VOX Marauder on Ebay

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 6:16 pm

You do see these too often (link) In fact I never saw one on Ebay. That one belongs to VOX collector I met online when I bought my VOX 12-string a couple of years ago.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 6:20 pm

I'm good. That thing is hideous

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 6:37 pm

Nick wrote:I'm good. That thing is hideous

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 6:41 pm

Haha. I like it. I remember the VOX Marauder from this video

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Jarvis's Maruader is like this one:

Fom the VOX Showroom at Northcoast Music:

"The Vox Marauder guitar was introduced in 1968 by Jennings Musical Instruments in the UK and was primarily sold on the European continent. This solid body six string instrument with a bolt on neck featured a series of battery operated electronic effects similar to those found in Vox guitars produced by Eko in Italy such as the Starstream, Grand Prix and Viper.

A linear row of six rectangular white push buttons actuated the battery operated effects. These were labeled "Treble," "Bass," "Top Boost," "Mid Boost," "Fuzz," and "Repeat".

A three position rotary selector switch near the lower cutaway toggled between three frequency centers for the "Mid Boost" circuitry. This effect was virtually identical to the "MRB" circuit developed for American solid state Vox amps.

A three position "quick action" flip switch was used for pickup selection. Three rotary controls adjusted the fuzz sustain, repeater, and volume.

An on/off switch, built into the volume control, was designed to conserve battery life. "

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:42 pm

That one is ok because buttons, switch and 3 ply. Somehow it makes all the difference.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:50 pm

this guitar makes the baby jesus cry

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:58 pm

Nick wrote:That one is ok because buttons, switch and 3 ply. Somehow it makes all the difference.

This. The first one looks like I made it (which isn't a good thing).

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:05 pm

Looks like something a 14 year old would make in woodshop, get a C- for and then go "fuck yeah, that's a passing grade".

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:02 am

That thing is pugfugaly!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:26 am

Vox. "Fugly for the sake of fugly."

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 4:37 am

I think that the one on Ebay has a replacement pickguard.

Here are 2 all original VOX Maruaders from Martin Kelly's VOX history book

http://www.voxguitars.info/

The one like this has a VOX multiplay pickguard

tenderstems · Post by **tenderstems** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:23 am

Love it!

It looks like they took a strat and said, How can we make this look as misshapen as possible?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 11:10 am

It looks much better with all the switches, they break the shape up somehow. The plain version looks like it's suffered a stroke.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 11:44 am

tenderstems wrote:Love it!

It looks like they took a strat and said, How can we make this look as misshapen as possible?

Or they took a Phantom and tried to give it a "normal" shape.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:12 pm

westtexasred wrote:Haha. I like it. I remember the VOX Marauder from this video

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this reminded me i had some early pulp stuff kicking around that i haven't heard to for aaages. sounds all provincial and C86-y, in a good way.

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Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:33 pm

I'm sure I've seem these before but my mind must have rejected the image of them in some sort of effort not to vomit my brain out my eyes.... Got brain spew everywhere now... Cheers

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:15 pm

I wrote the seller to ask if the pick-guard and been replaced and they sent me this message:

"Hi,

I thought the same thing when I got the guitar but was able to find a picture of one somewhere on the internet with the exact same guard as well as several other variants. Some that say Vox, some that say Marauder, some that say nothing and even a white one! It seems that with the Marauder and also the New Escort models, they were just using up old parts to finish the guitars so I assume that is what happened here although I can't be 100% sure. The guard certainly doesn't appear homemade or anything like that"

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 7:27 pm

The real question is, would a passive version still have the battery cover on the back?

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:25 am

I've never seen those before. I dig it.