Gibson Marauder 1975 Natural (Pre-Loved)

A product of Gibson innovation with Bill Lawrence. The Marauder line was launched in 1974 and remained in production until 1979; being replaced by the Gibson Sonex series around 1980. The Marauder, along with the Gibson Grabber Bass were Gibson’s mid-seventies budget guitar models.

The guitar sports a body shape rather like a Les Paul, but has a bolt-on neck. The body and neck are made from poplar wood and hard maple and the instrument is finished in clear satin lacquer. There are three distinct tone settings on the Marauder’s selector switch. The pick ups are a classic Bill Lawrence design with the front pickup is similar to the Super Humbucker with small additional magnets reinforcing and directing the field, while the bridge pickup has a single, iron-cored coil, with a magnet below and iron strips from the lower magnet pole.