Finally snagged a Gibson MIII

[ABSOLUT CHARVEL]

25.5 scale

[ABSOLUT CHARVEL]

the maple fret board is just not gibson. I do like the reverse explorer head stock and im sure its a very good trem.

Better?



Good luck finding that one .....

[j4vice]

There were three Gibson eletrics I know of, that had a Maple fret board, MIII , MARAUDER and a LC5?? or something like that mid 70's. MAPLE and GIBSON just don't . . . . .

I have two MARAUDERS and a GIBSON MIII standard, BLACK with funky pic-guard.

This is the place where RUPE got a couple of RAND Guitars. At one time they had 10+ MIII's. I was there last week and only two left. . . .

http://www.guitarshop.net/gibsonm3deluxe1.htm

The one on the link is a Deluxe and mine is a standard. The couch detracts from the strap.

The guitarshop.net is a couple miles from my house down here in Florida.

[CharvelRocker]

I like the MIII. They have a very unique, kind of funky look to them, especially with the tortoise shell.

[ABSOLUT CHARVEL]

L-6s was the maple fretboard.

Which one had the raised Gibson logo from that era of Gibsons?

[j4vice]

Did you get the case too?

[uberthrall]

Did you get the case too?

Yup......just like the first one I had, except it doesn't have the pink shroud. Overall, this was a killer deal, I got it for $770......shipped by Fedex Overnight no less!!

[j4vice]

And it's RED!!!!!!
Never seen Red.
770 Great. I looks very good to excellent shape. That Gibson case will keep it that way.

Here's a pic of the MMIII I got last year and the Marauder I got in 76, both Maple neck Gibsons, both purple cases and weird PU configurations. I pulled the Marauder out of my warehouse where it was for over 25 YEARS! It had the retro strap..... . . . . .... . . ..



The neck inlays on both are also some what unique, Black Arrow Head abalone?? And little abalone dots on the maple Marauder.

[satch0922]

that is a trip! Congrats!

[chrisolson]

John Ricco from Warrior Soul and Benny Rhynedance from Wildside used those - very cool guits... I've always liked them. Epi has one kinda like that now.

http://www.epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=298&CollectionID=18

[j4vice]

WoW, the epiphone looks very cool.
It's an updated version of their earlier copy years ago . . .

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.guitar-list.com/files/imagecache/thumbnail/epiphoneem2.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.guitar-list.com/epiphone/epiphone-em-2-em-2-rebel-custom&h=46&w=128&sz=4&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=8lpTPmkeDMDFuM:&tbnh=33&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3DEPIPHONE%2BEM-2%2Brebel%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

[chrisolson]

I remember those! I almost got one. I like ot with the reverse HS a little better, but I'll bet the new Epi is a nice player.

[j4vice]

I saw a white with gold hardware go for $55
the new one chrisolson posted is 399

[j4vice]

uberthrall, are you still there?
check this eBay item out, it was made later on.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-MIII-Electric-Guitar-1997-very-rare_W0QQitemZ220265313682QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220265313682&_trkparms=72%3A552%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318

[uberthrall]

I didn't see that one, although I have seen similar variants of the MIII. One quite a bit like that one was on the Bay about 6 months ago.....I think it went for $800 or so. Interesting that they went with the WRC type headstocks late in the model's production.

Don't know if he'll get the BIN price for that one though.