Introduction Duesenberg Guitars are a unique combination of German engineering and classic art-deco styling. They deliver tones from the golden age of Rock ’n’ Roll with playability features incorporating modern guitar innovations. Our guitars will feel as comfortable as a vintage favorite, yet will delight you with their subtle and useful enhancements.
Built to last, our premium hardware reflects vintage sensibilities. Incorporating modern design and functional improvements alleviates the need to upgrade with after-market parts or accessories. Our headstock, hardware and pickguard echo the elegant and unique art-deco styling creating a guitar built with the refinements of yesterday. Our custom made pickups with alnico magnets are warm, cutting and distinctive. They are an excellent match for either vintage-styled or modern hi-gain amplifier designs.
Since the mid 1990s, Duesenberg has tirelessly focused on developing a line of guitars and basses that meets and exceeds the demands of a seasoned professional. Each Duesenberg guitar and bass has been painstakingly hand assembled by guitarists like you – making Duesenberg one of the finest sounding and playing guitars in the world. Thank you for your time in learning about Duesenberg Guitars. Sincerely, Dieter Goelsdorf, Founder and Designer of Duesenberg Guitars
American Hardrock Maple Necks
Nickel Plated Hardware
Additional Information:
Indian Rosewood Fingerboards
Duesenberg Deluxe Tuning Machines
Scale: 64.7cm/ 25.5”
Heavy Duty Platinum Output Jacks – Made In Italy
The Duesenberg Super Tremola is designed for comfortable playing and stringing.
Jumbo Frets: 2,8mm x 1mm / .110” x .039” 22 Frets / 21 Frets DVC Model
Heavy Duty Pots – Made in Japan
12” Fingerboard Radius
Heavy Duty 3-Way Switches – Made in USA
Dual Action Truss-Rods
Nickel Wound Strings – Made in USA
Nut With: 42mm/ 1.654” Hardware / Components: Duesenberg Floating Bridge with Steel Saddles Duesenberg Piezo Bridge with Bonoid Saddles German Silver Pickup Covers (open)
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Pickups used in Duesenberg Guitars: Duesenberg DP90 Single Coil Pickups Duesenberg Grand Vintage Humbuckers Pickups Duesenberg Crunchbuckers Pickups Duesenberg-V Single Coil Pickups with Single Alnico Magnets
The string ball ends are simply put through the 6 holes of the roller instead of putting them onto pins. This will save time and nerves. The down-holder roller has six guided groves to position the strings automatically. The Duesenberg Tremola also comes with an adjustable round tremolo arm. The wiring of each Duesenberg has been configured to split the mid-shift functions for greater additional tones without lessening the volume output.
Signature Model
DTV Ron Wood A limited edition DTV, the DRW comes with an elegant circular mother-of-pearl mosaic top and headstock design complete with Ron’s etched signature on the nickel-plated brass pickguard. This is one of the most unique and eye catching guitar designs in decades. This guitar is prominently displayed on the recent Rolling Stones DVD 4-pack.
PICKUPS
CONTROLS
BODY
Custom Duesenberg- DP90 and Grand Vintage Humbucker
Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
Arched Top and Back along with Formed Bowed Sides and Sustain Center Block Body Size: 46 x 34 x 7cm / 18.11” x 13.38’’ x 2.75”
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
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DTV Starplayer TV Our semi-hollow deluxe guitar is played by many of the top players in the world. The Starplayer-TV features a greatly improved 60s style tremolo and a floating bridge with steel saddles. Our custom-wound DP90 in the neck position gives an authentic blues tone making a versatile combination with the vintage Humbucker in the bridge position. The distinctive arched spruce top and elegant flamed maple arched back has elevated the DTV to one of the finest guitars in the world. It will remind you of the time when Rock ’n’ Roll was young.
PICKUPS
CONTROLS
BODY
Custom Duesenberg- DP90 and Grand Vintage Humbucker
Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
Arched Top and Back along with Formed Bowed Sides and Sustain Center Block Body Size: 46 x 34 x 7cm / 18.11” x 13.38’’ x 2.75”
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
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2-Tone-Sunburst
Blue-Sparkle
Silver-Sparkle
Surf-Green
Trans-Orange
Vintage-White
IC E - PE AR L
EM ER AL D - PE AR L
GO LD - TO P
CR EA M Y - PE AR L
SH ÈN A RI NG Ö
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STOP - TAILPIECE
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Signature Model
DCC Carl Carlton This signature line model is a full-sized, semi-hollow guitar with the playability and rich, creamy and full tones of a solid body guitar. You will not want to put this guitar down. It is equally at home in a jazz or hard rock gig. The DCC will slide you back in time as the vintage tones escape from your first chord or bend!
