Duesenberg Julietta Catalina Harbor Green

The Julietta is Duesenberg’s solid body electric with a bolt-on neck. It’s built around the essentials: a solid alder body, Duesenberg’s best-known pickup pairing and a flexible 5-way selector. It still has the details you’d expect from Duesenberg, including Plek-processed frets, Z-Tuners and in-house hardware, in a straightforward package that’s easy to pick up and play. This one is in Catalina Harbor Green, a soft, mid-century green, with a mint/black/mint pickguard and a black headstock.

Construction

The body is solid alder with a bolt-on, one-piece maple neck. That combination gives a quick attack, a bright, clear top end and good sustain, with the snap and directness bolt-on necks are known for. The neck has a comfortable Medium D profile and an Indian rosewood fingerboard with a 12" radius, 22 jumbo frets and cream dot inlays. The 25.5" scale gives it a firm feel and a tight low end. Every Duesenberg is Plek processed, then hand-finished and set up in Hannover, so the action can sit low without fret buzz.

Pickups and Wiring

The Julietta has the same pickup pairing as the Starplayer TV: a Domino P90 in the neck and a GrandVintage humbucker at the bridge, both in Duesenberg’s Trapeze housings. The P90 is warm and round, with plenty of bite when you dig in. The GrandVintage is a classically voiced PAF-style humbucker that stays clear under gain. A 5-way pickup selector adds two in-between settings to the usual neck, both and bridge positions, giving you a wider range of tones than a standard 3-way switch. Master volume and tone controls handle the rest.

Hardware

The Duesenberg Wrapper tailpiece and steel saddle bridge give the Julietta solid tuning stability and sustain. Duesenberg Z-Tuners let you tuck the string ends inside the tuner shaft, out of the way of your fingers and gig bag. Hardware is finished in nickel, which has a warmer sheen than chrome and ages naturally over time.

It comes with a Duesenberg Custom Line gig bag. The bag is heavily padded and has backpack straps that tuck away, so you can carry it like a case.

Replay Guitars is an authorised Duesenberg dealer. Come in and try this one in store in Melbourne, or get in touch with any questions.

Specifications

• Model: Duesenberg Julietta
• Finish: Catalina Harbor Green, PUR lacquer
• Body: Solid alder
• Body dimensions: 43 x 32 cm, 4 cm depth
• Pickguard: 3-ply mint/black/mint
• Neck: Bolt-on, 1-piece maple, Medium D profile
• Fingerboard: Indian rosewood, 305 mm (12") radius, cream dot inlays
• Frets: 22 jumbo (2.8 x 1.0 mm), Plek processed
• Scale length: 648 mm (25.5")
• Nut width: 42.5 mm
• Truss rod: Steel, dual-action
• Headstock: Black
• Neck pickup: Duesenberg Domino P90 (Trapeze housing)
• Bridge pickup: Duesenberg GrandVintage humbucker (Trapeze housing)
• Controls: Master volume, master tone, 5-way pickup selector
• Bridge: Duesenberg steel saddle bridge
• Tailpiece: Duesenberg Wrapper tailpiece
• Tuners: Duesenberg Z-Tuners
• Hardware: Nickel
• Strings: Duesenberg Custom 10/50
  
• Includes: Duesenberg Custom Line gig bag, allen keys