Rare High-End Guitar…

HarrySeven · October 2023

…or not.

https://i.imgur.com/4KXdFq3.jpg

TDubs · October 2023

She saw you Cummings

Philly_Q · October 2023

Is it "high end" because it has the humbucker rather than a single-coil?

jca74 · October 2023

I can think of various reasons why it is rarely played...

skullfunkerry · October 2023

It really is very cool-looking, though.

Kittyfrisk · October 2023

Quite nice looking guitar at a not stupid asking price. What's the problem?

HarrySeven · October 2023

Kittyfrisk said:

Quite nice looking guitar at a not stupid asking price. What's the problem?

Just the thought of a Marlin Sidewinder being described as “rare” and “high end”. Not terms usually associated with the brand!

Saying that, the necks on those models were actually very good indeed - by far the best thing about the guitar (if you ignore the 12th fret inlay!)

CavemanGrogg · October 2023

This totally poops all over any McSwain Guitar that I own, or have ever played. I wonder if she'd consider a straight swap, or a swap with a couple of quid her way, perhaps for my McSwain Red, White and Blue complete with it's optional and matching wall mount?

Kittyfrisk · October 2023

HarrySeven said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Quite nice looking guitar at a not stupid asking price. What's the problem?

Just the thought of a Marlin Sidewinder being described as “rare” and “high end”. Not terms usually associated with the brand!

Saying that, the necks on those models were actually very good indeed - by far the best thing about the guitar (if you ignore the 12th fret inlay!)

Yeah, I must admit I do tend to zone out all but the most florid descriptions these days

Svennn · October 2023

The thread title just dripped sarcasm, confirmed when I saw the poster.

I actually knew a guy who used one of these for years. He could really play but never felt the need to trade up and possibly loved the understated guitar axe hero vibe

OilCityPickups · October 2023

When I had my music shop I remember kids coming in who had Marlins like the one pictured hoping for repairs ... the 'locking trems' were awe inspiringly awful ... the fine tiners would break off super easily and the whole bridge appeared to be made of chromed cheese ...

Bennyboy-UK · October 2023

What kind of cheese?

OilCityPickups · October 2023

Bennyboy-UK said:

What kind of cheese?

Tesco Value mild Cheddar

Kittyfrisk · October 2023

^

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Philly_Q · October 2023

CavemanGrogg said:

This totally poops all over any McSwain Guitar that I own, or have ever played. I wonder if she'd consider a straight swap, or a swap with a couple of quid her way, perhaps for my McSwain Red, White and Blue complete with it's optional and matching wall mount?

Like this one?

Image: https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2e1950_8099439f19bf47b98159de79a2f19ab0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_747,h_374,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/2e1950_8099439f19bf47b98159de79a2f19ab0~mv2.jpg

CavemanGrogg · October 2023

Philly_Q said:

CavemanGrogg said:

This totally poops all over any McSwain Guitar that I own, or have ever played. I wonder if she'd consider a straight swap, or a swap with a couple of quid her way, perhaps for my McSwain Red, White and Blue complete with it's optional and matching wall mount?

Like this one?

That's extremely similar, mine has the stars ''upgraded'' to sterling silver, the ''normal version'' doesn't, not to mention I went with the custom bullet option - as in the bullets used to make mine where made from bullets that I actually fired myself at a shooting range, though I like the black and white version a lot better, a hell of a lot more actually, but wasn't lucky enough to get one

shobet · October 2023

With a name like LLoraine, she sounds Welsh. I'd trust her as far as I could shit.

And I'm Welsh. So 'cer i gachi`'.

Funkfingers · October 2023

Gachu, surely?

maltingsaudio · October 2023

Just spotted a Teisco woolies special on Reverb for £350 makes the Marlin look like a too good to miss bargain
https://reverb.com/uk/item/71010661-teisco-kawai-1960s-stratocaster-tobacco-burst

Funkfingers · October 2023

Philly_Q said:

Is it "high end" because it has the humbucker rather than a single-coil?

That example qualifies as "high end" because its zinc vibrato sustain block has not yet disintegrated.

Back in the day, UK distributor BMS charged a few extra quid for the painted headstock.

BobHillman · October 2023

I have one of these, on which the (plywood) body disintegrated when I fitted it with Floyd Rose trem, but the neck is very good - I will get a new body for it if I can ever find the time.

The brand appears to have been revived, and is available in my local music shop -

https://www.somersetmusicacademy.co.uk/product/marlin-red-sidewinder-strat/122?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=true&q=false

https://www.somersetmusicacademy.co.uk/product/marlin-sidewinder/116?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=true&q=false

Philly_Q · October 2023

shobet said:

With a name like LLoraine, she sounds Welsh. I'd trust her as far as I could shit.

With a name like LLorraine, she sounds like a spelling mistake.

BillDL · October 2023

LLorraine CCummings - It has a nnice ring to it, as though Ronnie BBarker CChristened her.

HarrySeven said:

Saying that, the necks on those models were actually very good indeed - by far the best thing about the guitar (if you ignore the 12th fret inlay!)

I got a black one with red fretboard inlays for free about 25 years ago. A guy I knew was in charge of a school musical department and was going through all the damaged equipment to see if the local music shop could repair them or replace bits. That one was "uneconomical to repair" (soft cheap alloy bridge knackered) so it ws destined for the skip. I made a plate to cover the bridge cavity, installed a standard hard-tail bridge, and fitted piezo contact transducers under it in the hope I had something different and unique. It didn't work, but I kept the neck for about 10 years in case it might be useful in another project. The first thing I did was dremel out the red 12th fret marlin inlay leaving it as a dot and fill the surround with tinted epoxy. The neck was actually quite good, and the fretboard was a nice dark rosewood.

guitars4you · October 2023

jca74 said:

I can think of various reasons why it is rarely played...

excellent

scrumhalf · October 2023

You could combine "rare" and "high end" to form "rear end", a more than accurate description of that piece of shit.

guitars4you · October 2023

States 1986 and 30 odd years old - Does that mean they can't work out it is 37 years old, or in fact 'nearly' 40 years old

Selling a 'high end vintage guitar that is nearly 40 years old' sounds better !!!!!!!!!!!!!

randella · October 2023

By the standards of the shite washing around in the 80s, it's probably not bad at the lower end. 'High end' is possibly gilding the lily a touch.

'Rare' is closer, it's been a long time since I saw one at any rate.

Also how many guitars do you see nowadays with a normal plastic nut, a Floyd-style locker, AND a string bar retainer?

Must count for something, surely.

randella · October 2023

Also I actually quite like the look of it.

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DannyP · October 2023

Seeing one of those in my mum's catalogues as a kid was almost as thrilling as the lingerie section.

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