PICKUPS
CONTROLS
BODY
Custom Duesenberg- DP90 and Grand Vintage Humbucker
Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
Arched Spruce Top and Flamed Maple Back Body Size: 51,5 x 41 x 6,8cm / 20.27” x 16’’ x 2.75”
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
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Trans-Black
2-Tone-Sunburst
Vintage-White
DIM Imperial The new Imperial takes you back to a time when rock was around the clock. The Imperial is a large, hollow-body guitar with two classic F-holes tied with the body thickness of vintage rockabilly guitars. Its classic look and fantastic rich tones, delivered from our custom Duesenberg pick-ups, allows this modern classic to revisit the past with today’s high tech appointments.
PICKUPS
CONTROLS
BODY
Custom Duesenberg-DP90 and Grand Vintage Humbucker
Master Volume, Master Tone, Multi-Tone, 3-Way Selector
Arched Spruce Top and Flamed Maple Body Body Size: 51,5 x 41 x 9cm / 20.27” x 16’’ x 3.68”
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
Light-Orange
Red-Burst 7
DDC Double Cat The New Duesenberg Cat embodies all of the classic styles of Duesenberg with each aspect of this guitar showing our commitment to quality. The DDC is a new line of hollow-body guitars with the classic double cut-away look and feel. The already classic sound of Duesenberg has engulfed this Cat and it seems to be ready to get out of its cage. Making this Cat complete is our custom pickups tying it together with our DP90 up front. The only thing this Cat needs is a playmate…
PICKUPS
CONTROLS
BODY
Custom Duesenberg-DP90 and Grand Vintage Humbucker
Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
American Alder with Maple Top Veneer Body size: 47 x 34 x 4,5cm / 18.5” x 13.35” x 1.75”
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
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12-string
DDC 12 Double Cat 12-string The Duesenberg Cat 12-string guitar electrifies the air with the sparkle and charm from when 12-strings reshaped music in the 60s. The New DDC-12 captures the rich tones of the past, taking you back to the hallowed grounds of rock. Our painstaking attention to details has made this one of the finest guitars in our collection.
PICKUPS
CONTROLS
BODY
Custom Duesenberg-DP90 and Grand Vintage Humbucker
Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
American Alder with Maple Top Veneer Body size: 47 x 34 x 4,5cm / 18.5” x 13.35” x 1.75”
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
Black
Fire-Burst 9
DRK Rocket The New Duesenberg Rocket has taken off and is now setting the rock world on fire. The classic rock look has now been perfected. We have taken our Duesenberg design and have melded it into the pure rage of heavy rock creating the classic German black & white look on a guitar that will truly launch you out of sight. The Rocket crunches out the tones through our custom Humbuckers that only Duesenberg can give. The DRK continues with the classic art-deco design using our vintage 25.5” scale. Every bit of this guitar meets our highest standards.
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CONTROLS
BODY
HARDWARE
Custom Duesenberg Grand Vintage Humbucker and Crunchbucker
Master Volume, Master-Multi Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector (Input jack is conveniently placed)
Arched Solid Maple Top and American Alder Body, Body size: 53 x 42,5 x 4,1cm / 20.87” x 16.7” x 1.61”
Aluminum Tailpiece, Duesenberg Bridge with Steel Saddles, Outstanding Tremolo Version available.
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
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DSP Starplayer Special Our Starplayer Special was first prototyped in 1992 and voted “Guitar of the Year” in UK in 2003. Our maple neck and rosewood fingerboard delivers a distinctive attack and clarity not usually associated with this body type. The DSP with its Alder body comes with a 12mm/ 0.47” Canadian Maple top. These combinations present an exceptional sound and clarity that brings sweet thick tones and long sustain. A choice of opaque or sparkle colors impart a rich visual identity.
