Wtb White marlin sidewinder

danban

As above.

I had one of these as my first electric and am looking for one in white and maple.

There's a lot of memories tied to this for many reasons and would be nice to get back to my roots.

I spent many hours with my grandad learning to play shadows songs, teaching me how to pick out notes and learn by ear.

I'm a Gibson fan and don't have a strat but if I did it'd have to be this.

Sambostar

I had a black one once, I wrapped it around a washing line pole as it was unplayable.

Rox

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MARLIN-SIDEWINDER-ELECTRIC-GUITAR-/181551255217?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a454c4eb1

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-GUITAR-MARLIN-SIDEWINDER-80S-PROJECT-/231351758444?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35dda3ae6c

You could put together your own with these two. I guess it depends on your budget... 

meltedbuzzbox

dont do it man. It has to be one of the worst electrics ever made. 

usedtobe

Considering they sold so many, back in the day - there seem to be relatively few, still around.. Maybe we can all draw our own conclusions from that..

danban

The only other thing would be an early 90's squier strat in white and maple

IanSavage

usedtobe said:

Considering they sold so many, back in the day - there seem to be relatively few, still around...

Kind of like how you don't see white dog shit any more.

dogload

I had to do a double-take when I saw the title of this thread!

freakboy1610

I had a sparkly purple one. Oh the shame of it! Fortunately it was faulty and I took it back after a week.
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danban

Maybe it was my rose tinted lenses but I thought it was great for my first electric.

equalsql

Ahh Marlin Sidewinders.. glitter monsters and quite simply the worst guitar ever produced on mass in the late 1980s.

Plywood bodies and full floating trems on soft-metal pivots.  They sold by the bucket load and disillusioned more would-be guitarists then any other instrument because it was impossible to get them to stay in tune (unless you screwed the block down tight).

Those were the days )

dogload

freakboy1610 said:

I had a sparkly purple one. Oh the shame of it! Fortunately it was faulty and I took it back after a week.
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So did I. It wasn't too bad for doing motorbike and Stuka noises but it certainly put me off Floyds and superstrats!

HarrySeven

Strangely enough...I bought one of these at a bootsale recently for £5.

The body was a true plywood horror, but I actually quite liked the neck (apart from that naff 12th fret marker, which has -0.0001% street cred).

suspiciousminds

Mine was black, the trem was pants but i actually quite liked the guitar.
I had mine from the catalogue in about 89/90 and i'm sure it was more expensive than squier bullets of the time.

monofin

I sooooo wanted one of these when I was a kid. Seemed so much sexier than my Kay LP

dindude

I Sidewinder, white fading into blue (top to bottom, not sunburst) was my first electric. I loved it at the time but I can also recall it being a complete pile of shite once I upgraded to an Aria Pro II.

This is rose tinted glasses too far, don't do it!

jd0272

Metallic dark grey for me, black guard. Twas shite. No intention to revisit it. Upgraded to a Fiesta Red Squire. Then an SRV Signature Strat. Then onwards and upwards!

Bellycaster

Wahey, the old Sidewinder.

I had a White/Maple one when I was 15 and it was fucking bilge. They managed to produce at least one good one though, a kid I knew a little later on also had one in green and his must have been a fluke as it stayed in tune even with trem use, even he couldn't believe it, he gigged it regularly too.

It is good to remember what you started out with though, I agree.

TheMarlin

meltedbuzzbox said:

dont do it man. It has to be one of the worst electrics ever made. 

I had one for the first two years of my guitar playing life.

POS.

Get a Japanese fender instead.

Marlin

usedtobe

If you want something from the 80's, pick up a Westone. Properly built guitars, and cheap.

Alnico

dindude said:

I Sidewinder, white fading into blue (top to bottom, not sunburst) was my first electric. I loved it at the time but I can also recall it being a complete pile of shite once I upgraded to an Aria Pro II.

This is rose tinted glasses too far, don't do it!

Mine was exactly this but red / white. It has always been the worst guitar i ever owned and always will be. I hated it after 1 day but was stuck with it. I traded my Grant les paul copy in on it and regretted that ever since.

The squier you mentioned is a huge step up from this abomination.