Duesenberg

I'm a guitar novice who likes tinkering with electric guitars. I've been updating aspects of my Epiphone Les Paul 100. One of the modifications I recently made was the replacement of the factory tail piece with the Duesenberg Les Trem II. This review only covers installation. I haven't strung it yet to play it, and I can't really play, so my opinion in that area wouldn't be worth much anyway. Read the other reviews for comments on usability. I have a right-hand version of the Trem II. After waiting for over a week (internationally, this is probably fairly quick) for my Trem II to arrive from Germany, I was very disappointed that it wasn't going to fit. It was obvious when attempting to screw in the mounting posts that they were going in at an angle and the Trem II holes were slightly two wide for the guitar. The tail piece holes on the 100 were approximately 1-2mm narrower (I didn't actually measure) than the Trem II mounting holes. I read online that someone else had a similar problem and was still able to mount the Trem II by making its mounting holds slightly larger using a Dremmel, but I didn't want to go through all that trouble. I probably would have screwed it up anyway. However, I tried a couple of different approaches, and finally got it mounted. I didn't use the washers, though I don't think that would have mattered either way. First, I screwed in the right post all the way flush, then backed it out 1/2 to 1 revolution. Next, using only my hands (and keeping the left hole lined up horizontally, I pushed the Trem II toward the right as hard as I could with my right hand as I slowly threaded the left post into the tail piece mounting hole using my left hand. It went in at a very slight angle at first, but after a couple of slow resisted turns, I felt the post "pop" (for a lack of a better term) into the post hole. Once this happened, the post was perpendicular and screwed in and out easily. I finished by tightening both mounting posts with a screw driver. The left post hole or post screw might now have a threading issue (but I don't think so), but I don't ever intend to take it off. So if it does, oh well. I realize that there are folks out there that are probably horrified by this technique, but it does appear to be properly aligned and solidly mounted to the guitar with enough surface clearance. I could have knocked off stars because the Trem mounting holes didn't line up with the guitar's tail piece holes, but I didn't because I feel that's probably an Epiphone manufacturing tolerance issue rather than a Duesenberg manufacturing issue. The amount I paid included shipping to the US.

I bought this electric guitar from samash.com by credit card.I Paid 399.99 on the 15 month no payment no interest sac plan.I bought it because it is made in germany at a excellent price and because it looks fantastic. I like everything about it the guitar it sounds excellent with the dual humbuckers with coil tap and les paul silver sparkle finish. none it would be nice to have different tremolo but that is why they make the v-caster. It has a alder body with carve maple top tune o matic with stop tail silver sparkle finish and binding around the body.Three per side tuners with maple neck that is shaped like a gibson es335 25.5 scale with medium frets.This guitar is a custom shop made guitar that out classes any guitar made including PRS and fender, gibson...etc Like i said before this guitar sounds, plays and looks like nothing else especially for the price it can't be touched it is a good thing I have 2 because I probably will not find another one.The MERCEDES BENZ of guitars. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

Duesenberg comes from Germany and has been an exceptional guitar/bass builder for years. The Starplayer comes with a beautiful bluesy P90 at the neck position (custom construction) and a humbucker (Paff-Sound) at the bridge position. The tremolo reminds me of an updated Bigsby with a lot of stability. Neck and body are constructed perfectly. UTILIZATION The neck is very comfortable - pay attention to the long scale though! It is a hollowbody guitar and quite large - but also very light. SOUNDS The guitar sounds like a mix between P90-Les Paul and Gretsch...a little more twang than a Les Paul and a bit more transparent (doesn’t lose definition so quickly). OVERALL OPINION A great guitar with very good und beautifully selected wood. It possesses its own character und a lot of punch. But you have to like a longer scale. You need to have quite long arms and long fingers to be able to play the fingerboard comfortably.