Members Mind_Riot89 Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 Am I the only one who likes the looks/sounds of the new Marauder? (The original one still looks pretty cool though.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShortScaleMike Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 Sounds amazing to me. Helps that the guy is playing a tasteful bit of Hendrixy Little Wing style guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members awallace Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 The Voyager looks like a Novax to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 I actually listened to and watched that entire video, and I have to agree - there are some cool sounds in the new Marauder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LSDis4me Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 Apparently this was the idea of one Porky Freeman Sig'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mind_Riot89 Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 I actually listened to and watched that entire video, and I have to agree - there are some cool sounds in the new Marauder. Phil, I can't believe you're coming round to the new Marauder (at least the sounds, hehe)! The dirty tones are interesting too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macadood Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 phil, you gonna buy some of that fender stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ilyich100pesos Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 Build thread: http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=44030 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 phil, you gonna buy some of that fender stock? I wasn't planning on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Build thread: http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=44030 I definitely prefer the original prototypes over the type II's, but that looks nicely done. Is it yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ilyich100pesos Posted March 10, 2012 Members Share Posted March 10, 2012 I definitely prefer the original prototypes over the type II's, but that looks nicely done. Is it yours? Oh how I wish it were mine! I like the original prototypes better too but these guy did an amazing job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slushpup96 Posted March 10, 2012 Members Share Posted March 10, 2012 asd;fkajsdfjas why can't these be production models Porky freeman is why we can't have nice things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faldoe Posted March 10, 2012 Members Share Posted March 10, 2012 awesome thread Phil. Good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bricks & Bones Posted March 11, 2012 Members Share Posted March 11, 2012 There was a CS Tele here in Sydney that had a stealth neck pickup. Played it. Liked it. Priced for collectors though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 I wonder if Lollar or Novak would build a pickup to your specifications, even if it used a unusually-shaped bobbin that had to be made from scratch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 awesome thread Phil. Good read. I'm glad you're enjoying it. Check this out - I found an old thread (2001) over on FDP with a guy (Robb Lawrence - member name Stratct) who owns a Marauder. An original. And a clone. And a Marauder Mandola. He's also tracked down and photographed many, if not most of the original prototypes, including the Strat shaped one (which once belonged to Fender's legendary Freddie Tavares) that bieke posted earlier. It's an interesting read. http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.html?db=2001&topic_number=107568 I wonder if he ever did interview Porky Freeman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted March 11, 2012 Members Share Posted March 11, 2012 The standard version (shown in the '65 catalog) had sixteen polepieces (two rows of eight) all flush to the custom deep square bobbins. They really don't have that normal Fender sparkly tonality or quite the string output without the magnetic polepiece in close proximity to the string. Even with the slightly lowered neck set it still sounded a bit muffled compared to Leo's popular models. That's exactly why it didn't take off for a production model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 Yup - I thought of you and your comments when I read that. However, the clips from earlier in the thread, with the re-creation Type I Marauder (with pickups which look identical to the ones in the patent drawing and in the other prototype pics like the one bieke posted) didn't sound overly dark or muffled to me at all. I think the "lowered neck set" is another tip that may help for a workable stealth pickup. The issue isn't the layer of plastic (or Mustang pickups wouldn't work), it's the physical distance and the strings being too far outside of the magnetic field that causes issues for the stealth pickup concept. By lowering the neck pocked a bit - making it deeper - the top of the neck and the strings will sit lower and closer to the pickguard than on a standard Fender, which should help. Another thing that would probably help, and that I'm not sure if they could do back then was to "direct" or "focus" the magnetic field, or just use ungodly strong magnets that have enough "reach" to sense the string vibration from that distance. I'm not sure if you can get strong enough permanent magnets for the purpose or not, or if they'd sound any good or not though. As far as focusing the magnetic field, that can be done with a few strips of metal alloy plates strategically positioned next to the magnets or coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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