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Duesenberg Triton

flashgod

flashgod

Mar 1, 2012
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Saw that new bass in a recent bass magazine and was blown away.
It has a killer design and triple SingleTwin Bass Pickups with a 5 way switch.
Does anybody checked this bass out (maybe at the Namm 2015)?
How does it feel and sound?

Definitely I have new GAS.

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Temcat said:
BTW, how would you characterize the current Reverend? We have a dealer here in St. Petersburg, Russia (which by itself is surprising), and nobody seems to buy them.
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Can't say I've really tried them out, regrettably. The Dub King I fingered in the shop seemed very well made indeed, quite an attractive instrument.

What Duesenberg and Reverend have in common is a focus on design, tending to a quasi-Art Deco style with ornate small details and "stairstep" themes, perhaps inspired by D'Angelico's classic 'New Yorker' jazz guitars. You find a similar attention to styling on Italia, which is apparently the 'house' brand of Mirr Music.
 
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cdef said:
The styling reminds me most of current Reverend and Italia instruments. I suspect the source may even be the same (Mirr Music Co., S Korea).
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And your suspicion is absolutely correct. They are all made by Mirr Music in Korea. Duesenberg instruments are then shipped to Germany, where they install pickups and electronics in them, set them up and distribute as "made in Germany".
 
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I have one :-) Loving it, being a Duesenberg-only player since 2007.
Slim neck, tight but not rattling string height and a very handy 5-way switch for different pickup/sound combos. Perhaps a bit less bass-tone richness than some basses I've tried but a tweak on the bass knob on the amp solved that. Superb German quality and killer looks, what's not to like? :-)
 
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I love the switch, I really disliked the P-clone I tried a while back, hassling with those separate knobs. I use the neck/middle position for maximum (distorted) deep tone and occasionally the bridge pickup for softer parts, quick and can be handled while doing lead vocals too.
 
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VSN_Guitars said:
And your suspicion is absolutely correct. They are all made by Mirr Music in Korea. Duesenberg instruments are then shipped to Germany, where they install pickups and electronics in them, set them up and distribute as "made in Germany".
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Rather underhanded, imho. I do love their sense of style, but they've always seemed a bit overpriced, even more so now.
 
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No more underhanded than all the "assembled in USA" autos, I suppose. Realities of a global economy, and building guitars is really pretty low-tech stuff compared to many consumer products. Even the Chinese clones are getting pretty good, and the Koreans have developed into a high tech manufacturing economy.
 
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Gilmourisgod said:
No more underhanded than all the "assembled in USA" autos, I suppose. Realities of a global economy, and building guitars is really pretty low-tech stuff compared to many consumer products. Even the Chinese clones are getting pretty good, and the Koreans have developed into a high tech manufacturing economy.
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True enough, no country has a lock on good manufacturing or skilled craftsmen. Some of my best basses are "cheap imports". ;)
 

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