-on neck guitar maker also makes his bodies and necks (doesn't just buy them elsewhere like Nash etc.) AND winds his own pickups, then he is a "luthier"! The crazing in the nitrocellulose lacquer isn't just for looks, it allows the wood to "breathe" for real improving vibration and tone. Your playing combined with that guitar is a treat, looking forward to hearing more!

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thank you thank you! Yeah, Luke is super talented and he makes everything by himself. No partscasters what so ever! Everything is built by him. So cool! He is also amazing at doing NOS guitars (non relic).

[@GCKelloch]

The checking is awesome, but the difference a thin finish makes compared to how a thick piece of wood like that damps string vibrations is insignificant. Pickup winding and guitar electronics is also not part of Luthiery skill. The pickups sound like any number of CNC-wound Strat pickups with the same pole magnet types that sell for under $100 a set. Don't believe the hype.

[@Rahilda]

Finish doesn't affect guitar tone.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

You are guitarded !! Yup you are one of those people that believe all the adverts and everything you see on tv. Electric guitar wood breathing. Oh my Lord !

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

@@Rahilda This guy is Guitarded ! Absolutely it doesn’t 👏👏

[@autodidacticprofessor869]

GORGEOUS! Love the look and the tone!!

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks :)

[@kevinalfrey2633]

A swart is definitely on my bucket list amp list 👍 As always ,great playing

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thank you 😊

[@mrsnakepit]

Nice playing.... Very melodic.... Great guitar n sounds

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks a lot! 😀

[@casadeiguitarservice]

I had the chance to try it before it got shipped to you. Amazing guitar, the checkin is a work of art

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Wow! So cool to hear! Yeah, it's an awesome guitar!

[@user-lf6wp8bs4s]

thanks for sharing your musical talent !!!

[@EmanuelHedberg]

And thank you for the support!

[@robertodeboniscristalli19]

Breathtaking...

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks!

[@robertodeboniscristalli19]

@@EmanuelHedberg both majestic: you and my friend Luca's masterpiece

[@EmanuelHedberg]

@@robertodeboniscristalli19🙏❤️🙏❤️

[@wonderXweapon]

Hey I have a question maybe you or one of you subs could answer, I have 5 MIJ Stratocasters from mid 2000’s and I’ve noticed on the rosewood fret boards they used a white very nice wax on the fret board that makes it slippery and in my opinion better to play on, even after all these years I can still see the white wax on some of the pores of the rosewood and it is still a perfect amount of slipperiness that makes playing so much better .. do you know what they use for this type of wax ? Ive noticed that my USA fender Stratocasters don’t have this wax that is put on the fretboard at the factory in Japan - has anyone ever heard of this or know what type of wax it is ? I’ve racked my brain trying to figure this out I want to buy some for my other guitars - i thought about shuffle board wax, ski wax, surfboard wax, car wax, or maybe there really is a special fretboard wax out there somewhere that a person can buy . I’m pretty sure it’s not a liquid wax more like a hard tube wax. Hopefully you guys can help me please 🙏🏻 Parker Shultz

[@fredfloyd34]

Never heard of lukes...guitars.... If you endorse them...Must be great.

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Awesome guitars. I really recommend

[@ChickenThug55]

You make all your equipments sing! Sounds pretty sweet from my iPhone, imagine if I plugged into my big loud speakers!

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks 😊

[@MysterD515]

What does the headstock look like? Locking tuners? Roller nut? Six strings to one side?

[@deeforty]

I've just signed up for your patreon ,looking forward to being able to becoming a double stop legend such as yourself, is there plenty lessons to follow in there on this subject?cheers .

[@Swaralipi2004]

Hello sir I was following your videos in KZbin for very long time and I wanted to play electric guitar like you but I don't have any electric guitar and don't have much money to buy............. Btw keep growing sir Love from Arijit

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Tabs for both solos featured in the video can be found here: www.patreon.com/posts/102131010

[@danidcr]

nice... but.... and the headstock???

