The Gibson Marauder

[Doog]

Yeah, I'm not sure it's even worth the £300 opening bid, to be honest.

I guess I gotta find a real one in London to see how it compares to my old copy; if they were indeed made in the factory, I maaaaaaaaaaay stop lusting for one. I think I'll have a bash at making a body first, if just for shits 'n gigglez.

[ploppy]

I had a marauder about 12 years back - saw it in my local music shop, and it was 275 quid, looked like the body of a les paul and the neck off a Vee, it had been well played and had loads of fretboard wear - i thought it looked well cool!
Was nothing special though and i flogged it shortly after.

[Mages]

well, the gibson's were made at the gibson plant in kalamazoo, mi. the parts may have been MIJ or something but I'm pretty sure they were assembled in kalamazoo. A lot of those MIJ copies from that period were amazingly close though, so it could just be that too.

also, these pickups look vaguely similar to the fender lead humbucker :



I wonder who was ripping off who there.

[moore65]

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

Ok maybe it was the Melodymaker or something. I just remember Gibson M-something. Or maybe the dude lied to me.

[Mages]

marauder on the front page of NPR today.

[benecol]

Ooh - one of those rare guitars that actually looks better in sunburst. Quite like that.

[Doog]

I DO dig that in 'burst, and I'm not generally a fan of such things. Blocked-n-bound never hurts, though.

[Bacchus]

Ooh - one of those rare guitars that actually looks better in sunburst. Quite like that.

It's weird that, I generally don't like sunburst, but there definitely are some guitars that suit it so much better than a blank colour.