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1976 Gibson Marauder Guitar With Kiss,Paul Stanley,Rolling Stone Ad From 1976
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Description Brand: Gibson String Configuration: 6 String Model: Marauder Exact Year: 1976 Body Type: Les Paul Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Dexterity: Right-Handed
You are bidding on a 1976 Gibson Marauder, they only produced 7,112 of these guitars, and included in the deal is an ad from Rolling Stone magazine in August of 1976 with Paul Stanley from Kiss playing a marauder. I have owned this guitar for 22 1/2 years, and it is a great sounding, great playing guitar. Why am I selling it?? I need to raise money to go to Florida, my Dad is not doing well, he's 83 and it saddens me to have to give up this guitar. It has the usual buckle rash and some scratches on the back, but it is not as bad as others I have seen. There is a ding on the back of the guitar that does not affect the playability of the guitar. It is cosmetic. Everything on the guitar is original. I put Shaller's on for strap locks, but the original strap buttons are in the case. Also, I am including a vintage leather strap, that matches the era of the guitar and times this guitar was made. It is not the original case, when I got the guitar it did not have a case. The back of the neck has no finish left on most of the neck from playing the guitar. I can tell you this, I like it better this way, it plays smoother. The action is great and the sound, well, it's the sound you can get only from a Gibson. The ad from Rolling Stone magazine is nice. It has been kept with cardboard behind it (not attached) and in a plastic sleeve. The colors still pop on the ad. I took the pics with it in the sleeve, because I did not want to take it out of it's sleeve. For both items being 41 years old, they are in awesome shape. What a great addition to your collection or the guitar collector in your circle. Don't miss out on this one.All items are sold AS IS, no refunds. I am not a store, just an individual trying to sell some stuff. Please ask all questions before bidding.The Gibson Marauder was an model produced by . Around 7,111 were made between 1975 and ’79 and 1 prototype in 1974. Most common was the natural satin finish on 4,758 of the Marauders. 1,368 Marauders were finished in the colour wine-red, 460 were finished in Ebony, 240 in tobacco sunburst, 202 Marauders without specified finish were mentioned in Gibson's shipping lists, and 83 Marauder Customs were made only in the tobacco sunburst finish. A handful more built until 1982. Designed to compete with guitars made by , it had limited success and was discontinued.The Marauder sports a contoured single cutaway -shaped body, and a bolt on neck with a similar to the 's. Marauders were made with , maple, or bodies. The was produced both in the traditional Gibson , or the more Fender-like maple, with twenty-two frets. Most had dot markers, "though some may have had trapezoid."The Marauder featured custom-designed Bill Lawrence pickups sealed in clear epoxy. The guitar had a regular-sized humbucker pickup in the neck position and a small humbucker, in a blade style resembling a single coil, was mounted at an angle by the bridge (Telecaster-style). This arrangement resembles the . The resulting sound was closer to the Fender sound than that of most Gibson guitars, with more higher frequencies than regular Gibsons.Early Marauders had a three-way on the treble side of the upper bout of the body (opposite the location on Les Pauls and ES-175s, similar to a ), to turn on either one or both pickups. In 1976, a rotary was introduced which allowed a range of blends between the two pickups. In still later Marauders, the potentiometer (now a chickenhead knob) was positioned between the volume and tone knobs.Marauders all had Schaller made "Harmonica" ("" style) bridges and the standard Gibson stopbar . They had enclosed "Gibson Deluxe" , and typical Gibson strap buttons.The Marauder has been famously used by lead vocalist and guitarist and can be seen used in their video for .SPECIFICATIONS:Mike Bloomfield playing a Gibson Marauder Custom. From Gibson Backstage Pass promo magazineMarauder M-1Body: Solid alder body construction (1974-77), maple or mahogany (1978-79)
Venetian style cutawayNeck: Laminated Canadian maple (all years), mahogany (1979)[1]Fingerboard: Rosewood (1974-77), maple (1978-79)
Dot inlays, 22 Frets, 24 3/4 inch scalePickups: Two entirely different pickups for tremendous tonal versatility Front pickup Super Humbucking Back pickup Entirely new design with accented treble frequencies (Back pickup is single coil). Early models have a three-way selector switch, later models have a potentiometer to allow any blend of the two pickups.Hardware: Nickel wide travel, adjustable tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpieceMarauder CustomBody: Solid alder body construction (1974-78)
Venetian style cutawayNeck: Laminated Canadian mapleFingerboard: Rosewood
Block inlays, 22 Frets, 24 3/4 inch scalePickups: as aboveHardware: Nickel bridge and tailpiece, gold tuners. Revealed edge pickguardFinish: Sunburst only1) Gibson 1979 international catalogue (* could this be an error?)Gibson Marauder Shipping FiguresModel Year 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 total Marauder 9 12 5 161 15 202 Marauder - Ebony 435 25 460 Marauder - Natural 1 1 Marauder - Natural Satin 1819 408 4 2422 105 4758 Marauder - Tobacco Sunburst 227 13 240 Marauder - Wine Red 851 259 66 148 44 1368 Marauder Custom - Tobacco Sunburst 66 5 12 83 Total 1 2906 745 80 3178 202 7112
Description
| Brand: | Gibson | String Configuration: | 6 String |
| Model: | Marauder | Exact Year: | 1976 |
| Body Type: | Les Paul | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
You are bidding on a 1976 Gibson Marauder, they only produced 7,112 of these guitars, and included in the deal is an ad from Rolling Stone magazine in August of 1976 with Paul Stanley from Kiss playing a marauder. I have owned this guitar for 22 1/2 years, and it is a great sounding, great playing guitar. Why am I selling it?? I need to raise money to go to Florida, my Dad is not doing well, he's 83 and it saddens me to have to give up this guitar. It has the usual buckle rash and some scratches on the back, but it is not as bad as others I have seen. There is a ding on the back of the guitar that does not affect the playability of the guitar. It is cosmetic. Everything on the guitar is original. I put Shaller's on for strap locks, but the original strap buttons are in the case. Also, I am including a vintage leather strap, that matches the era of the guitar and times this guitar was made. It is not the original case, when I got the guitar it did not have a case. The back of the neck has no finish left on most of the neck from playing the guitar. I can tell you this, I like it better this way, it plays smoother. The action is great and the sound, well, it's the sound you can get only from a Gibson. The ad from Rolling Stone magazine is nice. It has been kept with cardboard behind it (not attached) and in a plastic sleeve. The colors still pop on the ad. I took the pics with it in the sleeve, because I did not want to take it out of it's sleeve. For both items being 41 years old, they are in awesome shape.
