Three Steps Ahead

Retro meets High-Tech... Lots of progress in the last few years! Now we feel it is time for a new Duesenberg catalog. We have new instruments in our product range, the highly acclaimed D-Caster, the much anticipated long scale solid-body D-Bass, and of course the Pomona 6 lap steel featuring our "Multibender" pedalling device. We have broken new ground for musicians by creating three analog effects pedals and the new vintage style "Doozy one" guitar amplifier. As you can see in our hall of fame at the end of the catalog, many of the top musicians in the world have also discovered Duesenberg. Above all we would like to mention Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) who caused great excitement at the Superbowl in 2008 playing his signature Doozy.. Of course we remained faithful to the established art-deco-style - but we have added several new inventions and developments, such as the new Duesenberg tremolo, the "Toaster" pickups and the "Z-Tuners". The frets of all our Duesenberg instruments are now processed with the German-made PLEK machine, a computer-operated technical marvel, which leads to perfect playability. Goodbye to buzzing strings! Further, the unique 3-step design used on Duesenberg headstocks and many of our hardware parts has become a worldwide trademark. Addition to our distributors in Europe, the US and Japan we were able to develop a market in Australia as well as Canada. Sincerely, Dieter Goelsdorf Founder and Designer of Duesenberg Guitars

D. Gölsdorf, I. Renner Hannover - Germany fax +49 511 855249 www.duesenberg.de Duesenberg is a Trademark of Dieter Gölsdorf, registered in Germany and the USA

Starplayer TV ”Ron Wood” (completed)

Our first signature model, the DRW came with an elegant circular mother-of-pearl mosaic top that has been continued in our Ice Pearl series. “I Love my Doozy” - Ronnie Wood

Starplayer TV ”Mike Campbell“ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have just celebrated their 30th year together, and to commemorate the Hall of Fame career of Mike Campbell, we have built a signature guitar that honors his achievements. “There’s nothing like this Guitar.” - Mike Campbell

Starplayer TV Our semi-hollow 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. The distinctive arched spruce top and elegant flamed maple arched back has elevated the DTV to one of the finest guitars in the world, with unsurpassed versatility and tonal variations for Blues to Rock. • Arched Spruce Top and Flamed Maple Back • Duesenberg Tremola or Alu Stop Tailpiece • Formed Bent Sides and Sustain Center Block “Looks, sounds and feels like what it is....A beautifully made machine. The tremolo is superb.” - Jeff Lynne

Fullerton Series Some say it all started in Fullerton, California - where Leo Fender built his first electric guitar. We have moved our US office to downtown Fullerton. It seems the mojo has returned... The new Fullerton Series combines the best of two worlds. Our DTV and CC models have merged to create a new double cutaway with elegant lines and a bold statement that makes this guitar one of our finest achievements. • Arched Spruce Top and Flamed Maple Back • Duesenberg Tremola • Formed Bent Sides and Sustain Center Block “My favorite electric guitar in the last 20 years.” – Glenn Frey, The Eagles

C.C. The C.C. is a full-sized semi-hollow body guitar that gives you the playability and rich, creamy tones of a solid body guitar. Equally at home in a jazz or hard rock gig, the C.C. will slide you back in time as the vintage tones escape from your first chord or bend! You will not want to put this guitar down. • Arched Spruce Top and Flamed Maple Back • Duesenberg Tremola or Alu Stop Tailpiece • Formed Bent Sides , 2.75“ / 7cm deep “I play it every night.”- Robbie McIntosh

440 Series The new semi-hollow 440 Series is inspired by our original 1992 DSP non-tremolo version. We have added some very special features: 5-layer binding along with the elegant flamed maple back and our new oval-ring inlays. The 440 has quickly become "The Session Man's" tool of choice. The 440 comes with our impeccable P-90 which gives you that rich warm tone along with the glassy elegance of our Grand Vintage Humbucker in the bridge position. You will see why this guitar feels like a smooth highway while you remain in perfect pitch. • • • • •

Hollow Body with Sustain Block and Bent Sides Traditional Set-In Neck "Oval-Ring" Fingerboard Inlays Arched Spruce Top and Flamed Maple Back Aluminum Stop Tailpiece

