Triplebuckers

[bifurcation]

I've never knew what triplebuckers sounded like (I always assumed "mud".) This is the first review I've ever read:

Fender Modern Player Marauder review

A Triplebucker loaded design 45 years in the making

www.musicradar.com

An even bigger surprise is the guitar's Triplebucker bridge pickup. Paired with a Jazzmaster single-coil in the neck position, the Triplebucker might look a bit bonkers - gimmicky even. In actual fact it's a smart piece of kit.

Flicking through the guitar's five-way switch you get the Triplebucker in its humbucking mode; all three coils on; the inside coil of the Triplebucker on its own; that inside coil combined with the P-90-style neck pickup; and the neck pickup solo.

Plugging the Marauder in reveals another big surprise. Switching from the Triplebucker's two-coil humbucking mode to its three-coil setting you might expect an increase in output. You'd be wrong.

The humbucker mode is infectiously bright and punchy and works great for heavy riffs and power chords. Switch to the triple-coil setting and the output decreases slightly leaving you with a warmer tone that's perfect for clean rhythm work and crunchy old school rock riffs.

The tonal palette is completed by some glassy single-coil sounds courtesy of the Triplebucker's extra coil and the neck position P-90. If you play blues, rock, surf, rockabilly, jazz, country, even metal, the Marauder will see you alright.

 

[Cucurbitam0schata]

triple dog dare ya to buy it.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Check out a demo or two of the old Steve Miller Ibanez model.

 

[bifurcation]

Oh yeah, nice!