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If you had the money would you not buy a stupidly priced Dyson hairdryer if you knew it's parts were made in Korea/China etc?
Dusenberg's 'explanation' sounds like total bollocks to me....
Is it the price of them that gets to people?
I wonder if you requested a factory tour how they'd react?
I think you may as well forget where certain components are made, unless you think a CNC machine made in Italy is less capable of cutting wood when situated in Korea than it would be if it was bolted to the floor in Germany.
The cutting edge business model these days is to source parts from many different suppliers around the globe but have absolute control over quality. Take the iPhone, it's assembled in China but contains parts made in Japan, China, Korea, The USA, Germany and others
The important thing is the Duesenbergs are expertly put together and setup to impeccable standards at the factory in Germany rather than simply brokered by Duesenberg
The Starplayer TV I had was great quality I seem to remember. Equal to some high end Gibbo's and Fenders I've played. Duesenberg just don't have the weight of brand history that soothes us when paying vast amounts of money for a bit of wood I guess.
IF the company are being cloak and dagger about stuff, that's not a great way to do business though IMO. Not that it would put me off buying one if I bonded with it in the shop though.
i think you'll find that all they do in Germany is finish them off and set them up.
I've no axe to grind - I've never played a 'Doozy' in my life - and have no intentions of doing. The whole 'retro but not really' vibe is not my thing. But your money is your money - you're free to spend it on whatever you like.
I've said before in the thread - it's not 'Korean' that's the problem; it's the ethics of a business that keeps quiet - or deliberately ducks the issue as in their e-mail response to your direct question - that I take issue with.
i don't care we're a guitar is made, as I take each guitar on its own merits. But where I do have an issue is with all the bull I hear regarding duesenberg actually making their bodies.
Its the ethics, it's as simple as that.
imo you can tell that their Asian made when you pick one up by the finish.