Imperial This guitar takes you back to a time when rock was just a little bit around the clock. The Imperial is a full-bodied, 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 pickups, allow this modern classic to revisit the past with today’s high tech appointments. • Arched Spruce Top and Flamed Maple Back • Duesenberg Tremola • Formed Bent Sides , 3.68“ / 9cm deep "Best new guitar made, both tonally and aesthetically! Period..." - Dann Huff, Nashville Producer

Double Cat The Double 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. With our Multi-Bender added to the Double Cat, you can bend to your heart’s content. The already classic sound of Duesenberg has engulfed this Cat and it seems to be ready to get out of its cage. • American Alder Body with Maple Top • Sound Chambers • 12-String and Multibender Version “The Duesenberg has changed my Life.”- Tom Bukovac

49er Our 49er has taken center stage with some of the great guitars of the early fifties. The combination of engineering and wood selection, along with our specially voiced Duesenberg pickups and classic archedtop has allowed the 49er to join the other unrivaled guitars found in the Duesenberg line. • Mahogany Body with Arched Solid Maple Top • Adjustable STB (String Through Body) System • Rosewood Veneer (Headstock) “Deepest, widest, and most defined tone.” – Chris Rodriguez Keith Urban and Kenny Loggins

52 Senior We are proud to announce one of our finest guitars, the new 52 Senior. The simplicity of a single pickup and a wrap around bridge are no secret. The 52 Senior features a mahogany neck and a chambered mahogany body with a fat maple top. The 52 Sr. will set a new bench mark in both tone and sophisticated design. Our unique coil-tap gives you those glassy, pearly rhythm sounds plus a neck pickup sound when choosing the third position. "Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication" And this Senior has it all.. • • • •

Chambered Mahogany Body Fat Maple Top Wrap Around Brass Bridge Available with P-90 or Little Toaster Pickup “Do you know what's wrong with this guitar? NOTHING!” – Billy Gibbons, ZZ Top

Dragster Series "If you ain't first, you're last" And there is no better way to get there than in our new Dragster Series. Designed to be the offspring of the 52 Senior, the Dragster just rips with speed and tone. The flat mahogany body - plus the slickness of the"no-binding" neck - coupled with our unique coiltap pickup give you the ultimate Top Gear in performance. • • • •

Flat Bound Mahogany Body One Piece Mahogany Neck Wrap Around Brass Bridge P-90 Single Coil Pickup with Coil Tap

Starplayer Special Prototyped in 1992, the Starplayer Special is where it all started! Our maple neck and rosewood fingerboard deliver a distinctive attack and clarity not usually associated with this body shape. The combination of the alder body and Canadian maple top present an exceptional sound and clarity, which brings sweet thick tones and long sustain. A choice of opaque or sparkle colors impart a rich visual identity. • Alder Body with Arched Solid Maple Top • Bolt On Rock Maple Neck • Multi-Tone-Wiring "My Doozy is that special guitar that I reach for when I'm looking for a unique sound that is unmistakably Duesenberg.” - Yogi Lonich Chris Cornell, Singer-Songwriter

D-Caster The Double Cutaway body design, with its set-in maple neck and optional pickup configurations, provides you with classic styling, vintage comfort and modern tonal possibilities. Featuring our new Doozy swell pot – an extremely short-way special potentiometer giving you additional unique tones. • Contoured Solid Mahogany Body • Adjustable STB (String Through Body) System • Speed Pot, Swell Pot for Tone or Volume Effect “It's all about the Tone.”- Jedd Hughes

Rocket II The Duesenberg Rocket II has the classic rock look with our classic art-deco design, using our vintage 25.5” scale. The Rocket crunches out the tones through our custom Humbuckers, designed specifically for this guitar. We have taken our passion for building guitars and have given those who desire the attitude to Rock a reason to strap on this Rocket. • Solid American Alder Body • Duesenberg Tremola Short or Alu Stop Tailpiece • Multi-Tone-Wiring

