The Gibson Marauder

[organicgav]

I've had mine for a little over 2 years now, i got it for £200 and spent some money replacing the toggle switch on it and having new machine heads fitted. Just wondering if anyone else has one and what they think of them?

[westtexasred]

I've had mine for a little over 2 years now, i got it for £200 and spent some money replacing the toggle switch on it and having new machine heads fitted. Just wondering if anyone else has one and what they think of them?

Cool Guitar,isn't that what Kim Shattuck plays?

[organicgav]

I've had mine for a little over 2 years now, i got it for £200 and spent some money replacing the toggle switch on it and having new machine heads fitted. Just wondering if anyone else has one and what they think of them?

Cool Guitar,isn't that what Kim Shattuck plays?

No, but it looks very similar.





not too sure what it is she plays.

[stewart]

It's a gretsch something-or-other.

[moore65]

I played one from 65 or something at a music store, it was really cool.

[stewart]

The gretsch or a marauder? Marauders were late 70s.

[NickS]

I've had mine for a little over 2 years now, i got it for £200 and spent some money replacing the toggle switch on it and having new machine heads fitted. Just wondering if anyone else has one and what they think of them?

Yeah. Chesney Hawkes has one. Seen him playing it at a charity gig:

Seems to like it.

[stewart]

Haha, wtf? We have a penguins kill polar bearser on board. Did al conway entice you in with promises of free love and gay abandon?

[Doog]

I was gonna do the usual Doog-Marauder thing of "she will be mine, oh yes, she will be mine" until I saw:




With the proper matching stock bridge pickup.. oh man... humuna humuna humuna humuna..

£200 eh? Luck bastard, I spent £140 (I think) on a crappy copy a number of years back. Various parts of it fell apart so I dismantled it and sold the neck. Kinda miss it, definitely want to try/buy a real one at some point.

[Empires]

It's on my list of 'acceptable' Gibsons, Gav's actually sounds absolutely tremendous and aesthetically lowwwvley. A fucking bargain.



It's even lowwwwvlier in black/tort though

Welcome to the board Gav.

As if it wasn't confusing enough with stewart/stuart, doog/doug, 2 Al's and now 2 Scottish Gavin's.

Gav's a good guy, likes his bass loud and likes his gear... and already a fan of the Dwarfcrafts.

he's a total cunt with a drink in him though

[westtexasred]

It's a gretsch something-or-other.

Oh its a Gretsch Beast

[organicgav]

It's on my list of 'acceptable' Gibsons, Gav's actually sounds absolutely tremendous and aesthetically lowwwvley. A fucking bargain.



It's even lowwwwvlier in black/tort though

Welcome to the board Gav.

As if it wasn't confusing enough with stewart/stuart, doog/doug, 2 Al's and now 2 Scottish Gavin's.

Gav's a good guy, likes his bass loud and likes his gear... and already a fan of the Dwarfcrafts.

he's a total cunt with a drink in him though

It's an acceptable Gibson cause it plays sounds more like a fender...

Thank you Muhammad Al

[organicgav]

Haha, wtf? We have a penguins kill polar bearser on board. Did al conway entice you in with promises of free love and gay abandon?

yes and my heart is currently broken with his empty promises... </3

[benecol]

Accuse me of having teh Borrellz at your peril, but I'd love an L6S:

[vivadeluxxe]

I've always fancied a Marauder, or at least just to try one out, but I'm still yet to see one in the flesh....

[Fran]

Awful guitar. Take the rose tinted glasses off.
This model epitomizes why companies like Ibanez, Yamaha and Tokai were producing better quality guitars than Gibson by the late 1970s. The Peavey T-60's put these to shame and its only the decal that kept this guitar alive. It was a budget model and considering Les Pauls and SG's of that era are the most undesirable in Gibson history you'd assume this little fella has fuck all going for it. You'd be right too.

[millagurnzie]

Awful guitar. Take the rose tinted glasses off.
This model epitomizes why companies like Ibanez, Yamaha and Tokai were producing better quality guitars than Gibson by the late 1970s. The Peavey T-60's put these to shame and its only the decal that kept this guitar alive. It was a budget model and considering Les Pauls and SG's of that era are the most undesirable in Gibson history you'd assume this little fella has fuck all going for it. You'd be right too.

Mac McCaughan from Superchunk seemed to think that they had something to offer........and superchunk are F-en great

[Viljami]

BUT CHESNEY HAWKES!!!!!!! he's still alive? wow..

not to sidetrack or anything, but I've always fancied a corvus.

[Doog]

Awful guitar. Take the rose tinted glasses off.
This model epitomizes why companies like Ibanez, Yamaha and Tokai were producing better quality guitars than Gibson by the late 1970s. The Peavey T-60's put these to shame and its only the decal that kept this guitar alive. It was a budget model and considering Les Pauls and SG's of that era are the most undesirable in Gibson history you'd assume this little fella has fuck all going for it. You'd be right too.

Interestiiiing, have you played one/some of them, Franster? I've not actually played a real one, I kinda wonder if the copy I had wasn't so far from the real deal..

It just combines a lot of what I like in a guitar- solid tuning, angled bridge pickup, slightly odd cosmetics without being fugly. Maybe a custom DIY job is a better idea.

[stewart]

I remember seeing one for sale for £750 once, nearly spat my tea out. But see, the grabber basses are great, and they're from the same series. Nowt wrong with the construction.