Anyone thinking of Marauder type 2 build? Need 5 who want a neck...
- Amon 7.L
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This is only my personal opinion but it still looks big time OFF.
Tweaking those lines is easy-peasy (it's literally a few minutes work) and they make a hell of a difference).
Those quirks -to me- are what makes the Marauder headstock peculiar and sets it apart from the Starcaster's.
We're all in the same page by considering the reference pic not being the most visual-proof but still, some aspects are remarkably clear in the overall geometry.
Anyway, I'll throw this two pictures here if they are of any help, then it's all up to you guys to make your evaluations:
A clearer diagram in case it's useful for the overlapping (I did an extra tiny tweak in the top of the ball to compensate for the picture being in perspective):
Again guys, it's your project and I don't want to step on anybody's shoes, it's just my visual 2 cents.
Tweaking those lines is easy-peasy (it's literally a few minutes work) and they make a hell of a difference).
Those quirks -to me- are what makes the Marauder headstock peculiar and sets it apart from the Starcaster's.
We're all in the same page by considering the reference pic not being the most visual-proof but still, some aspects are remarkably clear in the overall geometry.
Anyway, I'll throw this two pictures here if they are of any help, then it's all up to you guys to make your evaluations:
A clearer diagram in case it's useful for the overlapping (I did an extra tiny tweak in the top of the ball to compensate for the picture being in perspective):
Again guys, it's your project and I don't want to step on anybody's shoes, it's just my visual 2 cents.
- adamrobertt
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Re: Anyone thinking of Marauder type 2 build? Need 5 who want a neck...
Yeah, if we could get that version I’d be happiest. We are giving them quite a bit of business so you’d think they wouldn’t mind working with us…
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Re: Anyone thinking of Marauder type 2 build? Need 5 who want a neck...
That would be my preference too.
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I sent it to him earlier, no reply yet. Sorry. Hell of a day today, and not the good kind. I'll update as soon as I hear something.
Great work to everyone. This is so cool.
Great work to everyone. This is so cool.
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Here's Jim's update:
Said he copied it exactly. Looks great to me, what about everyone else?
Said he copied it exactly. Looks great to me, what about everyone else?
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Looks good to me.
I'd sign off on that!
I'd sign off on that!
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Looking great. Send it!
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Great for me !
Send it to production
Send it to production
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Heyyyy, cool. Just waiting on the other dudes. At least Adam so we have majority.
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Looks great! I'm down.
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Excellent. I said HIT IT!
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Man, I was really skeptical that this was gonna happen at first... OSG comes through again.
Edit: I have an order in with MJT to have it finished, but I just looked at the "MJT sucks" thread and now I'm nervous... thoughts?
Edit: I have an order in with MJT to have it finished, but I just looked at the "MJT sucks" thread and now I'm nervous... thoughts?
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I've used MJT for half the stuff in my collection. they've been fine for me. I always ask for closet clean or whatever their cleanest is. It'll check over time naturally. My Firemist Gold checked very quickly. My Inca Silver didn't check for years - until very recently when we had single digit weather for the first time in a century. My Burgundy Mist Jazz Bass is starting to check after about a year.adamrobertt wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:11 pmMan, I was really skeptical that this was gonna happen at first... OSG comes through again.
Edit: I have an order in with MJT to have it finished, but I just looked at the "MJT sucks" thread and now I'm nervous... thoughts?
I'll use them, their Ocean Turquoise looks pretty close to the one prototype mock up. I'm going to check out that topic though, maybe something has changed in the last year since I've used them.
And a big HELL YES to all the OSG crew that made this happen. We're all in this together!
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- andy_tchp
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Re: Anyone thinking of Marauder type 2 build? Need 5 who want a neck...
How handy/patient are you with aerosol cans and masking up shapes prior to paint?adamrobertt wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:11 pmMan, I was really skeptical that this was gonna happen at first... OSG comes through again.
Edit: I have an order in with MJT to have it finished, but I just looked at the "MJT sucks" thread and now I'm nervous... thoughts?
I don't claim to be at all talented in this area, but the neck and headstock I finished (tru oil for the neck, enamel spray paint for the headstock) came out looking A1.
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Re: Anyone thinking of Marauder type 2 build? Need 5 who want a neck...
If y'all want a finish, I'm gonna plug Dustin Bloomer (BloomDoom Guitars on Reverb, @bloomdoom22 on instagram) if you're in the US -- I just got my body done in LPB from him, and he was super great to work with and the finish came out great. Like MJT, closet classic's as good as you're gonna get, but it looks incredible.