Mandola Series Starting in Germany in the 16th Century, the mandola has impacted music for centuries, and now we continue the tradition the Duesenberg way. This little beast features a 39cm scale (15.3 inches) with a maple neck set into an alder body. Mando comes with our new Toaster pickup in combination with a small Duesenberg single coil. Duesenberg Z-Tuners with round buttons and the full adjustable 12-string bridge allow you to set the perfect intonation on each string. This new mando guitar will give you a new tool in your Duesenberg arsenal. • Scale: 39cm / 15.3" • Set-In Neck • Duesenberg 12-String Bridge

Lap Steel The new revolutionary Pomona 6 will change the way you think of a lap steel. This longscale instrument, fitted with our Duesenberg "Multibender" and our "easy-shift" build-in capo offers you real pedal steel sounds and the freedom to change the key of open strings on the fly, even in the middle of a song...! • • • • •

Long Scale: 64.7cm / 25.5" Duesenberg Multibender Bridge & Solid Brass Roller Nut Integrated "easy-shift" Capo Duesenberg Toaster Pickups 70° Speed-Pot Tone Control for "wah-effects" "The pickups are smooth and full of character, beautiful craftsmanship throughout, and most importantly, it stays in tune!" - Randy Kohrs

D-Bass 4/5 The D-Bass is a perfect blend of tradition and innovation. The elegantly contoured alder body allows effortless playing up to the highest notes. The novel "mid shape" control allows a seamless fade from J- to P-Bass characteristics with only one pair of Duesenberg "Toaster" bass humbuckers in 4 or 5 string configuration.

• Contoured American Alder Body • Serial/Parallel Mode • Mid-Shape-Control

“The best overall bass I own...” – Ron Blair, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Starplayer Bass The Starplayer Bass displays the classic look of Duesenberg with its distinctive spruce arched top with an arched flamed maple back. Our uniquely designed duel Humbuckers are optimally placed to create depth and overtones that will move your soul.

• Arched Spruce Top and Flamed Maple Back • Formed Bent Sides and Sustain Center Block • 77.5cm / 30.31" scale hardrock maple neck

" I love my Doozy, its Warm and Round just like my first girl friend" - Duff McKagan, Velvet Revolver

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 bass will rock your soul to the sounds of the past and propel you into the 21st century.

• Arched Spruce Top and Flamed Maple Back • Formed Bent Sides and Sustain Center Block • 77.5cm / 30.31" scale hardrock maple neck

" It's ALL about style and tone, and my violin bass is short on neither. Heads turn, faces melt, period. This Duesenberg rocks!" - Kyle Whalum, James Otto/ The Wailin Canes/ Kirk Whalum

Tube Amplifier Duesenberg’s pure Class A/B all tube single channel amp with spring reverb will give you the cleanest tones out there. The "Doozy one" is a hand-wired amp in the old traditional way, with the precision of German engineering and Art Deco design. This Doozy will only remind you of that Tone from days gone past.

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20 watt class AB hi-end vintage sound point to point wiring tube-driven Accutronics spring reverb 2x 6V6, 2x 12AX7 & 2x 12AT7 tubes 2x 6v6 power tubes, 1x 12AX7 (ECC83) and 3x 12AT7 (ECC81) preamp tubes wide 3-band tone controls switchable pre-gain V1/V2 of the first tube degree 12” Eminence speaker 16 mm baltic birch plywood housing twin colour black and cream tolex, gold piping

Doozy Two Stack The new "big brother" of our Doozy One features even more versatility in both sound and character. Hand-wired and built in Germany, the Doozy Two is equipped with EL34 power tubes at 110 watts, but with the capabilities of also switching to 55 watts. This all around two channel amp comes with a switchable gain stage for the drive channel as well as serial loops for each channel. Whether you're looking for loud clean tones for that country snap or your aiming for the thick crunchiest sounds - the Doozy Two has it covered. The matching Doozy Two cabinet is made with 15mm Baltic Birch plywood with a 12" opening at the back. We decided to build our speaker cabinet from Marine Plywood as this incorporates less air when glued together than regular plywood. After hours and hours of research we found the optimum for this 110 beauty - two 12" Eminence Red Coat Governour speakers.