PICKUPS
CONTROLS
BODY
HARDWARE
Custom Duesenberg Grand Vintage Humbucker and Crunchbucker
Master Volume, Master Multi-Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
Arched Solid Maple Top and American Alder Body, Body size: 44 x 32,5 x 5,3cm – 17.32” x 12.6” x 2.1”
Aluminum Tailpiece and Duesenberg Bridge with Steel Saddles
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
Silver-Sparkle
Surf-Green
Black
Orange
Vintage-White
Blue-Sparkle
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DVC V-Caster This guitar features an American solid alder body, 3 custom alnico single magnet pickups, and a Diego Deluxe tremolo (also available in a non-trem version). The V-Caster guitar provides all the clarity and spank with more lower-midrange emphasis. This creates a gloriously thick-sounding machine with none of the annoying brittleness of many single-coil designed guitars. Featuring the elegant headstock and pick guard shape of our entire line, the DVC and the DVCT have an open back showing the classic look of the springs to the bridge.
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Custom Duesenberg-V Single Coils with single alnico magnets. Middle pickup: Reverse Wound = Reverse Polarity
Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
Solid American Alder, Body size: 44 x 32,5 x 4,5cm – 17.32” x 12.6” x 1.77”
The new TRI-TONE Control adds the middle pickup to the signal when turned toward the far right position. When turned to the far left, the treble will be turned down. When moved to the middle or center position the middle pickup is turned off allowing the bridge and neck pickups to rock. So give it a turn to the “right” and you will have your mids tones along with the sound of our 3-pickups.
TREMOLO
BRIDGE
Vintage Sheet Steel with Aluminum Block
Vintage Sheet Steel
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
DVCT Colors
2-Tone-Sunburst 12
DVC Colors
Black
Surf-Green
Vintage-White
Blue-Sparkle
Black
Surf-Green
Red-Sparkle
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BASS GUITARS At the beginning of the music revolution in the 1960s a few German companies started building instruments that influenced the music industry. Duesenberg has continued this tradition. Our bass collection has been painstakingly designed to ensure that weight reduction and the redesigned scale length of 77cm / 30.31” has not compromised tone or feel.
DBV Violin Bass The look alone says it all. The DVB has the classic feel of the 60s with Duesenberg’s unsurpassed quality and style. This hollow body DVB will rock your soul to the sounds of the past and propel you into the 21st century.
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HARDWARE
Custom Duesenberg-Bass Humbuckers
Nickel Plated Brass, Arched Spruce Top Bridge Fully and Arched Flamed Adjustable Maple Body, Body size 46 x 29 x 7cm / 18.11” x 11.42” x 2.76”
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
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2-Tone-Sunburst
BODY
DBB Star Bass The Star Bass displays the classic look of Duesenberg with its distinctive spruce arched top with an arched flamed maple back. The vintage cutaway look on a semi-hollow body gives the DSB everything that you would want in a bass. Our uniquely designed duel Humbuckers are optimally placed to create depth and overtones that will not only move the air that you breathe, but also your soul.
PICKUPS
CONTROLS
Custom 2 Volumes, Duesenberg-Bass 1 Tone Humbuckers
BODY
HARDWARE
Arched Spruce Nickel Plated Top and Arched Brass, Bridge Flamed Maple Fully Adjustable Body , Body size 46 x 34 x 7cm / 18.11” x13.39” x 2.76”
Additional Information See Features and Specifications
Black
2-Tone-Sunburst
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A Product Of: Well known Duesenberg Users: Ron Wood, Carl Carlton, Tito Larriva, Brad Rice, Chris Spedding, John Platania, Jackson Mackay, Peter Maffay, Larry Garner, Robbie McIntosh, Chris Whitley, Shéna Ringö, Chris Jagger, Billy Gibbons, Keb Mo, Sonny Landreth, Johnny Depp, Moses Mo, Brian Ray, Dusty Hill, Wizzard, Phil Caivano, Colin Hay, Nikolaj Steen, Laurie Wisefeld, Jacob Binzer, Alan Darby, Ken Taylor, Dave Stewart, Tony Joe White
Your dealer:
Dieter Gölsdorf Hannover - Germany fax 0049/511/855 249 www.duesenberg.de Duesenberg is a Trademark of Dieter Gölsdorf, registered in Germany and the USA