History
When first used by the German guitar designer Dieter Gölsdorf in 1986, Duesenberg was originally a brand for futuristic Heavy Metal guitars until 1989.
Since 1991, Gölsdorf uses the brand within his company, Göldo Music GmbH in Hannover, Germany.
By 1995, Gölsdorf began developing a new guitar called Starplayer, which at that time already was a predecessor of their now most popular model, the Starplayer TV. The brand Duesenberg was taken up again for these instruments. The guitar featured a semi-hollow flat Spruce top construction, a Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard, two pickups, one humbucker and one P-90-style single coil switched by an unconventional wiring, and numerous Art Deco style applications. With its classic designs and mostly unconventional colouring, Duesenberg instruments refer to the craftsmanship in guitar design of the passed 50’s and 60’s.
Due to the extensive media coverage of Japanese popular musician Sheena Ringo, who regularly used a surf green Starplayer TV, sales figures began experiencing a steady growth.
In 2004, the company opened a new branch in Fullerton, California. As sales continued growing, the company found itself in need of a new facility building and moved from the city center to the outskirts of Hannover by 2011. Meanwhile, the number of international artists who use Duesenberg instruments as live performance equipment grew on their part. Over the years, this has resulted in several Signature-Edition Instruments.
Today, Duesenberg has become a small but worldwide recognized brand for high-quality instruments and gear.
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