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110 watt class AB tube guitar amplifier 4 EL 34 output tubes JJ Tesla 1 x ECC 83 JJ preamp driver 3 x ECC81 JJ preamp tubes 2 channel full tube amp design Switchable extra gain stage for drive channel 3 band eq for each channel Half power switch to 55 watt serial loops for each channel Handwired full tube circuit, switched by relays 2.5 mm aluminum chassis Double footswitch included

Duesenberg Cabinet 2x12": • 2x12" Eminence Red Coat Governour speaker • 150 watt / 4 ohm impedance • 12" opening at the back • lightweight

Vintage Analog Effect Pedals Analog hand-wired vintage style effect pedals fitting perfectly into your assortment without altering your basic sound when passed by.

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True Bypass switching by EH USA push switch Neutrik jacks Epoxy PCB board selected high value components pots and switch point to point hand wired - not on the board AC/DC 1x 9V battery oder 9V DC

GREEN COMP

WHITE DRIVE

RED ECHO

The Green Comp is an analog vintage-style compressor with an adjustable attack and true bypass.

The White Drive is a classic booster and overdrive pedal that offers a true bypass. The White Drive works absolutely neutral in its bypass mode and works flawlessly with the guitar volume in drive mode. This pedal offers three effects in one: Overdrive & Level Booster & Treble Booster.

The Red Echo is an analog vintage delay with 600ms delay time accompanied by a true bypass.

Use it as a booster for solos, to change the response and the “feeling”, or use it as a small sustainer - the “Green Comp“ has it all!

“Pure analog heaven makes it more forgiving while tracking in the studio” – Jerry McPherson - Session Guitarist (Red Echo)

The Red Echo produces outstanding results in the clean as well as in the distortion mode of your amp.

“From subtle tube-like overdrive to all-out screaming JCM800 crunch, the Doozy White Drive has been my primary drive pedal since the day I put it on my board” – Randy Williams - Jeremy Camp (White Drive)

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Strings

Guitar Straps, Cables

Guitar Polish

Cases

Duesenberg Replacement Parts

Chris Rodriguez Shéna Ringö

Duff McKagan

Robbie McIntosh

Jedd Hughes

Bob Bandiera

Diesel

Joe Walsh

Kenny Loggins

Tom Bukovac

Wolfgang Niedecken

Glenn Frey

Dean Parks

Paul Carrack

Brian Ray

Buddy Miller

Keb' Mo'

Billy Gibbons

Taj Mahal

Peter Stroud

Superbowl 2008

Eric Bazilian

Duesenberg Colors

black

2-tone-sunburst

trans-orange

surf-green

vintage-white

fiesta-red

ice-pearl

emerald-green

blue-pearl

Mike Campbell

gold-top

honey

orange

natural

light-orange

red-burst

blue-sparkle

silver-sparkle

vintage-blonde

cherry-red

Outlaw

fire-burst

lake-placid-blue

sonoma-red

Details

Art Deco Output Jack

Signature Headstock

Z-Tuners

Duesenberg Tremola

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Specifications American Hardrock Maple Necks (Mahogany on the 49er), Indian Rosewood Fingerboards, Scale: 64.7cm/ 25.5”, 22 Jumbo Frets: 2.8mm x 1mm / .110” x .039”, 12” Fingerboard Radius, Dual Action Truss-Rods, Nut Width: 42mm/ 1.654”. Pickups: Duesenberg P-90 Single Coil, Grand Vintage Humbucker, Crunchbucker, Little Toaster Humbucker, Little Toaster Single Coils, Bassbucker.

Hardware / Components: Duesenberg Spezialized Parts: Floating Bridge with Steel Saddles, Piezo Bridge with Bonoid Saddles, German Silver Pickup Covers (open), Nickel Plated Hardware, Deluxe Tuning Machines, Heavy Duty Platinum Output Jacks, – Made In Italy, Heavy Duty Pots – Made in Japan, Heavy Duty 3-Way Switches – Made in USA, Nickel Wound Strings – Made in USA.

All Duesenberg Guitars and basses are being processed by another ingenious German creation - our new "Plek" fret dressing machine. Perfectly levelled and perfectly shaped frets are guaranteed. By cutting the frets height and rounding the frets crown with a tolenrance of 1/100mm for each individual neck the fully computerized "Plek" system eliminates string buzz and give your instrument a better feel and a better sound. Best for the Best: Duesenberg meets Plek!

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