[@LukeBowmanGuitar]

Guitar by Luke, (some) tabs by Luke, I’m sensing a theme here 🤔😂😂 but man I need one 🤤🤤

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Haha maaan! Your the best! Thanks for the tabs. I'll get in touch soon. Two awesome Luke's! Damn :D

[@LukeBowmanGuitar]

@@EmanuelHedberg 🙏🏻🎸🤓

[@reginaldpoofta5]

Is it old or do they intentionally make it look old? Do they add rust and all those scratches or is it actually very old guitar?

[@williamwood2913]

I think it’s a recycled body, he says “three piece older body” 1:08

[@robotzebra]

@@williamwood2913he's saying "alder", which is the type of wood the body is made from

[@josuastangl7140]

0:49 he says it’s a "relic" meaning it is artificially made to look old.

[@tumuaialii]

we need a "fly me to the moon" tutorial now!!!!!!

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Got a lesson Patreon 👍

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Does it have a headstock?

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Nah, just a stockhead

[@thagard7]

Great guitar but the playing is outstanding. It’s all in the fingers

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Many many thanks :)

[@ralphditchburn1456]

Take this oppirtunity to say you sound the best as i traverse the iinternet highway

[@ralphditchburn1456]

Love the guitar too. Can I borrow it? Lol

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Wow! Many many thanks. Really appreciate those kind words

[@EmanuelHedberg]

@@ralphditchburn1456 Haha, sure. Give me your adress ;)

[@ralphditchburn1456]

I'ĺl quote that. Lol. I got way to many guitars. So I have to pass. Divorced if I buy a pick now. Lol. You funny. Thanks

[@odgeUK]

Did you never show the headstock to avoid the wrath of Fender licencing? :D Beautiful guitar by the way!

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Thanks 😊

[@supernoobsmith5718]

I cannot understand why anyone thinks a worn finish is "beautiful". Blows my mind. And you didn't show the headstock.

[@maddienreeree]

Because it mimics a vintage guitar that is well loved and well played and worn in, but at a price point that is accessible to players vs finding a true vintage guitar that has an exorbitant price tag upwards of $25,000.

[@supernoobsmith5718]

@@maddienreeree I can understand a worn in neck, even frets for that matter. But I think the check'd paint and chips and whatnot is ugly. And rusted parts, etc, just makes no sense.

[@stephenlongley5701]

hey emanuel, looking for the link to the tabs but it's not there. pls link it:)

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Sorry. My bad! Link is there now, just update your browser and it should be there. A link to the specific Patreon Page with the tabs: www.patreon.com/posts/102131010

[@EmanuelHedberg]

here's the link also: www.patreon.com/posts/102131010

[@stephenlongley5701]

@@EmanuelHedberg you’re the best thank you

[@agstrauss]

I don’t believe the color is shell pink, it looks a lot more like tahitian coral to me if you’re talking about classic colors.

[@EmanuelHedberg]

It's shell pink

[@gearViewmirror]

I agree....more salmon pink, but no way shell pink....🎸🤘🏼🎸

[@EmanuelHedberg]

@@gearViewmirrorit’s shell pink

[@minisurfbanana]

Never saw the head😂

[@mattwallis1893]

But can it Malmsteen? Just joking, sounds lovely. That amp is magic too.

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Many thanks 😊

[@malcolmlyndsell5009]

Sorry , a cheap fender in the hands of a real player outsmarts all these experts

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Well, you seem to be an expert for sure :D Hahaha!

[@josephosley3308]

@@EmanuelHedbergdon’t forget a “real player” too! Lmao

[@casqueadrian]

​@@EmanuelHedberg earing loss... 😒

[@rickkohnken4776]

ARE YOU SERIOUS? ARE YOU SURE?😂😂😂😂

[@rickkohnken4776]

Malcolm. You ignorant fellow.

[@user-wk6sj8lj1y]

Why aren't you showing me the guitar head. I don't like this

[@EmanuelHedberg]

Ok! I don't give a damn if you like it or not!