Fairytale Lapsteel

Pickups

The GrandVintage Humbucker in the bridge position delivers a cutting and balanced tone while the hum-cancelling SingleTwin P90 in the neck position is perfectly suited for smooth and warm melodies.

Multibender

The Duesenberg Multibender Bridge System is a user-configurable tone bending device for harmoic up- and down-bends. It can take up to five levers that can be used to modulate chords and melodies.

Speed-Pot

The Fairytale comes with our genuine speed-pot as tone control. This pot operates at a reduced 70° angle allowing you to create tone swells with your fingertip.

The Fairytale Lapsteel is one of the most desired instruments for lapsteel artists around the world.

Its innovation on countless aspects from the integrated capo nut down to the versatile Multibender bridge system leaves this lapsteel without competition.

"The minute I picked up the Duesenberg Lapsteel I was hooked.
This is a lapsteel that is a complete joy to play,
even if you've never picked up a slide before."
- John Mayer

The Multibender

The Multibender is an integrated string bending device that can be configured to do a number of different things.

It is used for bending specific strings up or down a semi- or full tone, all done with the heel of your hand while playing. This comes in handy for changing chords from minor to major or all kinds of other intervals. The Multibender takes up to five levers (additional levers available seperately) which can all be set up to do different things.

Headstock view of the Duesenberg Fairytale Lapsteel

Integrated Capodaster

The integrated Easy-Shift Capodaster makes key changes on a lapsteel a breeze.

Just loosen the thumbscrew on top of the Capo, place it wherever you need it on the fretboard and tighten the screw again.

The Easy-Shift Capo runs on a rail inside the fretboard so that losing or misplacing it is impossible.

Pickups and Multibender of the Duesenberg Fairytale Lapsteel

Know your tone

The Fairytale comes fitted with one of our hum-cancelling SingleTwin Domino P90 in the neck position and our versatile and classically voiced GrandVintage Humbucker in the bridge position.

With the Domino delivering a warm and fat tone and the GrandVintage taking care of the cutting leads you are well set for everything that might come your way.

For easy to do tone swells, we have also fitted the Fairytale with our special short range speed pot that works on a 70° angle.

Image of the Duesenberg 3-Step Pot-Knob in Nickel

Nickel Hardware

Most of our hardware is nickel finished.

You will find the geometrical three steps in almost every part on our instruments, from the curves on the headstock to the shape of the output jack.

When compared to regular chrome finishes, nickel has a beautiful warm and elegant sheen and ages naturally over time. It's the way things were done before chrome became the standard. If you don't want the hardware on your instrument to age, we recommend regular cleaning.

Image of the Duesenberg Custom Line Case

Made to hold something that lasts

A good case is one that's more sturdy than what's inside.

Handsome, laid-back and simply a good place for your instrument. Meet the Duesenberg Custom Line Cases. True flightcase quality, classically shaped, beautifully handcrafted and made to endure the most realistic and unrealistic abuses. It's a case you can just throw in the back of a car, train or airplane and won't have to worry about.

This instrument comes including the Duesenberg Custom Line Case as standard.

Specifications

Body/Neck
Wood:	Korina (+ Maple top on headstock)
Width at nut:	65 mm / 2.56"
Dimensions:	94 x 19 x 4.2 cm / 37" x 7.48" x 1.65"
Stringspacing:	54 mm / 2.13"
Fingerboard:	Black anodized aluminum
Scale length:	648 mm / 25.5"
Finish:	PUR lacquer

Hardware
Tuners:	Duesenberg Z-Tuners
Nut:	Duesenberg Roller Nut
Bridge:	Duesenberg Multibender
Plus:	Duesenberg Easy Shift Capo
Hardware color:	Nickel
Strings:	Duesenberg Custom 016/056 (016-018-026-036-046-056)

Electrics
Pickup (neck):	Duesenberg SingleTwin Domino
Pickup (bridge):	Duesenberg GrandVintage Humbucker
Wiring:	1 Volume, 1 Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector

Accessories
Case:	Custom Line Case (included)
Tools:	All required allen keys (included)

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