Duesenberg Alliance Series Johnny Depp Signature Electric Guitar (Black & Aluminum)

Features

• Chambered Construction: A solid body that features big sound chambers for enhanced tone and weight reduction. Particularly characteristic tone somewhere between a solid and semi-hollow construction.
• JD-63 P90 Pickup: A single P90 pickup in the bridge position has always been a clear indication of a straight foward rock guitar. We have developed a completely new pickup for this Alliance Series. Read more on the JD-63 pickup below.
• Plek Processed: A pleked fretboard guarantees perfectly level frets. This is the basis for our fret polishing and setup work all done by hand that eventually makes our instruments play like nothing you have ever played before.

Tell a story

When we first met Johnny to talk about a personal guitar for him, we told him that we wanted to build one which not only suits his style and needs but one which tells a story. His story.

Being one of the most in-demand actors of the past 25 years, and best known for his character Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of Caribbean movies, we have designed his iconic guitar in the Duesenberg tradition by telling Johnny’s story from his tattoos. Each one symbolizes a significant event in his life.

Diamond Deluxe Tremola

Buttery smooth action, reliable tuning stability and string changes that are a breeze are just the main aspects of our unique vibrato design.

The Diamond Deluxe gives you the best tone while being lightweight. Heavy duty needle and nylon bearings give you the highly responsive Duesenberg feel when using the vibrato arm. The arm itself can be turned freely for 360° and can be adjusted to your preferred angle and length. The strings are simply guided through the holes in the bar underneath the arm-axis and can be lead to the tuners without any hassle.

Proven daily on the stages of this world.

JD-63 Pickup

What makes this guitar even more unique is the custom tapped JD-63 pickup which was specially designed to meet every characteristic of a classic open sounding P90 singlecoil. Taking it a step further we offer the option of adding 1963 turns of pickup wire (1963 is Johnny’s year of birth) to the signal via a small switch creating a warmer and crunchier tone.

This pickup is perfectly suited for creating punchy walls of tone and tear them down.

Specifications

Neck

• Type: Set Neck, 1-piece Maple
• Width: 42.5 mm / 1.67" (nut), 52 mm / 2.05" (12th fret)
• Thickness: 21 mm / 0.8" (1st fret), 24 mm / 0.95" (12th fret)
• Shape: Medium D
• Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood, radius 305 mm / 12"
• Inlays: Cream dots
• Frets: 22 Jumbo 2.8 x 1.0 mm
• Scale length: 648 mm / 25.5"
• Trussrod: Steel dual-action
• Headstock: Black

Body

• Type: Solid American Alder with sound chambers
• Top: flat
• Dimensions: 41 x 32.5 cm / 16.14" x 12.6"
• Height (sides): 4.5 cm / 1.8"
• Binding: Cream
• Pickguard: Aluminium plate with Johnny Depp tattoo artwork
• Finish: PUR lacquer.

Hardware

• Tuners: Duesenberg Z-Tuners
• Bridge: Diamond Deluxe Tremola Short
• Strap pins: Duesenberg Standard (Straplock compatible)
• Hardware colour: Nickel
• Strings: Duesenberg Custom 10/50 (010-013-017-028-042-050)

Electrics

• Pickup: Duesenberg JD-63 tapped single coil
• Wiring: 1 Volume, 1 Coil Tap Switch

Ships with the Duesenberg Custom Line Case.