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A Top-shelf Lap Steel with All the Trimmings





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The Duesenberg Fairytale Lapsteel is one of the most coveted lap steel guitars around, thanks to its substantial array of innovative features. The Fairytale Lapsteel is built around a korina body and neck with a black anodized aluminum fingerboard. You'll appreciate the distinct, clear, and versatile tones supplied by this lap steel's Duesenberg pickups, which include a classic-voiced GrandVintage humbucker and a hum-canceling SingleTwin Domino P-90 single-coil. Delivering ear-grabbing up and down bends is effortless on this lap steel, thanks to its Multibender bridge system. Plus, its speed pot puts tone swells readily at your fingertips. You also get an integrated easy-shift capo for straightforward, lightning-fast key changes, along with ultra-reliable Duesenberg Z-Tuners and a roller nut. Rounding out the Fairytale Lapsteel is an attractive maple-topped headstock, a light-catching PUR lacquer finish, and Duesenberg's trademark geometrical 3-stepped styling.





A luxurious gallimaufry of tones





When you plug in the Fairytale Lapsteel, you'll be embraced by Duesenberg's trademark clear, distinct tone, thanks to a versatile array of premium proprietary pickups. At the bridge, you'll find a classic-voiced GrandVintage humbucker with a sharp sonic texture that cuts through anything. At the neck, you'll find a hum-canceling SingleTwin Domino P-90 single-coil that's chock-full of fatness and warmth. The Fairytale Lapsteel also includes a speed pot, which operates at a reduced 70-degree angle, enabling you to deliver expressive tone swells with a mere twist of your pinky finger.





Facilitates outrageous pitch bends





The Duesenberg Fairytale Lapsteel's Multibender bridge system makes executing per-string pitch bends easy and intuitive. You can bend the strings up or down a semi or whole tone with a simple maneuver using the heel of your hand. The Multibender lets you change chords from minor to major (or any other interval) in an interesting and eminently musical way. The Fairytale Lapsteel comes with two pitch-bend levers and can be expanded up to five levers, with additional levers available separately.





Duesenberg: the 6-string pride of Deutschland





Founded by German guitar designer Dieter Golsdorf 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 Sweetwater 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.





Duesenberg Fairytale Lapsteel Features:


Built around a korina body and neck with a black anodized aluminum fingerboard


Bridge GrandVintage humbucker delivers a sharp sonic texture that cuts through a busy mix


Neck SingleTwin Domino P-90 single-coil serves up a creamy, fat, warm sound with zero hum


Multibender bridge system makes executing per-string pitch bends easy and intuitive


Speed pot delivers expressive tone swells with a mere twist of your pinky finger


Integrated easy-shift capo for straightforward, lightning-fast key changes


Ultra-reliable Duesenberg Z-Tuners and a roller nut


Attractive maple-topped headstock


Light-catching PUR lacquer finish


Duesenberg's trademark geometrical 3-stepped styling