Withdrawn - 1977 Gibson Marauder £850 - trade for a maple board one

DrCornelius

*** Edit - deleted the original bits re the S-1 as it was too confusing *****

Im after a specific trade - a maple fretboard Gibson Marauder as I’ve got a couple of the rosewood board ones and they’ve become my favourite guitar . If you like a custom Tele and have never tried one you are missing out !

DrCornelius

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Funkfingers

Sorry to be a pain but I reckon that the Carlos Santana S-1/Marauder story is an Interwebz myth.

What Santana did use in the mid Seventies was the Gibson L6S. 

An easy enough mistake to make if identification was based on old photographs of Carlos wielding his natural finish L6S at a jaunty angle. Result - wood coloured Gibson guitar with large pickguard coverage? That must be a Marauder. Wrong.


As ever, if anyone has photographs of Mr. Santana playing an S-1 or a Marauder on a concert stage, I will be happy to be corrected.

DrCornelius

Funkfingers said:

Sorry to be a pain but I reckon that the Carlos Santana S-1/Marauder story is an Interwebz myth.

What Santana did use in the mid Seventies was the Gibson L6S. 

An easy enough mistake to make if identification was based on old photographs of Carlos wielding his natural finish L6S at a jaunty angle. Result - wood coloured Gibson guitar with large pickguard coverage? That must be a Marauder. Wrong.


As ever, if anyone has photographs of Mr. Santana playing an S-1 or a Marauder on a concert stage, I will be happy to be corrected

You may be right , tbh when I bought it I did some web research into the model as I hadn’t heard much about them and that’s where I saw it - I’ll amend the post until I can find a smoking gun photo:-)

rockmonster

Wow! My first Gibson guitar that was! Natural finish though. That sends me back a bit Con! Have a bump.

DrCornelius

rockmonster said:

Wow! My first Gibson guitar that was! Natural finish though. That sends me back a bit Con! Have a bump.

Cheers and I'm surprised that a young Rod went for a 3 single coil pickup guitar - I can imagine you being a right little headbanger !

rockmonster

I was (I think I still am!) and I was a little let down by its distinctly non lairy tones!  Far too toneful for the likes of me!

WBT2079

Not affiliated at all but…

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DrCornelius

WBT2079 said:

Not affiliated at all but…

https://reverb.com/uk/p/gibson-marauder-1975-1980?hfid=65243662&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=18354914807&utm_content=campaignid=18354914807_adgroupid=_productpartitionid==merchantid=129105029_productid=65243662_keyword=_device=c_adposition=_matchtype=_creative=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkoqEvNzP_QIVl-7tCh37EQCPEAQYAyABEgIW4fD_BwE

Thanks and it’s a lovely one but seems hugely overpriced - put it this way I’m considering keeping the S-1 and selling one of my rosewood board Marauders so I’ve got ready cash for a maple board one and a bit of variety.

Its a bit gnarly but plays and sounds great and I’d want around £850 for it which I think is sensible - paying £1000 more for a maple board one seems too much of a jump ( @St_Hubbins )

DrCornelius

Decided I like the sound of plan B

Keep the S-1 and instead sell (£850) or trade my second Marauder for a maple boarded one.

DrCornelius

On hold - just had a message from a lovely chap on here who may have the shell of a maple boarded Marauder for me !

DrCornelius

Have stuck my rosewood Marauder on EBay as the maple boarded one on here didn’t pan out unfortunately.

Would rather sell it here for all sorts of reasons so make me an offer folks. In the meantime here are some nicer photos 

DrCornelius

Withdrawn  , the maple v rosewood premium is too high !

Teyeplayer

DrCornelius said:

Withdrawn  , the maple v rosewood premium is too high !

A wise move, that looks far too cool to sell!

DrCornelius

Teyeplayer said:

DrCornelius said:

Withdrawn  , the maple v rosewood premium is too high !

A wise move, that looks far too cool to sell!

Thanks J, I'd like the maple one but if this sells for £850 , I'd need to find the same amount again to get a reasonable maple boarded one. I know they are less common but they are hardly unobtanium