Anyone thinking of Marauder type 2 build? Need 5 who want a neck...

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Re: Anyone thinking of Marauder type 2 build? Need 5 who want a neck...

Post by Amon 7.L » Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:09 am

Keeping in mind the original picture is not straight and all, there are still tweaks that can be addressed:
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Awesome project guys, the power of the OSG brotherhood never fails to amaze me.

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Post by 2fLAz » Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:41 am

Amazing !
Yup the swoop falls more like it does on JM necks

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Post by adamrobertt » Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:52 am

Nice! Pondering on how to deal with the decal on mine... it'll be going on a real Fender so I kind of want a Fender decal... maybe I'll just chop the word "Fender" out of another logo?

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Post by zip73 » Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:47 am

Here are another few photos:
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Post by N0_Camping4U » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:21 am

Good work gentlemen. I'm forwarding this. Thanks everyone.
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Post by N0_Camping4U » Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:48 pm

He's tweaking it and said he should be able to have us something later tomorrow.

We're getting there... This is so cool, man. Everyone is working together. I told him if he offers these in the future that surely other nerds will buy them, even if it's just for Strats or Jazzmasters.
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Post by smjenkins » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:03 pm

Awsome. Can't wait to see the next rev from Jim.

Here's a close-up of the pickups from the Premier Guitar video. Any idea what these could be?

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Post by N0_Camping4U » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:31 pm

I went Jaguar pickups but haven't got my body made yet, I thought that's what they had... But I don't see the metal claw thing in this pic. I thought one of them did have the claws?

If we can't figure it out, I'd be happy to email Curtis Novak.
I just saw he made this: 12 string + Marauder - with Curtis Novak pickups... https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender ... boundaries

Makes me wonder if he had some inside information on what type of pickups they were, how they were wound, what they read when hooked up... I've bought some pickups from him before, maybe if I ask he'll help me out knowing that there's at least 3 pickups he can sell.
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Post by N0_Camping4U » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:48 pm

Here's Jim's exact reply:

I’ll give it a go, the first pic is better to have worked off of, like I said, we can tweak it a bit, but at some point it boils down to everybody’s best guess from a photo. I’ll get a tweaked version over to you in the morn. All good man, have a good night.

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Post by CROSS_guitars » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:56 pm

They should just buy one of these.
They are pretty spot-on!
Well, the one I got had the Marauder swoop, not starcaster swoop.

https://store.factionguitars.com/produc ... 896e&_ss=r

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Post by smjenkins » Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:27 pm

N0_Camping4U wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:31 pm
I went Jaguar pickups but haven't got my body made yet, I thought that's what they had... But I don't see the metal claw thing in this pic. I thought one of them did have the claws?

If we can't figure it out, I'd be happy to email Curtis Novak.
I just saw he made this: 12 string + Marauder - with Curtis Novak pickups... https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender ... boundaries

Makes me wonder if he had some inside information on what type of pickups they were, how they were wound, what they read when hooked up... I've bought some pickups from him before, maybe if I ask he'll help me out knowing that there's at least 3 pickups he can sell.
Great suggestion to ask Curtis. If you want to contact him, that's awesome. I purchased a few pickups from him 8 or 9 years ago so I can contact him too if you'd prefer.

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Re: Anyone thinking of Marauder type 2 build? Need 5 who want a neck...

Post by N0_Camping4U » Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:48 pm

smjenkins wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:27 pm
N0_Camping4U wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:31 pm
I went Jaguar pickups but haven't got my body made yet, I thought that's what they had... But I don't see the metal claw thing in this pic. I thought one of them did have the claws?

If we can't figure it out, I'd be happy to email Curtis Novak.
I just saw he made this: 12 string + Marauder - with Curtis Novak pickups... https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender ... boundaries

Makes me wonder if he had some inside information on what type of pickups they were, how they were wound, what they read when hooked up... I've bought some pickups from him before, maybe if I ask he'll help me out knowing that there's at least 3 pickups he can sell.
Great suggestion to ask Curtis. If you want to contact him, that's awesome. I purchased a few pickups from him 8 or 9 years ago so I can contact him too if you'd prefer.
I asked him like right after that post, figured, why the hell not? I'll let everyone know what he says too!
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Re: Anyone thinking of Marauder type 2 build? Need 5 who want a neck...

Post by Sonichris » Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:51 am

smjenkins wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:03 pm
Awsome. Can't wait to see the next rev from Jim.

Here's a close-up of the pickups from the Premier Guitar video. Any idea what these could be?

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Seeing as this guitar is mostly made up of Mustang hardware (tremolo guts, bridge), I think they very well may be Mustang pickups without covers.

I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture of a prototype with Jaguar pickups in it. And, it looked way better than the naked ones in the pic above.

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Post by N0_Camping4U » Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:13 am

Here's Version 2, let me know what everyone thinks so I can forward it to to him.


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Post by adamrobertt » Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:17 am

To me the bottom of the swoosh still doesn't look steep/long enough (the part that comes out from the nut and drops down to a point). If you look at the photos it seems to drop down a bit straighter and is maybe a little longer, too. Def not a dealbreaker... but figured I'd mention

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