OK, I admit it, I’m kinda a gear hound. I love nothing better than a new guitar or bass. I’m sure that there is a program to help me over this; however, a limited amount of cash seems to keep me reined in. This new love interest is also a real departure for me and I almost feel like I’m cheating on my wife with this one. I am an unapologetic lover of all things Fender. All Stratocasters and the blackface and silverface amps of the ’60s and early 70s really work me into a lather. I mean, hey, it is Leo Fender we are talking about here.
Last night I searched out the Duesenburg web site and saw this beauty of a bass. After wiping the drool off my chin I was total struck by the beauty of this thing. Some of the details of this little dream machine remind me of an old Mercury from the ’50s. Beautiful! This German company really nailed this one. All the guitars on their site are like art to me.
Another thing that interest me about these guitars, and Duesenburg’s commitment to quality, is the fact that all these guitars are “Pleked”. The “Plek” process uses a CNC type machine to perfectly level and dress all the frets along the neck for exquisite playability. All this done to the 1/100 of a millimeter (for those not savvy to the metric system, let’s just say that’s pretty darn close.) I know folks around here that have had their guitars Pleked and they say that butter is not quite as smooth.
I don’t want to even know the sticker price on one of these babies, but if anyone out there wants to sponsor me one, I’m up to it!
Couldn’t resist… MSRP $2,800.60. (Come on… $0.60. Really?)
I mean really, this baby could surely lay down some beautiful bottom end.
WOW… I like this bass so much that I will even say it backwards… WOW!
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