With the debut of the Julietta guitar, Duesenberg has distilled its uncompromising dedication to precise craftsmanship into a bolt-on beauty that marries premium appointments with versatile tone tools for a rock-solid foundation to forge your sound. Three carefully selected tonewoods — alder, maple, and Indian rosewood — merge with a 4-bolt construction, 1-piece neck, and flexible suite of tone-crafting electronics, ensuring no sound is out of reach. Guitarists at Music Experience have been especially impressed with Deusenberg’s commitment to quality engineering, developing everything from hardware and tuners to pickups and electronics in-house, guaranteeing sonic and aesthetic fluidity for an unwavering base of aural discovery that marks your entry into bona fide Duesenberg design.
The distinctive verticality of Duesenberg’s creative output — from basic ideation to fully assembled instruments — uniquely enables them to bolster the sonic parity of every part of the Julietta with one another, and they’ve spared no effort in supplying a solid foundation. Its alder body anchors its tonal profile, resulting in clear, full-bodied sound across the spectrum that balances snappy attacks and enduring sustain with excellent articulation and a slightly scooped EQ curve that emphasizes upper mids. A maple neck imbues your sound with warmth and brightness that complement alder’s natural presence. Meanwhile, the Indian rosewood fingerboard imparts a shimmering, glassy veneer to your output, facilitating flexible expression and crystalline articulation that tames any harsh, hissing tones but won’t compromise its full-spectrum clarity.
Considering the Julietta’s malleable yet focused foundations, Duesenberg intentionally selected pickups to support flexible sonic exploration without sacrificing the character of their spectacularly voiced pickups. The Julietta boasts an unconventional but fitting dyad of tone-crafting tools: a Domino P-90 in the neck and a Grand Vintage Humbucker in the bridge. Decades of research by Duesenberg founder Dieter Gölsdorf resulted in the development of the Domino, marrying iconic P-90-style tones with a humbucker cover to support use in a multitude of guitars. The Grand Vintage — inspired by classic PAF-type pickups — delivers a bold array of tones with reactivity and heft in spades, alongside uncompromising control and incisive trebles. These award-winning pickups are complemented by a 5-way pickup selector and singular Tone and Volume controls, supporting detailed sound shaping sans the clutter, leading to straightforward tone control and eye-catching style.
Boasting a Classic “D”-shaped profile, the Julietta offers a satisfying in-hand feel while accommodating players of countless styles with comfort. Its 4-bolt design and sculpted cut-away work in concert to support unfettered access to all 22 frets across its fingerboard’s 12-inch radius. Thanks to the 1-piece maple neck, resonance and sustain are substantially bolstered to support the sonic possibilities of its tonewoods and pickups, and these properties are augmented using their house-made aluminum Wrapper Tailpiece, steel-saddle bridge, and Z-Tuners. Plus, the Standard strap pins are compatible with numerous styles of strap locks, providing practical support from the studio to the stage.
Founded by German guitar designer Dieter Gölsdorf in 1989, Duesenberg guitars represent a multinational mixing pot of American art deco aesthetics, hot-rod heritage, and exacting German engineering. Duesenberg’s utterly distinctive instruments — affectionately dubbed “Doozys” by their adherents — gleam with proprietary parts and pickups that merge the daring appointments of the early electric guitar age with the pinpoint precision of modern manufacturing excellence. From the iconic Starplayer semi-hollow guitars to basses, lap steels, and beyond, every Duesenberg that Music Experience carries embodies consummate artisanship. Fittingly, this unerring dedication has attracted more than a few luminaries, including the likes of Bob Dylan, Joe Walsh, Mike Campbell, John Mayer, and Tom Bukovac. For the musician who demands superlative performance, idiosyncratic innovation, and master-level musical detail in equal measure, only a Doozy will do.
A harmonic entry into the expansive world of Duesenberg. It is packed with all the features you would expect from a Duesenberg, yet it is the most affordable instrument in our line up so far. It's a pleasure to introduce you to Julietta. With an uncompromising solid-body alder construction featuring a bolt-on neck, Julietta is reduced to the basics to keep you focused on your creativity. Bringing five fresh colors, including the new classy Catalina Black, and two Baritone options, Julietta really is a Jill of all trades.
Julietta comes with a solid Alder body paired with a Maple neck, delivering quick attack, sparkling trebles and long sustain!
No compromises on tone. Julietta comes fitted with our award-winning pickup combination. Grand Vintage Humbucker for the bridge, Domino P90 for the neck.
Just like every other Duesenberg, Julietta is pleked to guarantee perfectly level frets, a professional setup and outstanding playability. The fretboard is to your music, what the handle of a brush is to a painting. It says a lot about an instrument how much care was taken here. Every single Duesenberg instrument is expertly pleked for buzz-free playability all throughout the fretboard. It is then carefully finished by hand and precisely set up by one of our professional luthiers. The luthier responsible also leaves his or her signature inside the instrument. This all is our promise to you that a Duesenberg instrument will always feel great in your hands.
A trademark of our instruments are the three levels that can be found on almost every component from the head plate to the socket plate. Most of our hardware is also nickel-plated. Compared to chrome, nickel has a warm, elegant shine that develops a completely natural patina over time. Nickel was once used to refine metals before chrome plating became the industry standard. By the way: If you want to preserve the original shine of the hardware, we recommend cleaning it regularly, for example with Duesenberg "The Cleaner".
The Duesenberg "Custom Line Bag" is the ideal companion for the active urban musician. Lightweight, yet extremely good at protecting your instrument, this bag has got you covered on the way to your next rehearsal or gig. The internal padding provides high impact protection and the tuck away shoulder straps allow you to use this bag like a case whenever you see fit.
| Body Type | Solidbody |
|---|---|
| Body Shape | Julietta |
| Left-/Right-handed | Right-handed |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Body Material | Alder |
| Body Finish | PUR lacquer |
| Color | Catalina Red |
| Neck Material | Maple |
| Neck Shape | Classic "D" |
| Radius | 12" |
| Fingerboard Material | Indian Rosewood |
| Fingerboard Inlay | Cream Dots |
| Number of Frets | 22 Jumbo |
| Scale Length | 25.5" |
| Nut Width | 1.67" |
| Nut Material | Synthetic Bone |
| Bridge/Tailpiece | Duesenberg Steel Saddle Bridge, Aluminum Stop Tailpiece |
| Tuners | Duesenberg Z-Tuners |
| Neck Pickup | Duesenberg Domino P90 (Trapeze) Single-coil |
| Bridge Pickup | Duesenberg Grand Vintage (Trapeze) Humbucker |
| Controls | 1 x volume, 1 x tone |
| Switching | 5-way blade |
| Strings | Duesenberg Custom, .010-.050 |
| Case/Gig Bag | Custom Line Bag |
| Manufacturer Part Number | DJT-CTR-S |
