Gibson Marauder Guitar
Solid body Gibson electric guitar

Gibson Marauder Specifications

Mike Bloomfield playing a Gibson Marauder Custom. From Gibson Backstage Pass promo magazine FEATURES: Marauder M-1 Body: Solid alder body construction (1974-77), maple or mahogany (1978-79) Venetian style cutaway Neck: Laminated Canadian maple (all years), mahogany (1979)[1] Fingerboard: Rosewood (1974-77), maple (1978-79) Dot inlays 22 Frets, 24 3/4 inch scale Pickups: 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 Custom Body: Solid alder body construction (1974-78) Venetian style cutaway Neck: Laminated Canadian maple Fingerboard: Rosewood Block inlays 22 Frets, 24 ¾ inch scale Pickups: as above Hardware: Nickel bridge and tailpiece, gold tuners. Revealed edge pickguard Finish: Sunburst only 1) Gibson 1979 international catalogue (* could this be a printing mistake?)

Gibson Marauder Shipping Figures

The guitar picture (left) is a mahogany-bodied Marauder with maple fingerboard (Natural Mahogany finish). Mahogany versions were only available in 1978/79. It is unclear how many mahogany-bodied Marauders were made as they are not specifically mentioned in the shipping figures.

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