ive recently bought a marlin guitar and dnt knw any thing bout them, help?!plz
Re: marlin guitars?
Posted by Matt Leonard on Fri, 07/05/2002 - 11:11.
Ive got a marlin sidewinder (strat copy) tis a excellent guitar cost me 50quid 2nd hand ( was my first guitar) and since ive customised it a bit and i love it still
Marlin electic guitars were made in wales, I got the budget strat copy from there about 10 years ago but it has since closed. It still plays well apart from 1 pickup is dodgy.
: Marlin electic guitars were made in wales, I got the budget strat copy from there about 10 years ago but it has since closed. It still plays well apart from 1 pickup is dodgy.
: : Ive had a Sidewinder for about 6 years, bought it second hand to leave at work for practising with. I never gig it but it plays well, nice neck,lovely frets, bridge pickup takes your head off, sounds very stratty.
Cannot fault it for a cheapo guitar made out of plywood!!
:I have had a Marlin acoustic for over 20 years, dont know the source, but it was made in Japan, and has given good service for years. If anyone can advise the name of the original makers, please do so.
I too have a Marlin model 515 acoustic, made in Japan, bought in 1979. I can't find any information about them on the web. It sounds pretty good, looks nice, but the local guitar shop said that if it needs any real work like refretting then I might be better off investing in a new guitar. It took them a while to finally decide that the top is probably laminated so I think this is a higher end cheap guitar. Looks like solid rosewood back and sides though. Is this the late seventies Toyota (including quality and reliability) of the acoustic guitar world?
Lots of people get confused when I say it's a "Marlin", so I think this was a marketing ploy playing off a more famous name. I figure there aren't too many of them out there because nobody even seems to have heard of the brand and I certainly haven't seen any others.
No clue on the make but I just got a new marlin from a freind of my pops. I can't find anything but this damn thread on the guitars... anyway it sounds good and hey the price was right. I'd like to know more as well like model, pricing ect.
Hi i recently bought a marlin guitar from a second hand music shop and i havnt found and official websites about them. im 16 and i think its a great guitar
Ive had a marlin bass for around a year now and i still cant find anything out about it, if you visit my band site www.rejectedhalf.tk theres a pic of it.
Hope someone can help me out
got mine in 1982 .its a sidewinder and been in the loft for 20 yrs.it's better than i remember.a bit wibbly wobbly in the neck department and the p/u's and pots a bit shot.p wonder if it's worth getting sorted properly.
Bought a Marlin Sdewinder new about 1987. At that time in the UK they we sold a lot through mail order catalogues. Mine is metalic PInk with a tapped humbucker bridge Pick up. Cost then £125GBP and is an excellent guitar that i cannot fault. It received excellent reviews at the time and was one of the best selling solid electric guitars. It was distributed from Wales but made in the far East.
ive got a marlin sidewinder (strat copy) it was my dads old guitar he gave it to his mate, and its been hanging on a wall for a couple of years then my dad gave it to me and its a great guitar it has double pick up at the bottom p.s sorry i dont know proper tech terms and 2 single pick ups if some on else has the same guitar tell me because i want to know more ppl who have marlin
dont know if this will help any one but there is a site i found http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/music/guitars_bass_guitars/bass_guitars_in_general/_review/112555/
I also have a marlin it's an electric black with red edgeing it has two humbuckers a locking nut and micro tuners on the tremolo it has red fretboard dots with a shark inlay on the twelth fret i brought this guitar second hand for £60. about 10 years ago and would be interested to find out more about it no one i speak to has heard of them. my guitar does not have great action but has a lovely tone like a gibson and i can honestly say i would not swap my guitar for any other
I also bought a marlin guitar it is a sidewinder my dad had it for twenty years and it was a white one and it standed in the sun so now it is a little bit yellow.
I also dont know nothing about them. my friend says it is a mark of fender but i think not. email me!
I've got a Slammer and that's lovely. That was made a while ago, when they still had the marlin on the 12th fret. Since then, Hohner have bought them out and done away with the marlin. They are still marked with the marlin brand however, Some says Marlin by Hohner, still with the fish on the head, but others, more recent ones, just say Marlin in a different font than beore. I have never played one marked with Hohner but I know my Slammer rules and that as well as buying electrics, they make classicals.
marlin are british made somewhere in cardif there are said to be very good quality for the money they are so cheap because they are made from plywood not solid wood like the more expensive guitars
: ive recently bought a marlin guitar and dnt knw any thing bout them, help?!plz its red it has a cross strat and telecaster shaped body and an ibanez shaped neck.
I've got two.
A second hand red Marlin Hohner SL500G which i bought for £80 but that had a dodgey switch n nut.
And i the other week bought a black Marlin Explorer for £150.
They sound nice, but the older one doesnt pick up too well on heavier strings.
