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Description
This is a very special instrument that was bought as private stock: a limited edition – one of two – Duke ’59, in Lemonburst. Top specification.
Here is the story:
This is a prototype of a model that did not go into full production. Two were made and I bought this one. For my personal collection, actually. I got the nicer finish of the two – the other was Cherry Sunburst with a less attractive flame pattern.
It is a ’59 replica, featuring a very premium specification as follows:
BODY TOP: 3A FLAME MAPLE
BODY BACK: HONDURAN MAHOGANY 1 PIECE
NECK: HONDURAN MAHOGANY
FINGERBOARD: MADAGASCAR ROSEWOOD
SCALE: 24 3/4 inch(22F)
NUT: DELRIN 43mm
RADIUS: 310R
MACHINEHEADS: GOTOH/SD90-SL
PICKUPS: Mojotone Clone’59 PAF
BRIDGE: Tokiwa ABR-1 style
TAIL PIECE: GE-101A
CONTROLS: 2Vol,2Tone,3way PU Selector
FINISH: LACQUER
COLOR: Lemon Burst
The project started when somebody lent the guys at Deviser a real 1959 LP some years ago. They fell in love with the guitar and determined to reproduce it in their own way. They studied the particular guitar’s specifications… Body construction, details of the design including body shape, curve of arch top, deep joint, neck profile and even the headstock thickness of the particular guitar. It is an exact replica apart from the headstock shape. The pickups as you see are Mojotone PAF’59, which are a renowned hand made replica of ’59s PAF humbucker. The tone is ideally balanced. Clear, warm, and natural in clean setting and also gets girth and punch when overdriven.
As you see this guitar has many original features which even the Gibsons Custom Shop reissues at £7000 don’t have: ONE PIECE HONDURAN mahogany body (not African, not 2 piece), the neck is the same – HONDURAN, not African mahogany. The fretboard is MADAGASCAN rosewood (not Indian as Gibson uses). And of course as a hand made instrument by the exacting standards of the Japanese luthier, there are no shortcuts on the seasoning of the woods, no automated CNC routing, no compromises or shortcuts on anything.
Other parts – the Delrin nut, ABR-1 style bridge, aluminum tail piece, bumble bee capacitor – are selected for the vintage tone and feeling.
This guitar was to retail at £3600. It didn’t go into production. Selling this as lightly used.
