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On the ones I played the fit and finish is top notch, everything is very precise and accurate. Every piece of hardware has something in 3's. Tuning stability on the trems is good, I used the arm a lot on the one I played at a Shadows gig and it's tuning was very stable
Soundwise they are all different depending on what model you get. Pickup config on 3 singles is different to Fender layout. Basically they do things their own way.
Case candy included plasters in case you play it so much your fingers bleed
I really dont get this aversion to guitars made in Korea ,Indonesia,China etc ......
The factories are state of the art ......unlike some ageing American factories and the methods are scientific.If you needed a pacemaker the chances are that it would be made in Far East ,never mind a guitar.Our top TVs are made in Korea and Malaysia or Indonesia and cars such as Kia etc are outselling and outlasting anything that ever came out of UK or USA .
Duesenberg are scrutineered and engineered by Germans using a Far East manufacture - perfect combination.
These preconceived ideas are 40 years out of date but the legacy of 1960s and 1970s catalogue guitars lives on.
Recently played the Paloma. Damn fine guitar.
I'm gassing for one. If I land the job I'm working on, it's first on the wish list.
There are lots of other 'retro' brands at much lower prices.
As ever - value is in the eye and ear of the beholder.
i don't care where a guitar is made as long as the company and dealers are honest about it. For that reason I wouldn't touch a duesenberg.
Any reverend guitar I've played as been as good if not better and a lot cheaper.
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But one of my favourite British bands 5 years ago was Cherry Ghost and their guitarist Jim Rhodes made a Starplayer TV sound pretty perfect to me. The final time I saw them though he mainly played an old Greco 335 copy instead of the Duesy I was used to hearing, so all GAS was cured at that point.
the neck is a bit uncomfortable for me but I'm big and like larger necks
a great guitar
Impeccable build quality, but for a good while I felt it lacked something. The more I've played it the more that feeling has gone away. It really just needed playing in. The neck's a bit big for me, but I like them skinny.
I also didn't much like the mid-position which IIRC was an out-of-phase situation. I got that reversed and had a coil tap put on the bridge, which has made it much more versatile too.
I do think the new prices are steep.
In 2002 I had one for a while and thought it was great! They were not that expensive at the time, I think £700 new (maybe). Admittedly I bought it from music ground so it could have been an epi