Stichman Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Does anyone remember/have one of these?They were pretty awful. My mate has a Marlin Sidewinder, he still maintains it's good. It's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Merlin or Marlin? Don't think either rings a bell though.edit: fixed I see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I got a Marlin Slammer for a tenner from the British Heart Foundation shop a few months ago.......I used it at a Matricarians gig in the Music Club (RIP) three weeks ago......as well as playing it I drilled holes into it for a laugh. Next gig I'm taking a saw and a mallet to it.Your mate is wrong, and you are right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzlebutt Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 oh yeah i remember marlin, the logo was a sort of swordfish thing... really shit guitars, but way better than the amps whose tone was hideous. a mate of mine had both back in the 80's. thing was they had a very strong advertising campaign and they were pretty cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzlebutt Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I got a Marlin Slammer for a tenner...you were done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stichman Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I saw an ad in the paper down here, some joker was trying to sell a Slammer for 90. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I have an old Marlin acoustic that everyone who played it seemed to like well enough.Some even borrowed it for recording sessions because they liked its tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 My slammer has a pretty good neck...keeps its tuning better than my Dan-O, etc, so it's not as rubbish as you might expect.But compared to my jazzmaster it falls short, left, right & centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Rocker Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 They sounds great when played through a Gorilla amp:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 my dad has a marlin slammer a strat shaped guitar with a maple fretboard and the 'marlin' on the 12th fret, pretty horrible to play but needs a decent set-up,i also had a 24 fret flying v guitar with "marlin" on the headstock, 2 humbuckers, tune-o-matic bridge, horribly lightweight, and a sparkle finish, it was disgusting. no sign of the "fish" anywhere. I acquired it after swapping a mg practice amp with my mate, got rid of it after a few months.I don't think that the flying v was made by the same "marlin" as who makes the slammers etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzlebutt Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 its all flooding back to me... there was a guy who owned a marlin fat strat copy with a full floating trem. he couldnt string bend worth a shit so he loosened off the springs to make the trem sit forward. then to do a bend up, say a tone, he simply pulled back on the trem! marvelous! not satisfied with that he loosened the springs further so he could do 2 & 1/2 tone bends and proceeded to break strings with monotonous regularity. he seemed pretty pleased with himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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