This is my relatively new Fender Marauder. I think this is a really cool guitar. The neck Jazzmaster pickup is really nice sounding and capable of some great tones. The bridge "Triplebucker" is, in my opinion, awesome - although some people don't care much for it. The guitar has a five way switch that goes from just the JM neck pickup, to the JM plus one of the coils on the triple bucker, to just a single coil of the triple bucker, to full double rail humbucking from the triple bucker, to the full three rails of the triple bucker at the same time.

The versatility of the guitar is really nice and I like all of the switch positions. Also, all of the pickup settings on the five way switch are "quiet". I really like how quiet all of the pickup selections are, even thru a high gain amp it sounds great.

The neck on this guitar is totally tight flamed maple all the way up the neck, one ring after another. I really appreciate these highly flamed necks and find them very hard to find. I only have two guitars that have highly flamed necks. I noticed that some of the pro's like Clapton, Jonny Lang, etc., have some guitars with remarkable flamed maple necks. I'm surprised that they occasionally show up on regular guitars.

I play this guitar a lot and the quality is remarkable. The neck has an excellent feel to it and the guitar is very ergonomic and easy to play. I like the strat trem, personally, better than the usual Jazzmaster/Jaguar tremolo and bridge. I put the knurled chrome flat top Fender P Bass knobs on it to replace the unsightly "amp" knobs, in my opinion, that came stock; I did the same to my Blacktop Fender strat.

If you see one of these guitars in a shop, I encourage you to try it out. I ignored one in a local shop for probably at least a year and when I finally played it I was really surprised at how much I liked it. I ordered one from a big internet place not long after that.

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