CP Jag to Marauder conversion kit?

[Deed_Poll]

Would anyone be interested? I'd be up for designing one but it would require at least a new trem plate and pickguard... You could probably get away with keeping the jag rhythm circuit plate and hex plate.

It would never look quite like a Marauder obviously but my main problem with the CP Jags is the appearance of the close trem placement. I was going to design a plate and pickguard combo to give it that cool marauder / BilT look. I'll design it if someone wants to mod their CP Jag and pay Kevin James to make the plates!! I will need the exact measurements from bridge to trem cavity and some new holes will have to be drilled under the plate. I'll post a mockup when I have something concrete. For now, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, here are some pictures:





Let me know if you're up for it!

Dan

[rrtxoso]

That would be super cool. Did marauders have a 24" scale?

[stratdragon92]

A MP Marauder trem to that trem conversion would be cool too

[WonderCouncil]

This would be a an awesome project. I'd probably take some of the plates for other projects myself. I wonder if the upper control plate would fit a Mustang.

I have a question about the tremolo on the Marauder though. I never thought about this and maybe it's been covered already but what's the spring set up like on the underside of the plate? I always assumed it was like a normal Mustang but I'm questioning that. The space between the bridge and string tube is greater right? Or is that just an illusion?

Regardless of that, do the springs still attach to the two little tabs, presumably under the bridge? If so, what's up with the screw placement between the bridge and tube? The middle one looks normal and would be going into wood but the other two, closest to the bridge, wouldn't they be int he way of the springs? Or perhaps the springs attach to those two screws in some way.

Or, I'm just not seeing it right.

[punkacc9]

It would be easier to do with a modern player marauder. I'm doing it right now but with a more modern take on it instead of custom plates.

Untitled by punkacc9, on Flickr
Untitled by punkacc9, on Flickr

[Mechanical Birds]

Did anything ever happen with this bump

[timtam]

Looking kind of like the new jag strat ....
https://shop.fender.com/en-AU/electric- ... 70709.html

[stafflod]

Would anyone be interested? I'd be up for designing one but it would require at least a new trem plate and pickguard... You could probably get away with keeping the jag rhythm circuit plate and hex plate.

It would never look quite like a Marauder obviously but my main problem with the CP Jags is the appearance of the close trem placement. I was going to design a plate and pickguard combo to give it that cool marauder / BilT look. I'll design it if someone wants to mod their CP Jag and pay Kevin James to make the plates!! I will need the exact measurements from bridge to trem cavity and some new holes will have to be drilled under the plate. I'll post a mockup when I have something concrete. For now, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, here are some pictures:





Let me know if you're up for it!

Dan

I’m also wondering if a CP Jag body would make a good start for a Marauderesque project.