Garrett Park Guitars1975 Gibson S-1For your consideration, Garrett Park Guitars presents this 1975 Gibson S-1This is the first year of production for the Gibson S-1. It is in excellent condition. With its single coil pickups and bolt on neck it was an attempt at competing with Fender. Plays and sounds great and comes with a newer hardshell case.Tuners were changed to Schallers back in the day...From Wikipedia...Gibson released the S-1 to the market in 1975. Its production lifespan was 1975-1980. Like the , the S-1 was an attempt to break through into the  guitar market. It too consisted of a flat  -like body with a maple  neck bolted on. Unlike the Marauder, however, the S-1 featured three "see-thru" single-coil pickups designed by , with fairly elaborate circuitry to generate  and single-coil pick-up sounds. Just like the Marauders, the S-1 all had Schaller made "Harmonica" ("tune-o-matic" style) bridges and the standard Gibson stopbar tailpiece. The S-1 had one 2 way toggle switch and a "chicken head" 4 position rotary switch. This 4 way rotary switch made it possible to use the pick-ups in 4 different ways: 1) neck + middle, 2), middle pick-up + bridge pick-up, 3) all three together, and 4) the neck and bridge out of phase. In the down position the 2 way toggle switch bypassed the entire 4 position rotary switch circuit and made one straight connection to the bridge pick-up, which resulted in a sound that was pretty close to that of the Fender Esquire (Telecaster in bridge only position). The potentiometers are volume and tone. The sound was similar to that of a  or a .The Gibson S-1 was initially endorsed by  and  of , as well as . Like the Marauder, the nontraditional construction and -like characteristics contributed to the unpopularity and demise of the model in the early 1980s.Both the  and S-1 were phased out in early 1980, to be replaced by the brand new .Serial Number: 162268Condition: Excellent minusPhotos of the actual guitar (we love it when people ask us if these are stock photos) Please call, chat, or email for more information...GARRETT PARK GUITARSSince 1991 Located in Annapolis, Maryland USAStore Hours: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Monday - Thursday, Friday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Closed on Sunday)Hard to Find Items - Give us a CALL and we'll make an eBay listing for you!CONTACT USSometimes we don't get your eBay messages so contact us directPhone: 410-571-9660 Google Garrett Park Guitars for our Home Page!