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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 16 Mar 2009 1:39 pm    
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Some very nice pedal steel licks here via the two palm levers:

http://duesenberg.en.audiofanzine.com/videos/index,action,play,id_video,39.html

Dusenberg site:

http://www.duesenberg.de

Palm levers and a sliding capo .... cool! Nice to see new ideas surface. There are good high-res shots of the lap steel in their downloadable PDF catalog.
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Jim Waldrop

 

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Post  Posted 16 Mar 2009 1:51 pm     Dusenberg lap steel
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I wonder if these will ever be available in the USA
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 16 Mar 2009 3:05 pm    
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You can certainly order them but they list for (gulp!) $2206 at today's exchange rate.
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Jim Waldrop

 

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Post  Posted 16 Mar 2009 6:39 pm     Dusenberg lap steel
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No Thanks. I can buy a lot of groceries for $2,206.
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Martin Huch

 

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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2009 2:50 am    
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.....Yeah, we know, that it`s not a bargain......but it`s certainly the same as in the "regular" guitarmarket: you can buy anything from a 50 bucks china-crap guitar to a 10.000$ piece of guitar-artwork....
Keep that in mind, then compare the Duesenberg with other new lap steels on the market today . I`m talking about the "special features" like the Multibender and
the built-in capo on one side, but don`t forget to check out it`s soundquality on the other side.

For those of you, who are interested in learning more about the Multibender: Here are better quality video-clips,I recorded two years ago with a Multibender on a Strat.
(that was before we started the lap-steel projekt...)

http://www.goeldo.de/gshop.php?p=bender

best regards from Germany

Martin Huch / Duesenberg Guitars
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2009 5:08 am    
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Hi Martin, thanks for your reply. A quality instrument with innovative design features that reflects time and craftsmanship certainly can demand and receive a fair price in the marketplace. The instrument looks & sounds first-rate.

You're getting some cool pedal steel effects out of the bender. Are you using open D or E major tuning? What latitude do you have to set-up the palm levers to specific intervals? Are they easy to adjust or change? Is there a locking mechanism to return the strings to proper pitch? Thanks.
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G Strout


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Carabelle, Florida
Post  Posted 17 Mar 2009 8:05 am    
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Martin, Just curious but are there any dealers in the USA currently stocking the just the multibender?
I have been looking for one but so far, no luck.
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Martin Huch

 

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Hannover, Germany
Post  Posted 17 Mar 2009 8:29 am    
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Hi Andy and everybody !

first of all, THIS is the correct directlink to the videoclips, english version: http://www.goeldo.de/specials/bender3_en.htm

For the clips I used an open E tuning : (E B E G# B E)low to high.
But the great thing with the Multibender is, that you can build up your own system in a few minutes:
You can add levers to the two standardlevers, you can
change the string, that the lever is working on by simply removing the string, then slip the lever to another stringposition, put the string back, and there you go !
You can raise OR lower a string up to a full step.
If you want to lower a string, you have to install the included returnspring, to get the note back to pitch. (I use this feature in a very simple way on
another lapsteel by just lowering the third a half step,
for going from a full major to full minor chord. Basic but great !
All this makes the Duesenberg a perfect tool for musicians, who are looking for new ways in the field of lapsteel. I promise you: IT`S FUN !!

Click on "Details" below on the videopage, to see the details of the bender, like tuningscrews etc etc

Concerning the "easy shift" built-in capo: IT´s really easy and fast to handle, you can even change the key in the middle of a song ! No ratteling, solid tone because of a massive contact to the fretboard
(I always hated the tone of the floating capos..)
And last but not least: You cannot loose it, ha !!!!

Enjoy the clips !! Thanks for your interest !

For purchasing the Pomoma6 in the USA please contact
www.duesenbergusa.com

Martin Huch / Duesenberg Guitars, Germany
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Bert Deivert


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Post  Posted 23 Mar 2009 12:36 am    
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I am really impressed what you can do with those benders! I want one for one of my lap steels!

Cheers
Bert in Sweden
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Iain

 

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Post  Posted 23 Mar 2009 4:07 am    
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It's a very good system.

Here's my Bennett (British-made) lap steel, again, with its benders. E7th tuning with equivalent of A&B pedals and a 3rd lever on top E, to take it up to F (a la a pedal steel knee lever).
Covers a lot of ground, really, and is soooo much lighter than a pedal steel(!) so, since I mainly play guitar, it suits me fine.



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HowardR


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Post  Posted 23 Mar 2009 7:27 am    
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that's a Dusi!...... Mr. Green
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Fontaine Burnett

 

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Post  Posted 23 Mar 2009 9:47 am    
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HowardR wrote:
that's a Dusi!...... Mr. Green



Oh the pain!! Laughing I think I knocked something out when I fell hysterically from my chair... Hope you got a good lawyer! Very Happy
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Steve Norman


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Seattle Washington, USA
Post  Posted 23 Mar 2009 11:47 am    
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Couple of guys in Seattle using Duesenberg Guitars, they are very well made with great tone. I expect their lap steels are the same leval of quality. Can you BooWah with the tone nob? and is there an 8 string option?
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chris ivey


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Post  Posted 23 Mar 2009 4:14 pm    
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i think they are very cool. love the movable nut..great feature. just too expensive for me...but opens up great ideas for tinkering on my own!
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Iain

 

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Edinburgh, Scotland
Post  Posted 26 Mar 2009 8:08 am    
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There's a review in the April edition of "Guitarst" magazine (a UK magazine: http://www.guitarist.co.uk/page/guitarist)
It has the price as £889.
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Mike Thomas

 

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Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 28 Apr 2009 4:16 pm    
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I can't find the lap steel on the website???

Where do you buy?
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Ulric Utsi-Åhlin

 

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Sweden
Post  Posted 28 Apr 2009 9:52 pm    
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The Duesenberg POMONA 6 (w/ Multibender) is available
from Rockinger,in good old Germany.McUtsi
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Thomas Ludwig


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Augsburg, Germany
Post  Posted 29 Apr 2009 12:49 am    
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http://www.rockinger.com/index.php?list=WG011
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John Billings


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 29 Apr 2009 11:09 am    
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The Duesenberg unit is very nice. But, if you can do without the ability for lowers, you could probably get a Hipshot. Instead of getting the B-bender lever, just get 2 or 3 G Bender levers, and put them wherever you want.
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