Dusenberg 49

Current revision

DUESENBERG 49 -------- Quick Review

General Information

 Weapon                        Electric Guitar
 
 Make                          DUESENBERG
   
 Model                          49

 Price                          around   1500 Euro   /   Original Case around  160 Euro

Specification

Neck :

Type -- traditional glued in --

Wood -- 1-piece mahogany --

Width -- 42,5mm / 1.67“ (nut),52 mm / 2.05“ ( 12th fret) --

Thickness -- 21 mm / 0.8“ (1st fret ), 24 mm / 0.95“ (12th fret) --

Shape -- D --

Fingerboard -- indian rosewood --

Radius -- 30.5 mm / 12“ --

Inlays -- pearloid dots --

Frets -- 22 jumbo 2,8 x 1,0 mm --

Scale length -- 650 mm / 25.6“ --

Trussrod -- steel dual-action --

Headstock -- rosewood veneer --

Body:

Type solidbody, mahagony

Top arched solid maple

Size 44 x 32,5 x 5,8 cm 17.32“ x 12.6“ x 2.26“

Binding cream

Pickguard cream

Finish Pur lacquer

Hardware:

Tuners Duesenberg Z-Tuners, „Art Diego“ buttons

Bridge Duesenberg steel saddle bridge

Tailpiece 6 string-through-body ferrules

Strap pins Duesenberg standard

Hardware color nickel

Strings Duesenberg DSA10 (010-013-017-028-042-050)

Electrics:

Pickup neck Duesenberg Domino P-90

Pickup bridge Duesenberg Grand Vintage Humbucker

Wiring 1 volume ,1 tone , 3-way pickup selector

Sound

The two pickups with 3-way pickup selector can be set separatly

by its own

and in middle position as neck and one reel bridge pickup.

In the intermediate position of the 3-way switch the humbucker is split, via a capacitor.

This is that a coil can be heard complete, supplied from the second coil what keeps the heights from it in the signal path too.

That way not much output is lost and the sound gets another "twangy" nuance.

Bridge pickup Humbucker more fully crunch sound and pleasantly to heare

Neck pickup P 90 bell like single coil aspect combined with great sustain sound for solo,

both pickups together could be called kind of strat sound

very flexible guitar !

Handling:

A tidy guitar , pleasantly to hold in hand .

Control elements good to reach and easy handling.

Pickups switching - low friction and easy reachable by hand.

The guitar isn`t neck-heavy and very comfortable and balanced on the belt.

Fazit:

A first-class guitar i will not give out of my hands. Versatile to use and a companion for life .

( Thanks to Duesenberg for the Picture ! )

Website  :     http://www.duesenberg.de/   and USA   http://www.duesenbergusa.com

by Dieterle