Duesenberg Starplayer TV | Mothership Gear

[@ildefonsoinc]

When's the first time you heard a Duesenberg guitar?

[@klausfritsch4350]

When I was talked into trying one by my guitar dealer, Uli Kurtinat in Cologne, five or six years ago, maybe even seven. It did not take long for the guitar to chose me, it felt like.

[@mwbright]

@@klausfritsch4350 I have a Starplayer. I thought it was weird. Now I can't live without it. All I need now is a Les Paul Signature semi Hollow Body and I will be king of the solar system.

[@Trimegisto97]

I'm in love with Duesenberg guitars since I try muy star player TV I was blown away best guitar I have ever play. In a short time sold all my Gibson custom shop and Murphy labs and got more Duesenberg guitars is another level of quality consistency and tone

[@ildefonsoinc]

Which Duesenberg’s did you end up adding to your collection?

[@Trimegisto97]

@ildefonsoinc I have the star player tv and the paloma. Soon planing yo add the new one F series

[@ildefonsoinc]

​@@Trimegisto97 Ooo. I got to check those out. Let me know if you post any guitar demos of your collection! - Spencer

[@goswo]

Really really great video. Loved every bit of it. There is nothing better than people who master and know what they talk about..

[@ildefonsoinc]

Appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching!

[@karlwanninger7675]

I was searching for a guitar with a Bigsby, something like a Gretsch Tennessean, maybe a Gibson 335. I often saw the Duesenbergs, but didn't try one. Then one day I played a Duesenberg CC (the same as a Starplayer TV, but with a 16" body) and I knew, that was the guitar I was looking for and bought it.

[@ildefonsoinc]

Glad to hear you found what you were looking for. It's been eye opening to see how these guitars play and feel.

[@karlwanninger7675]

@@ildefonsoinc It is like a perfect Tele, after a few years now, it still surprise me with all this guitar can do for the player.

[@ikigai47]

@@karlwanninger7675 I've heard some weird descriptions but perfect Tele is a first. Another is a Gretsch that plays like a strat. It may be a little Gretschy, but I don't get the Fender comparisons, and I'm a strat guy to the bone. Had it a few days now (phonic model) and there are things that I love but overall I"m disappointed for what I thought it'd be

[@karlwanninger7675]

@@ikigai47It is not the fault of the "Phonic" that you are "disappointed", the guitar does not know what you expected. Btw.: I'm a "Tele guy" as well, that's why I compare it to a Tele. Both guitars have the same scale lenghts, two knobs, three way switch (CC), two different pickups and both guitars are surprising the player over the years with their versatility.

[@ikigai47]

​@@karlwanninger7675 - Really Karl? Yeah, I was blaming the guitar for not realizing what my expectations were, or meeting them. Thank you for setting me straight. Who knows, I may have given my guitar a tongue lashing, or worse, I may have beaten my guitar and sent it to its room without dinner. You prevented that Karl.

[@goswo]

Most of the wood work and painting are made at their own factory in Croatia, all the rest is done in Germany :-)

[@ildefonsoinc]

Love their work. Would love to make a trip some time to see them do their thing.

[@ikigai47]

Yes Duesenberg is partially made in Germany. It starts off in Croatia and final assembly is in Germany. Rickenbacker's founder was Swiss born that moved to America and then developed the guitar

[@ildefonsoinc]

Great to know! We definitely need to do videos diving into the history of Rickenbacker and Duesenberg.

[@drinno8900]

The p90 neck pickup is the bomb

[@kayakbandits9894]

I wonder how the guys in the 60s would have judged this? You’re literally comparing tones to the Fender Strat and Tele and Gibson Les Paul all in 1 guitar. It’s wonderful. Just like the other ones I mentioned.

[@danrdavila]

We need to make some content. I am the “let me tell you about the pickup” guy. Haha

[@ildefonsoinc]

Haha we need both guys 🤘

[@markbutikofer5207]

I periodically play lead and rhythm guitar for contemporary P&W music in my local church. After recently buying a used Starplayer TV+ (same as the TV model, with the added piezo bridge),... I was confounded about the middle position to obtain useable tones. After doing some reading on other musicians' experiences I found others had the same issue - and someone had posted a mod to remove the out-of-phase wiring. I painfully performed the mod,.. and it has made a big difference -and- it's now very useable. There is really great recording of the Starplayer TV+ with the mod kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHrCpWmvjsRkl9k I have several guitars including a Gretsch, PRS SE, Reverend - all great guitars,... but the Dues is currently my favorite.

[@ildefonsoinc]

Great insights on the Starplayer TV. We’ll look into that mod/who does them. Makes me want to record some sounds with the middle pickup, to see what we come up with.

[@marmelaki]

Thanks for the video that shows the sound of middle position mod. Of course the Duesy in the video is not the TV+ version with the piezo (can tell cause it doesn't have the switch that engages it, plus the saddles look different), but I don't think that makes a difference anyway.

[@mickenilsson]

One has to be careful to claim that a pickup is "extremely hot", when you look at what "extremely hot" means today..

[@jamesholland5166]

What about the amp and set up for that guitar ?

[@hanzives4552]

@jamesholland5166 over the time I've had the guitar I've used lots of different things, I have a couple Divided by 13 amps with pedals in the front and the guitar works great with that set up. When we recorded this video I was using my current main set up which is a Fractal FM9 Turbo with a dual amp set up, Morgan AC-20 model and a Mesa Boogie Lonestar model. There's a comperessor, boost and trem in front of the amps and then stereo delay into stereo verb(s) which is pretty much all I used for this. Fun set up

[@peterpigna9505]

Gran chitarra

[@mwbright]

I didn't know George Carlin played guitar.

[@mchammer1836]

Playing an antique car. Call Jay ...

[@hanzives4552]

Haha, that's funny.