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NGD: Duesenberg Paloma.
Got the afternoon off work, yesterday.
So went guitar shopping, again.
My initial plan was to find a good rock / metal guitar.
Tried a couple of signature Schecters.
One was a Mark Thwaite, essentially, their take on a Les Paul, with a Bigsby.
Very nice, but nah!
The other was a Keith Merrow, a very natural wood and stylish, shredding guitar.
Very tasty but perhaps a little too metal for me.
Tried a couple of the new Gordon Smiths.
They were a vast inprovement on one I had tried a year or so ago.
One was their take on a Single cut, Les Paul Junior and it was pretty cool, although it was white, not my favourite colour.
The other was a GS1000.
Double cutaway, with a Single HB and a coil tap.
Now this was getting close, with a lovely neck and fingerboard, as well as great finishing.
Tried a couple of PRS SE models.
A Standard, in Metal Cola, which was well made and set up but I didn't like the pickups
The other was a 24 Custom, in the new Stealth grey.
The finish definitely gave it more of an edge, looks wise.
Very well made, with decent pickups but again, nah!
Then, whilst I was humming and harring and noodling on a Fender Jazzmaster, a guitar was produced from out back.
Not been on show or on their internet site yet.
A used, Duesenberg Paloma, in red sparkle.
Now I've had a hankering for a Duesey, for some time.
Perhaps not in red sparkle but I tried to over come my prejudice.
And low and behold, the sparkly Duesy won me over.
Bags of quality and so solid.
I've always liked the art deco styling of these guitars and the pick up selector on this one, looks like it's from a 1920s radio.
Great neck, great balance and some serious tone, from it's HSS, 3 pickup layout.
And Duesenberg's version of a Bigsby is a universe away from the original, as in it really works and is very reponsive.
It's home now and making pals with my Rickenbacker 660 and Sandberg bass.
I'm sensing a Germanic theme here.
So went guitar shopping, again.
My initial plan was to find a good rock / metal guitar.
Tried a couple of signature Schecters.
One was a Mark Thwaite, essentially, their take on a Les Paul, with a Bigsby.
Very nice, but nah!
The other was a Keith Merrow, a very natural wood and stylish, shredding guitar.
Very tasty but perhaps a little too metal for me.
Tried a couple of the new Gordon Smiths.
They were a vast inprovement on one I had tried a year or so ago.
One was their take on a Single cut, Les Paul Junior and it was pretty cool, although it was white, not my favourite colour.
The other was a GS1000.
Double cutaway, with a Single HB and a coil tap.
Now this was getting close, with a lovely neck and fingerboard, as well as great finishing.
Tried a couple of PRS SE models.
A Standard, in Metal Cola, which was well made and set up but I didn't like the pickups
The other was a 24 Custom, in the new Stealth grey.
The finish definitely gave it more of an edge, looks wise.
Very well made, with decent pickups but again, nah!
Then, whilst I was humming and harring and noodling on a Fender Jazzmaster, a guitar was produced from out back.
Not been on show or on their internet site yet.
A used, Duesenberg Paloma, in red sparkle.
Now I've had a hankering for a Duesey, for some time.
Perhaps not in red sparkle but I tried to over come my prejudice.
And low and behold, the sparkly Duesy won me over.
Bags of quality and so solid.
I've always liked the art deco styling of these guitars and the pick up selector on this one, looks like it's from a 1920s radio.
Great neck, great balance and some serious tone, from it's HSS, 3 pickup layout.
And Duesenberg's version of a Bigsby is a universe away from the original, as in it really works and is very reponsive.
It's home now and making pals with my Rickenbacker 660 and Sandberg bass.
I'm sensing a Germanic theme here.
By the time I got home, it was dark and photographing this finish indoors, with a flash, was really hard.
So I've had to include a couple of stock photos.
So I've had to include a couple of stock photos.
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interesting guitar always hear good things about the range will have to try one.
Great guitar, nice score.
Congrats!
Dont know how yours is set up but those bridge pickups get fantastical rude pushed up to the strings. If you like that kind of thing
Always wanted the Carl Carlton after I tried one, it blew me away but the coward in me bought a 335!
Enjoy that guitar.
Sound Affects Premier, in Ormskirk.
Best guitar shop I've been in and it's only an hour's drive.
Agreed, the image may not be there but put that bridge HB through some monster overdrive and it does the business.
Anyway, the last time I went in that shop, I was looking at Jazz guitars and came away with a Rickenbacker 660
I was in Promenade Music in Morecambe and just about to jump on the Carlton, when the shop guy produced a 335, at a steal of a price.
I had a SSS Albert Lee, nice guitar but I didn't like the pickups.
I don't really like the Duesy StarPlayer but some of their models are spectacular.