Sweet Little Duesenberg 12 String Mandola.

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I'm not sure if calling short scale high strung guitars mandolas is a misnomer or not. They do fall within the range of a mandola pitch but we are still dealing with guitar tuning in fourths.

Lets forget semantics and take a look at this beautiful Duesenberg.

With a 15.5 inch scale and ability to intonate each string individually (instead of the more common pairs intonation ) this little giant must just ring with chimey goodness.

Currently listed on Reverb for $2589

R.W. Haller

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Rare Discontinued Duesenberg D-Caster

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I've never played a Duesenberg. I feel they are more of a rare commodity in Canada, or I'm not frequenting the right music stores. I've often admired them from afar and I seriously covet their lapsteel offering with built in capo and palm benders.

This Duesenberg D-Caster has a lot of familiar elements and styling, yet still maintains an original look. I specifically would like to try the spring loaded swell-pot that can be assigned to the tone or the volume. Way cooler than my kill switch.

Currently listed at $2000 Canadian.

R.W. Haller


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Duesenberg Starplayer TV Ringo Sheena signature

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You remember the ultra green turtle shell or the black alligator skin Duesenberg Starplayers TV? 

Well, here is the black and gold leaf checkered one, a limited edition signature guitar for Japanese rockstar Ringo Sheena, same cooler than cool model with its art deco gear - whole in shining gold - with another outrageous finish...

Enjoy!

Bertram

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Duesenberg Starplayer TV in Ninja Turtle finish

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Who can deny that Duesenberg makes some of the most splendid guitars out there?

This is the emerald green pearltop Duesenberg Starplayer, a guitar you can't avoid noticing with its outrageous finish combined with the most elegant design and gear - something we already enjoyed on the Outlaw - with a more sober but still over the edge black crocodile style look...

The Duesenberg tremelos - here it's a Tremola -  have a very good reputation - they feel like a good alternative to Bigsbys.

I feel like one day I should try to earn money if I ever want to have such a guitar - I should compose a hit song...

Bertram

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Duesenberg chrome custom by Zinc

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This gleaming artifact is - according to its eBay seller - a Duesenberg-based custom work by French luthier Zinc (about which I couldn't find any information by the way).

It has for sure the characteristic humbucker/P90 configuration of hollow-body Duesenbergs, also the Duesenberg knobs and switch (plus one extra that might be a killswitch), but the body doesn't really fit to any Duesenberg model I can identify: the F-hole is too wide, the cutaway too pointy and the body too round to be a Starplayer - the closest model to it... Also the neck is for sure no Duesenberg, but a strat copy (carrying a Zinc logo) - so it could be that only the gear made it to this custom - then the body is a mystery... Love the chrome finish though!

Bertram

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Duesenberg Starplayer TV Outlaw

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A couple of weeks ago I posted about Duesenberg guitars and I said I would post soon about my favorite Duesenberg model, the Starplayer TV Outlaw.

Here it is with its beautiful/kitsch black alligator finish, thinline body, neck P90 PU and bridge humbucker, chrome art deco pickguard, the famous upgraded Bigsby-like tremolo...

Here again, the photo is too nice and the guitar brand new, I still wish I'd see how this guitar looks after a few years of stage!

bertram

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Duesenberg 49er

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I've been posting German guitars regularly here, but so far I never had the opportunity to show the classiest of them all, the Duesenbergs. Actually these guitars are so luxurious that's it's hard to find a photo that doesn't seem to come from an expensive erotic magazine - and they hardly ever show up second-hand on eBay...

Anyway, let me finally introduce you to the Duesenberg 49er, with its 21st century art deco retro-futurist look, strings-thru-body bridge, bridge humbucker and neck P90... No vintage here but an inevitable vintage look!  

One day I hope I can show here an Outlaw model with its black snake skin finish - there's one here but the pics suck.  

bertram

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Duesenberg Guitars: I recently saw Bill Nelson using one of these babies - it looked cool and sounded mighty impressive.