What a great addition to your collection or the guitar collector in your circle. Don't miss out on this one.All items are sold AS IS, no refunds. I am not a store, just an individual trying to sell some stuff. Please ask all questions before bidding.
The Gibson Marauder was an model produced by . Around 7,111 were made between 1975 and ’79 and 1 prototype in 1974. Most common was the natural satin finish on 4,758 of the Marauders. 1,368 Marauders were finished in the colour wine-red, 460 were finished in Ebony, 240 in tobacco sunburst, 202 Marauders without specified finish were mentioned in Gibson's shipping lists, and 83 Marauder Customs were made only in the tobacco sunburst finish. A handful more built until 1982. Designed to compete with guitars made by , it had limited success and was discontinued.
The Marauder sports a contoured single cutaway -shaped body, and a bolt on neck with a similar to the 's. Marauders were made with , maple, or bodies. The was produced both in the traditional Gibson , or the more Fender-like maple, with twenty-two frets. Most had dot markers, "though some may have had trapezoid."The Marauder featured custom-designed Bill Lawrence pickups sealed in clear epoxy. The guitar had a regular-sized humbucker pickup in the neck position and a small humbucker, in a blade style resembling a single coil, was mounted at an angle by the bridge (Telecaster-style). This arrangement resembles the . The resulting sound was closer to the Fender sound than that of most Gibson guitars, with more higher frequencies than regular Gibsons.Early Marauders had a three-way on the treble side of the upper bout of the body (opposite the location on Les Pauls and ES-175s, similar to a ), to turn on either one or both pickups. In 1976, a rotary was introduced which allowed a range of blends between the two pickups. In still later Marauders, the potentiometer (now a chickenhead knob) was positioned between the volume and tone knobs.Marauders all had Schaller made "Harmonica" ("" style) bridges and the standard Gibson stopbar . They had enclosed "Gibson Deluxe" , and typical Gibson strap buttons.The Marauder has been famously used by lead vocalist and guitarist and can be seen used in their video for .SPECIFICATIONS:Gibson Marauder Shipping Figures
Mike Bloomfield playing a Gibson Marauder Custom. From Gibson Backstage Pass promo magazine
Marauder M-1Body: Solid alder body construction (1974-77), maple or mahogany (1978-79)
Venetian style cutawayNeck: Laminated Canadian maple (all years), mahogany (1979)[1]Fingerboard: Rosewood (1974-77), maple (1978-79)
Dot inlays, 22 Frets, 24 3/4 inch scalePickups: Two entirely different pickups for tremendous tonal versatility Front pickup Super Humbucking Back pickup Entirely new design with accented treble frequencies (Back pickup is single coil). Early models have a three-way selector switch, later models have a potentiometer to allow any blend of the two pickups.Hardware: Nickel wide travel, adjustable tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece
Venetian style cutawayNeck: Laminated Canadian maple (all years), mahogany (1979)[1]Fingerboard: Rosewood (1974-77), maple (1978-79)
Dot inlays, 22 Frets, 24 3/4 inch scalePickups: Two entirely different pickups for tremendous tonal versatility Front pickup Super Humbucking Back pickup Entirely new design with accented treble frequencies (Back pickup is single coil). Early models have a three-way selector switch, later models have a potentiometer to allow any blend of the two pickups.Hardware: Nickel wide travel, adjustable tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece
Marauder CustomBody: Solid alder body construction (1974-78)
Venetian style cutawayNeck: Laminated Canadian mapleFingerboard: Rosewood
Block inlays, 22 Frets, 24 3/4 inch scalePickups: as above
Venetian style cutawayNeck: Laminated Canadian mapleFingerboard: Rosewood
Block inlays, 22 Frets, 24 3/4 inch scalePickups: as above
Hardware: Nickel bridge and tailpiece, gold tuners. Revealed edge pickguardFinish: Sunburst only
1) Gibson 1979 international catalogue (* could this be an error?)| Model Year | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | total |
| Marauder | 9 | 12 | 5 | 161 | 15 | 202 | |
| Marauder - Ebony | 435 | 25 | 460 | ||||
| Marauder - Natural | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Marauder - Natural Satin | 1819 | 408 | 4 | 2422 | 105 | 4758 | |
| Marauder - Tobacco Sunburst | 227 | 13 | 240 | ||||
| Marauder - Wine Red | 851 | 259 | 66 | 148 | 44 | 1368 | |
| Marauder Custom - Tobacco Sunburst | 66 | 5 | 12 | 83 | |||
| Total | 1 | 2906 | 745 | 80 | 3178 | 202 | 7112 |