I saw this on some swedish site that there was a Fender Marauder guitar. Did Fender ever make these?

Never went into production. was in the catalogue in 65. There were some special orders done in the mid 50's I believe.

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Here's one variation of the Marauder theme......



This artist's concept image featured a hardtail configuration, pickups concealed beneath the pickguard (a la the Line 6 Variax), and switching/controls based on the Jaguar.

Arjay

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Retro that is great but i saw a version of it with tremolo and pickups but with jaguar switching.

and check this out!! A rare prototype Fender http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApCRgNnd3XQ but the guy that discovered it must have fraudulently presented the guitar but it could have been used on a number of occasions

Special order type 1's 50's with aluminum pick guards ducco finishes.

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They should reissue the Marauder.

Yet another version, in a custom Duco finish and with a Starcaster-shaped headstock......



Mercifully, someone at FMI/CBS R&D must've ultimately made the connection between this monstrosity and some of Teisco Del-Ray's more "esoteric" designs and finally pulled the plug.



Arjay

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Whether it went into production or not, the Marauder name made it onto guitars built by the Shergold company.

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Gibson had a Marauder from 75 to 82

Stratocaster Chronicles page 135. A.R.Duchossoir The Fender Stratocaster 1st ed
pg 51 bottom.

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I owned one of those and set it up to play slide on,it was okay,but nothing special...I sold it to a guy who still owns it.

Yah I actually played a gibson marauder once on a mission trip.

Funny little guitar, kinda like gibson's attempt at the single coil fender sound...

It was very different I must say... but it was a cool piece of history.

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Yep...you got it smokey!...a poor attempt at the Fender sound at best.

The guitar's reincarnation is nothing like the original which had four pickups underneath the pickguard.

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