I bought my Marlin acoustic new in
Dublin circa 1975/6. It cost £180 Irish Pounds
which was a lot of money back then. It was the
most expensive guitar in the McCullough Piggotts shop.
Martin, Gibson, Guild etc. could not be found in Dublin at the time
so this was the nearest I could find to repalce the lumps of
firewood I was trying to learn on.
The Marlin is an exact copy of the Martin D42 model.
It has all the same neck inlays and bindings. It has a nice
three piece back. Looks like a couple of pieces of Brazilain
Rosewood with a slice of Indian Rosewood in the middle.
Nothing looks laminated from what I can tell.
The inner label says 'Made in Japan'.
After 40/42 years of playing the guitar still sounds, plays, feels
and looks good. Of course the frets and the fingerboard
have had some normal repair work, but it's still a nice guitar to have around the house.
I have just purchased a Marlin electric guitar that looks like a 70's Gibson ES 335 and wanted to know if anyone has seen one like that and maybe could give me some information or point me in the right direction. I am restoring it and would like information. Thanks for your help
Hi i'm 16 so I have no past beyond '96 but i bought a second-hand, acoustic 12 string Marlin of ebay for £45 a couple of years ago, and was very pleased with the sound i got and have grown very fond of it , now the action is soso that sadly it is unplayable. I cannot for the life in me find anything about them but all I know is that there is 1 other selling on ebay that looks so alike but is only a 6 string, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250986391035?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649
With mine there is a model number, MF2-4-12 and underneath says, 'assembled in korea'. and of course the Swordfish logo on the head and on the 12th fret. Can ANYONE lend a hand into what time-period/quality/quantity/ anything really that these things were churned out as? Many thanks Davie
Re: marlin guitars?
Ive got a marlin sidewinder (strat copy) tis a excellent guitar cost me 50quid 2nd hand ( was my first guitar) and since ive customised it a bit and i love it still
Re: marlin guitars?
Yes b'y. Marlins are the best for playing the Roy Prince theme song. I got mine back in '68.
Re: marlin guitars?
Marlin electic guitars were made in wales, I got the budget strat copy from there about 10 years ago but it has since closed. It still plays well apart from 1 pickup is dodgy.
Re: marlin guitars?
: Marlin electic guitars were made in wales, I got the budget strat copy from there about 10 years ago but it has since closed. It still plays well apart from 1 pickup is dodgy.
Re: marlin guitars?
: : Ive had a Sidewinder for about 6 years, bought it second hand to leave at work for practising with. I never gig it but it plays well, nice neck,lovely frets, bridge pickup takes your head off, sounds very stratty.
Cannot fault it for a cheapo guitar made out of plywood!!
Re: marlin guitars?
U sound likea newf i just got a marlin and i love it
Re: marlin guitars?
I just got a 12 string Marlin. Plays great, sounds great.
Re: marlin guitars?
:I have had a Marlin acoustic for over 20 years, dont know the source, but it was made in Japan, and has given good service for years. If anyone can advise the name of the original makers, please do so.
Re: marlin guitars?
I too have a Marlin model 515 acoustic, made in Japan, bought in 1979. I can't find any information about them on the web. It sounds pretty good, looks nice, but the local guitar shop said that if it needs any real work like refretting then I might be better off investing in a new guitar. It took them a while to finally decide that the top is probably laminated so I think this is a higher end cheap guitar. Looks like solid rosewood back and sides though. Is this the late seventies Toyota (including quality and reliability) of the acoustic guitar world?
Lots of people get confused when I say it's a "Marlin", so I think this was a marketing ploy playing off a more famous name. I figure there aren't too many of them out there because nobody even seems to have heard of the brand and I certainly haven't seen any others.
Re: marlin guitars?
No clue on the make but I just got a new marlin from a freind of my pops. I can't find anything but this damn thread on the guitars... anyway it sounds good and hey the price was right. I'd like to know more as well like model, pricing ect.
Re: marlin guitars?
: ive recently bought a marlin guitar and dnt knw any thing bout them, help?!plz
why did u buy a marlin then?
: : ive recently bought a marlin guitar and dnt knw any thing bout them, help?!plz
why did u buy a marlin then?
you've just recently bought a marlin guitar ehy u buy a f**** guitar then???
Re: marlin guitars?
Hi i recently bought a marlin guitar from a second hand music shop and i havnt found and official websites about them. im 16 and i think its a great guitar
Re: marlin guitars same continued from below
My marlin is a flying V if there are anyone else with this sort plz email me
Re: marlin guitars?
Ive had a marlin bass for around a year now and i still cant find anything out about it, if you visit my band site www.rejectedhalf.tk theres a pic of it.
Hope someone can help me out
Re: marlin guitars?
got mine in 1982 .its a sidewinder and been in the loft for 20 yrs.it's better than i remember.a bit wibbly wobbly in the neck department and the p/u's and pots a bit shot.p wonder if it's worth getting sorted properly.
Re: marlin guitars?
