Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

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Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by sunburst80 » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:02 am

Im considering getting on of these:

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http://www.duesenberg.de/duesenberg/en_ ... ayertv.php

The sound is somewhere between a Les Paul and a Gretsch. I played one first
in 2003 and been on GAS for one since then ;)

Anyone here played them too?
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by FireAarro » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:00 am

I love the looks of them. There's one in a guitar shop nearby, but never got round to trying it out.
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by Pingu » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:48 am

And they have a Shiina Ringo signature model!
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by manwith2brains25 » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:49 am

the black one in the middle is the shit!  8)
still havent thought of a signature
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by sunburst80 » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:52 am

She only used that guitar for 1 tour shortly before her break.
(And started tokyo jihen after that break)
That sig model is a bad joke imho. If you want signature I'd go for an
old Starplayer 2 which she used to record her first album (partly).
Or the silver sparkle TV she uses more often (during and before tokyo jihen).
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Post by djetz » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:05 am

manwith2brains25 wrote: the black one in the middle is the shit!  8)
What he said.
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Post by StevenO » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:15 am

I like the black one. The other two look sort of tacky and cheap for such a classy looking guitar.
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Post by woody » Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:08 am

Very cool guitars. Are they made in Germany?
Do they have an Asian line?
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:53 am

My left-handed friend has one of those. Its a kind or reddy, burgundy.

Along with his 335's & his Gretsch Tennessee Rose he has one of the most enviable yet infuriating collections around.

You see em, you pick em up.......then realize you can't play em!!!!!!
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by JazzBlaster » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:14 am

They have those at the shop I used to work at, they are very well made.

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Post by jetset » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:09 pm

Saw Dean Wareham play a Duesenberg on a Luna tour a few years back - sounded great as usual.
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by sunburst80 » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:00 pm

Damn, i cant decided between a 2nd AVRI JM or a Starplayer TV  :D
Getting a TV means more variation, sticking with a JM means going
more to "my" signature sound i have in mind since 3-4 years..
Decisions decisions ;)
I definately love both, only for playabilty the JM wins.
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by Lou » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:53 pm

those duesenbergs are some eyecandy guitars...
i just played one of those "outlaw"-models... fine guitar... build to rock =)
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by fenderjeff » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:00 am

woody wrote: Very cool guitars. Are they made in Germany?
Do they have an Asian line?
i read somewhere that the bodies are made in asia, then shipped to germany for final assembly and setting, so it's a semi-asian line! ;)

i tried a white starplayer tv few months ago (plugged in a fender supersonic amp) and... woah!
maybe the greatest guitar i've ever played 8)
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Re: Anyone likes the Duesenberg Starplayer TV semi-hollows?

Post by chrisjedijane » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:01 am

I like the Duesenbergs a lot, but I've never played one. They've been getting great reviews everywhere, which is always a good sign.
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