What guitar is this ???

Boss_Daddy_Meltdown

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Posted on Jun 11 2020 09:32 AM

So, I was surfing YouTube and came across the attached video. I took a screen-shot of the band playing. What is the guitar on the right?...looks like a Fender Jaguar but there are no visible pick-ups...AND, it does not have the upper bout electronics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4jmhXstTKI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3yk4KZErg4ws9OMjGQWh261r4JU5KLwff2ITQK2IF7xrSiXb7gFRB0xsU

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IvanP

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Posted on Jun 11 2020 10:02 AM

It's an early Fender Bass VI, around '62. Probably just can't see the pickups due to lo-res.

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Posted on Jun 11 2020 11:13 AM

What is interesting though is that it appears to have the prototype only Marauder tailpiece, a guitar that was intended to have pickups hidden under the pickguard...Although the control plates are as Ivan suggested above.
Interesting, or, just lo-res

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Redfeather

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Posted on Jun 11 2020 11:25 AM

It looks like a regular Jazzmaster type vibrato to me. The close up shots in the video are blurry as hell but I can just make out the curve at the top. The pickups are truly lost to compression, though.

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Toneschaser

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Posted on Jun 11 2020 12:41 PM

Definitely not a regular Jazzmaster vibrato. And if it had the Jaguar pickups in it you'd think you'd be able to see the combs at some of those camera angles. I'm leaning towards some early variation of the Marauder.

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Posted on Jun 11 2020 12:59 PM

We definitely can't be applying the term "definitely" to any claims of what this is based on this footage alone.

I clearly see the curved top of a regular JM vibrato. There is the metal of the mute switch on the bottom side slightly overlapping where the vibrato plate curves up, which might be creating the appearance of a Marauder type plate but I believe that to be an illusion.

A stock Fender VI seems a much more likely answer than some previously unknown Fender prototype that they loaned out to some movie production.

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Posted on Jun 11 2020 01:27 PM

It should be pointed out that ALL Marauder prototypes had the upper-bout electronics plate with switches, etc., which this guitar obviously does not. That is why I ruled out this being any sort of a Marauder. Occam's Razor dictates that this is simply a stock '62 Bass VI with the details obscured due to the old lo-res footage. Everything fits for that conclusion.

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Posted on Jun 13 2020 07:28 PM

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Posted on Jun 13 2020 09:19 PM

I agree with Ivan - it’s 100% a Bass VI. 4 switch plate is visible, mute is visible. 3 pickups disappear under bright lights. The JM tremolo kind of blends in to the mute and bridge, making it look like a Marauder. BUT

The Marauder 1 had hidden pickups and a Strat bridge. This isn’t that guitar.
The Marauder II had a dopey mustang bridge under a big metal plate, 3 Jag pickups, an upper chrome control plate, a lower chrome control plate, and a 3rd chrome control plate. This isn’t that guitar either.

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Posted on Jun 13 2020 10:11 PM

Bass VI owner/player here, and it sure looks like a VI to me.

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Posted on Jun 14 2020 01:57 AM

I agree. That is a Fender VI.

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Boss_Daddy_Meltdown Joined: Apr 25, 2018 Posts: 84 Gainesville, GA	Posted on Jun 11 2020 09:32 AM So, I was surfing YouTube and came across the attached video. I took a screen-shot of the band playing. What is the guitar on the right?...looks like a Fender Jaguar but there are no visible pick-ups...AND, it does not have the upper bout electronics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4jmhXstTKI&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3yk4KZErg4ws9OMjGQWh261r4JU5KLwff2ITQK2IF7xrSiXb7gFRB0xsU — Can I have everything louder than everything else! https://thesurfaces1.bandcamp.com/releases Top
IvanP Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan	Posted on Jun 11 2020 10:02 AM It's an early Fender Bass VI, around '62. Probably just can't see the pickups due to lo-res. — Ivan Lords of Atlantis on Facebook The Madeira Official Website The Madeira on Facebook The Blair-Pongracic Band on Facebook The Space Cossacks on Facebook The Madeira Channel on YouTube Top
CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4054 Buffalo, N.Y.	Posted on Jun 11 2020 11:13 AM What is interesting though is that it appears to have the prototype only Marauder tailpiece, a guitar that was intended to have pickups hidden under the pickguard...Although the control plates are as Ivan suggested above. Interesting, or, just lo-res — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top
Redfeather Joined: Jul 30, 2016 Posts: 896	Posted on Jun 11 2020 11:25 AM It looks like a regular Jazzmaster type vibrato to me. The close up shots in the video are blurry as hell but I can just make out the curve at the top. The pickups are truly lost to compression, though. Top
Toneschaser Joined: Jun 14, 2012 Posts: 462 Ohio!	Posted on Jun 11 2020 12:41 PM Definitely not a regular Jazzmaster vibrato. And if it had the Jaguar pickups in it you'd think you'd be able to see the combs at some of those camera angles. I'm leaning towards some early variation of the Marauder. Top
Redfeather Joined: Jul 30, 2016 Posts: 896	Posted on Jun 11 2020 12:59 PM We definitely can't be applying the term "definitely" to any claims of what this is based on this footage alone. I clearly see the curved top of a regular JM vibrato. There is the metal of the mute switch on the bottom side slightly overlapping where the vibrato plate curves up, which might be creating the appearance of a Marauder type plate but I believe that to be an illusion. A stock Fender VI seems a much more likely answer than some previously unknown Fender prototype that they loaned out to some movie production. Top
IvanP Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan	Posted on Jun 11 2020 01:27 PM It should be pointed out that ALL Marauder prototypes had the upper-bout electronics plate with switches, etc., which this guitar obviously does not. That is why I ruled out this being any sort of a Marauder. Occam's Razor dictates that this is simply a stock '62 Bass VI with the details obscured due to the old lo-res footage. Everything fits for that conclusion. — Ivan Lords of Atlantis on Facebook The Madeira Official Website The Madeira on Facebook The Blair-Pongracic Band on Facebook The Space Cossacks on Facebook The Madeira Channel on YouTube Top
ChuckEMong Joined: Apr 27, 2012 Posts: 28	Posted on Jun 13 2020 07:28 PM Cancel post. Last edited: Jun 13, 2020 19:31:16 Top
Sonichris Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1910 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies	Posted on Jun 13 2020 09:19 PM I agree with Ivan - it’s 100% a Bass VI. 4 switch plate is visible, mute is visible. 3 pickups disappear under bright lights. The JM tremolo kind of blends in to the mute and bridge, making it look like a Marauder. BUT The Marauder 1 had hidden pickups and a Strat bridge. This isn’t that guitar. The Marauder II had a dopey mustang bridge under a big metal plate, 3 Jag pickups, an upper chrome control plate, a lower chrome control plate, and a 3rd chrome control plate. This isn’t that guitar either. — "You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" Last edited: Jun 13, 2020 21:20:09 Top
synchro Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4564 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.	Posted on Jun 13 2020 10:11 PM Bass VI owner/player here, and it sure looks like a VI to me. — The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. Top
djangodeadman Joined: Jan 25, 2007 Posts: 1568 Brighton UK	Posted on Jun 14 2020 01:57 AM I agree. That is a Fender VI. — Los Fantasticos Top

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