Gibson Marauder circa 1975-1976 in Natural Made
in USA
An early Gibson Marauder circa 1975-1976 because it has the
togel switch
In fantastic condition for a guitar nearly 50 years old
Comes with the Gibson brown hard case
In Natural,
Maple Neck and Rosewood fingerboard
straight neck with good frets,
working truss rod.
Ready to play
The Gibson Marauder was an electric guitar model produced by
Gibson between 1975 and 1979. Designed to compete with guitars made by Fender
was discontinued after only 7,111 had been sold. It was Gibsons attempt to
break into the Fender dominated “bolt-on” Single-coil market, though
in fact Marauders had two humbucking pickups (developed by Bill Lawrence). The
body is a contoured Les Paul-shaped solid-body made of mahogany and the bolt-on
neck was made of maple with a rosewood fretboard. The headstock was similar to
the headstock of a Flying V. Interesting and affordable guitar.
Solid contoured body
Maple bolt-on neck
Maple Fretboard
2x orig. Gibson Bill Lawrence humbuckers
Chrome Hardware
2x black speed knobs
1xVol, 1xTone, 3-way
Orig. “harmonica” bridge
Stoptailpiece
Incl. hardshell case
The Marauder sports a contoured single cutaway -shaped
body, and a bolt on a neck with a similar
to the ‘s. Marauders were made with , maple, or bodies.
The was
produced both in the traditional Gibson ,
or a more Fender-like maple, both with 22 frets. Most had dot markers,
“though some may have had trapezoid.” In
fact, rosewood fretboard could be bound and have typical to Gibson trapezoid
markers. Such can be seen, for instance, in the and Gibson
advertising materials.
Every 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 (similar to a or ). This arrangement resembled
the and the
resulting tone 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 select 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 was positioned between the volume and tone
knobs, now with a “chickenhead” knob to avoid confusion with the
“speed” knobs used for the volume and tone.
All Marauders had a Schaller-made “Harmonica” ”
style bridge and the standard Gibson “stopbar” .
They had enclosed “Gibson Deluxe” and
typical Gibson strap buttons.
Most common was the natural satin finish on 4,758 of the
Marauders. 1,368 were finished in the colour wine-red, 460 were finished in
Ebony, and 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 were built until 1982.
