Tom's FrankenFender / Marauder VI project!

[sonidero]

THAT'S GROSS TOM... I love it... Now I need to go get that Squier Cyclone I saw at the Pawn Shoppe...

The Ibanez Talman had sweet Lipsticks back in the day... We found out the guitar was made of cardboard and sawdust when my friend destroyed one in a parking lot after a gig though...

[Mudfuzz]

^ I guarantee that lipsticks will be a fun/different experience. There should be way more guitars with out there lipsticks.

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Next step in the project! I really didn't want to do this, but the bridge has to go. Yeah, it feels a little cheap, but that's not the problem (it feels a bit like the trem arm might break, like it doesn't exactly fit in the threaded hole)...but the problem is that the height adjusting screws that want to shred my hand. I hate this kind of bridge design, when the height adjusters stick above the bridge and make palm-muting, or even resting your hand on the bridge, extremely uncomfortable. :/

you're going to put a floyd on it aren't you...

[FuzzHugger]

you're going to put a floyd on it aren't you...

Haha, uhhhhhhh no.

I had a floyd on one of these when I was in high school! HATED it.



Gonna put one of deez on it:

THAT'S GROSS TOM... I love it... Now I need to go get that Squier Cyclone I saw at the Pawn Shoppe...

Always wanted a yellow Fender Cyclone.



Would've taken the blue one if it didn't have the racing stipe.

[FuzzHugger]

LOL, well the bridge IS shit. Trem arm is broken...I saw on another forum that I'm not the first person to get a Marauder and have the trem arm break within the first few hours of playing. Can't afford to upgrade the bridge for a bit. We'll see what Fender says.

[jrmy]

Duuuuuuuuude - that thing is wild! I've never really considered lipsticks before, but they look great there. Definitely post clips when it's up & running proper. I'd live to hear it in action!

[Chankgeez]

Would've taken the blue one if it didn't have the racing stipe.

Think I would've taken this one even with that racing stripe.

[Chankgeez]

The Ibanez Talman had sweet Lipsticks back in the day... We found out the guitar was made of cardboard and sawdust when my friend destroyed one in a parking lot after a gig though...

Some o' those Talmans were made from real wood.

[Mudfuzz]

The Ibanez Talman had sweet Lipsticks back in the day... We found out the guitar was made of cardboard and sawdust when my friend destroyed one in a parking lot after a gig though...

interesting.... I thought those were made from that plastic stuff like the ergodyne basses...

[FuzzHugger]

LOL, well the bridge IS shit. Trem arm is broken...I saw on another forum that I'm not the first person to get a Marauder and have the trem arm break within the first few hours of playing. Can't afford to upgrade the bridge for a bit. We'll see what Fender says.

Follow-up...at first I thought the trem arm somehow got stripped, despite not over-tightening. Turns out, the reason the trem arm was hard to move wasn't the threads being stripped--the trem arm bent down near the base, after a short time of hardly using it. Then just snapped off. The other guy with a Marauder had the same exact thing happen to his.

Would've taken the blue one if it didn't have the racing stipe.

Think I would've taken this one even with that racing stripe.

Yeah, I guess I could've gotten over it. Looks hotter than I remembered.

Duuuuuuuuude - that thing is wild! I've never really considered lipsticks before, but they look great there. Definitely post clips when it's up & running proper. I'd live to hear it in action!

Will attempt some vid!

[mathias]

Cheap metal in trem arms is lame.

[sonidero]

Got It...

Now What to Do???

Any thoughts Tom??? Triplebucker???

[Obulus]

If you want the triplebucker, you've got to be quick I guess:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Triplebu ... 337e0f07f2

[sonidero]

If you want the triplebucker, you've got to be quick I guess:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Triplebu ... 337e0f07f2

I No Have Ebay...

Someone buy it and I'll pay you back...

[FuzzHugger]

Got It...

Now What to Do???

Any thoughts Tom??? Triplebucker???

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Hahaha, you're awesome!

If you want the guitar for nothing but scorching fury, the Triplebucker is great!
I'd probably put some kind of splittable rail in the neck...

If I were modding it and wanted something a bit less crazy, I'd do a P-Rails in the bridge, no question (with a switch for humbucker, p-90, rail).

Are you changing the pickups?

[Mudfuzz]

Some one should track down three of them and do it proper...