Duesenberg Starplayer TV Mike Campbell

Here it is – the ultimate "Heartbreaker" guitar. Lead guitarist Mike Campbell has been swearing by this guitar produced in "Good Old Germany" since the late 2000s. Campbell, who has played many different guitar models in his musical career, ended up with the Duesenberg Starplayer TV. In his honor, Duesenberg released his own signature model as part of the Artist Alliance series. "There's nothing like this guitar", to put it in Campbell's own words. With this blue and white beauty, Campbell helped the band "Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers" create a new and refreshing sound in the new millennium.

It is not without reason that the Starplayer TV is our best-selling Duesenberg. The look is reminiscent of some classics from the USA. But at the latest when you study the specifications, you realize that these instruments clearly stand out from all other instruments on the market, both technically and sonically. The one-piece maple neck with rosewood fingerboard is still very classic and traditional and it's very easy to play. But the semi-acoustic body with spruce top and back/sides made of laminated maple as well as the scale length of 25.5 "suggest that something very unique has been created here. The exciting blue metallic finish with its two rally stripes in the middle is reminiscent of a racy American sports car and invites you to play the guitar immediately. The pickguard is adorned with Mike Campbell's signature, this time with a very special pictogram – the number 30, with the zero reshaped into a broken heart. A very nice detail – just very "Heartbreaker-like".

The hardware and the pickups are completely in-house developments by Duesenberg. The Diamond Deluxe Tremolo works perfectly and the two pickups make the Starplayer TV Mike Campbell 30th Anniversary with their diversity a versatile tool. For powerful lead sounds and heavy riffs, the Starplayer TV has a classically wound GrandVintage humbucker in the bridge position, while the characterful Domino P90 on the neck is ready for airy chords and creamy melodies. In the center position of both pickups, a special circuit ensures that certain frequencies are filtered out from the humbucker's signal. This brightens the tone and creates a distinct third sound.

Starplayer TV models are played by many top musicians around the globe and has become one of the standards of the music industry over the years.