The first thing I noticed was that it seemed relatively light weight.
I remember my Gibbo 335 as being a fair bit heavier and more cumbersome, though to be fair it had a wonderful neck.
The Fullerton still feels reasonably substantial but for it's dimensions, it sits and hangs very nicely, when playing.
The Catalina Blue colour seems darker than in photographs, which I really like.
The finish has a very subtle, metallic sparkle too, which adds to the looks.
I guess Duesenberg's, sort of Art Deco, styling will not be to everyones taste but I, in the main, like it.
I've never been keen on their scratchplates but at least this one isn't in gold sparkle, just a nice pearly white.
The overall build and finishing quality is excellent, as have all the Dueseys I have owned.
The one peice maple neck has a 12 inch radius fingerboard and a very playable D profile.
I really like the fret inlays, and the whole guitar came very nicely set up, though I'll put heavier strings on it.
The pickups are as used on other models, being a Domino P90 at the neck and a Grand Vintage Humbucker, at the bridge.
I thought before I got it, that I'd prefer these 2 the other way around but now I'm not so sure.
The HB has a lovely, vintage tone, somewhere between a PAF and a Filtertron and played with light crunch, really sings.
Lots of clarity and punchy definition makes it work really well, alone and in conjunction with the P90.
That P90 has lots of body and a well rounded tone, that still has some single coil bite.
I'd love to hear the P90 in the bridge position but I'd hate to lose that HB.
Overall then, a great sounding guitar, with that airy transparency you often get with a semi acoustic.
I've said it before but Duesenberg make a fantastic tremolo.
It may look like a Bigsby but it is just so much more, being as smooth as can be, with a great pitch range, up and down.
To my mind, the Bigsby is the Corvette; cool, vintage and set up right, loads of fun.
The Duesey trem is the BMW; it's just in another league of performance and sophistication.
As soon as I put a strap on this guitar and hung it on me, I knew this guitar would suit me just fine.
And amped up, it is as sweet as can be. Gutsy but a real sweet toned guitar.
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AND BEFORE ANY ONE ASK'S OR SUGGEST OTHERWISE THEY ARE NOT MADE IN KOREA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not sure why anyone could LOL by original comment above - unless of course they doubt such a fact
And btw, even if it was made in Korea (I know it wasn't), who cares? My #1 at the moment is Indonesian...
I tried out a couple of the more affordable (US made) sub €1K Gibson Juniors in a shop a few months back. The fretwork and finishing we’re pretty bad on the couple I tried. By comparison the couple of Indonesian Squiers I tried were immaculate.
The whole “made in the USA” thing doesn’t really hold true in a lot of cases anymore, nor has it with a long time.
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There are good and bad guitars from any part of the world.
This Duesey is quite a few steps above good, wherever it was sourced, built, finished etc.
My thoughts are Croatia and Germany.
I knew my Bigsby comparison would get some comments, that's half the reason I put it in.
I'm actually a fan of Bigsbys without the retaining bar but I still think the Duesenberg trem is even better.
They've even made re-stringing a lot easier, with a small block on the main anchor bar.
God bless 'em.