NGD: Something Very Special...

IvisonGuitars

.....The first guitar I ever played when I was 7 years old!!

 I say played...I essentially just strummed the open strings and heard this glorious racket coming out of a solid state 'Poker' amp, it was the first electric guitar I ever saw and held up close and it ignited the spark for sure!

It belonged to my uncle, he got it out of the Kays catalogue. He came round today after taking it to a boot sale where it didn't sell - so I bought it as a memento.

Ladies and Gents, I give you the Marlin Slammer! :-)

Moe_Zambeek

I wanted one of those more than anything when I was about 10 and perusing the Kay's catalog.



Not long before discovering the lingerie section!

smigeon

Pre-lawsuit model I see...

IvisonGuitars

Moe_Zambeek said:

I wanted one of those more than anything when I was about 10 and perusing the Kay's catalog.



Not long before discovering the lingerie section!

Ah yes, I spent many a cold, dark night in deepest Herefordshire, with a Kay's catalogue trying to spot those little black triangles.... ;-)

John_P

That's a nice thing to do - hope it brings back lots of happy memories

Gassage

miserneil said:

Moe_Zambeek said:

I wanted one of those more than anything when I was about 10 and perusing the Kay's catalog.



Not long before discovering the lingerie section!

Ah yes, I spent many a cold, dark night in deepest Herefordshire, with a Kay's catalogue trying to spot those little black triangles.... ;-)

I used to go to the motorcycle leathers pages...

MtB

^^^  Response of the week!

IvisonGuitars

Gassage said:

miserneil said:

Moe_Zambeek said:

I wanted one of those more than anything when I was about 10 and perusing the Kay's catalog.



Not long before discovering the lingerie section!

Ah yes, I spent many a cold, dark night in deepest Herefordshire, with a Kay's catalogue trying to spot those little black triangles.... ;-)

I used to go to the motorcycle leathers pages...

richardhomer

The Holy Grail....

mudslide73

What was the difference between that and a Sidewinder?  

IvisonGuitars

mudslide73 said:

What was the difference between that and a Sidewinder?  

Made with better Plywood?? ;-)

richardhomer

miserneil said:
Made with better Plywood?? ;-)

Tone Plywood.....

guitars4you

Marlin Slammer - sounds like he should be some star in the NFL or other USA Sport

xSkarloey

smigeon said:

Pre-lawsuit model I see...

Yes. That was the case brought by the Noise Abatement Society against Marlin Ltd. 


That large fish at the twelfth fret remains a design classic. 

As for the Kays catalogue, the Marlin I still chuckle at was one described as a 'state of the art' guitar, circa 1986/7. It had the S/S/H config, some non Floyd industrial locking vibrato job, and a pointy headstock. 

All in all 'state of the art' as in it was designed by a  piss artist in a right state. . 

ennspek

That's awesome. I still have mine somewhere. It came in a clear plastic "soft case"!

mburekenge

I had exactly the same guitar, same red finish. Absolute shocker of a guitar! 

Monstronaut

My first guitar was a red Marlin Sidewinder! Heavy, wouldn't stay in tune and squealed at the slightest hint of overdrive. Wish I still had it! 

olafgarten

Your Mission, should you choose to accept it, is to actually make this playable.

IvisonGuitars

olafgarten said:

Your Mission, should you choose to accept it, is to actually make this playable.

Haha! I think it'd be more use for slicing eggs to be honest!