Duesenberg Fairytale lap steel for sale

[Arcada]

The Duesenberg Fairytale lap steel is six-stringed, with 'multibender' hand levers on two of the strings, designed to simulate a pedal steel. I bought it new, two years ago, directly from Duesenberg. The only reason I am selling is to buy a pedal steel guitar, and I need the space! It's in beautiful condition, as new, with its original hard case, which I imagine would double as a flight case.

This is the official spec:
Body/Neck Wood: 1-Piece Mahogany (Cedro Sapotaceae)
Width at Nut: 65mm/2.56"
Size: 94 x 19 x 4.2cm/37" x 7.48" x 1.65"
Stringspacing: 54mm/2.13"
Fingerboard: Black Adonized Aluminium
Scale Length: 648mm/25.5"
Finish: PUR Lacquer (Goldburst)
‘Easy Shift’ Capo
Pickup (Neck): Duesenberg PH90 Single Twin
Pickup (Bridge): Duesenberg GrandVintage Humbucker
Wiring: 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 3-Way Pickup Selector
Tuners: Duesenberg Z-Tuners, ‘Art Diego’ Buttons
Bridge: Duesenberg Multibender (2 hand levers)
Hardware Colour: Nickel
It has a built in sliding capo, so you can easily shift to any key, and mulitbender hand levers on the second and 3rd strings. I have it tuned per the factory setting as D A D F# A D. The multibenders raise the third string a semitone to a G and the second string a whole tone to a B. It's possible to configure them for different tunings. All keys are included.
I'm reluctant to sell, but needs must!
I'm based in Altrincham, Cheshire, just south of Manchester. I haven't checked out mailing costs, but can do so if you are interested. I'm offering the lap steel for £1350.
David Cotton
M: 07956 672817

[Donny Johnston]

I have one of these guitars, they are a quality build and have great pick ups. This is a great price, if you want one snap it up, I paid nearly £1900 for mine. Donny.

[Stuart H]

Interested in your lap steel if still available. I am travelling down from Glasgow to near Birmingham this weekend and could make a wee detour. Let me know if you are interested. Ps couldn’t get through to mobile number you gave. Cheers, Stuart

[davidcotton]

Hi Stuart,

Thanks very much for your note. Yes, it is still available. I'm sorry you had problems with the phone number - it's 07956 672817. Give me a call again or email me at [email protected] and we can arrange it. If you are driving down the M6, it's a 6 mile detour, coming off at junction 19.

Kind regards

David

[davidcotton]

I'm delighted to say that this lap steel is now sold. Looking forward to buying a PSG in March...

[Arcada]

OK, I'll move this to the archive.

David - if it sold through the forum, please consider donating towards the forum running costs if you haven't already done so.

On the asking price here, a combination of eBay / Paypal fees would be roughly £175 . There's never been a charge for advertising sales through the forum, but any donations from successful sales are always appreciated.