Bought a Marlin Sdewinder new about 1987. At that time in the UK they we sold a lot through mail order catalogues. Mine is metalic PInk with a tapped humbucker bridge Pick up. Cost then £125GBP and is an excellent guitar that i cannot fault. It received excellent reviews at the time and was one of the best selling solid electric guitars. It was distributed from Wales but made in the far East.
Re: marlin guitars?
ive got a marlin sidewinder (strat copy) it was my dads old guitar he gave it to his mate, and its been hanging on a wall for a couple of years then my dad gave it to me and its a great guitar it has double pick up at the bottom p.s sorry i dont know proper tech terms and 2 single pick ups if some on else has the same guitar tell me because i want to know more ppl who have marlin
Re: marlin guitars?
dont know if this will help any one but there is a site i found http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/music/guitars_bass_guitars/bass_guitars_in_general/_review/112555/
Re: marlin guitars?
go to this link http://guitarandampshop.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html?http%3A//guitarandampshop.co.uk/acatalog/Electric_Guitars.html&CatalogBody
Re: marlin guitars?
I also have a marlin it's an electric black with red edgeing it has two humbuckers a locking nut and micro tuners on the tremolo it has red fretboard dots with a shark inlay on the twelth fret i brought this guitar second hand for £60. about 10 years ago and would be interested to find out more about it no one i speak to has heard of them. my guitar does not have great action but has a lovely tone like a gibson and i can honestly say i would not swap my guitar for any other
Re: marlin guitars?
I also bought a marlin guitar it is a sidewinder my dad had it for twenty years and it was a white one and it standed in the sun so now it is a little bit yellow.
I also dont know nothing about them. my friend says it is a mark of fender but i think not. email me!
Re: marlin guitars?
Hi i have a marlin i got it from my dad it use to be his and its just like angus youngs.
Re: marlin guitars?
marlins are a great guitar and have great sound to follow i have an explorer and the sound rules i reckomend u play it with marshall amps
Re: marlin guitars?
I've got a Slammer and that's lovely. That was made a while ago, when they still had the marlin on the 12th fret. Since then, Hohner have bought them out and done away with the marlin. They are still marked with the marlin brand however, Some says Marlin by Hohner, still with the fish on the head, but others, more recent ones, just say Marlin in a different font than beore. I have never played one marked with Hohner but I know my Slammer rules and that as well as buying electrics, they make classicals.
Re: marlin guitars?
marlin are british made somewhere in cardif there are said to be very good quality for the money they are so cheap because they are made from plywood not solid wood like the more expensive guitars
Re: marlin guitars?
i bought a marlin guitar too and wud like someone to email some details of them please thanks Cat
Re: marlin guitars?
: ive recently bought a marlin guitar and dnt knw any thing bout them, help?!plz its red it has a cross strat and telecaster shaped body and an ibanez shaped neck.
Re: marlin guitars?
I've got two.
A second hand red Marlin Hohner SL500G which i bought for £80 but that had a dodgey switch n nut.
And i the other week bought a black Marlin Explorer for £150.
They sound nice, but the older one doesnt pick up too well on heavier strings.
marlin acoustic guitar
I bought my Marlin acoustic new in
Dublin circa 1975/6. It cost £180 Irish Pounds
which was a lot of money back then. It was the
most expensive guitar in the McCullough Piggotts shop.
Martin, Gibson, Guild etc. could not be found in Dublin at the time
so this was the nearest I could find to repalce the lumps of
firewood I was trying to learn on.
The Marlin is an exact copy of the Martin D42 model.
It has all the same neck inlays and bindings. It has a nice
three piece back. Looks like a couple of pieces of Brazilain
Rosewood with a slice of Indian Rosewood in the middle.
Nothing looks laminated from what I can tell.
The inner label says 'Made in Japan'.
After 40/42 years of playing the guitar still sounds, plays, feels
and looks good. Of course the frets and the fingerboard
have had some normal repair work, but it's still a nice guitar to have around the house.
Marlin Electric
I have just purchased a Marlin electric guitar that looks like a 70's Gibson ES 335 and wanted to know if anyone has seen one like that and maybe could give me some information or point me in the right direction. I am restoring it and would like information. Thanks for your help
Origin Of Marlin
Hi i'm 16 so I have no past beyond '96 but i bought a second-hand, acoustic 12 string Marlin of ebay for £45 a couple of years ago, and was very pleased with the sound i got and have grown very fond of it , now the action is soso that sadly it is unplayable. I cannot for the life in me find anything about them but all I know is that there is 1 other selling on ebay that looks so alike but is only a 6 string, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250986391035?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649
With mine there is a model number, MF2-4-12 and underneath says, 'assembled in korea'. and of course the Swordfish logo on the head and on the 12th fret. Can ANYONE lend a hand into what time-period/quality/quantity/ anything really that these things were churned out as? Many thanks Davie
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