marcus bell Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 suddenly grown fond of these anyone got any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 [quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1376419261' post='2173731'] Hundreds on Google images [/quote] well yeah, but like any better pictures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Here's a (not very good) pic of my 1979 Marathon bass & 1976 Masquerader guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShergoldSnickers Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) Not your standard off the shelf Marathon, so it will have lost some value. J type Wizard 84 pick-up added - originally a DiMarzio was placed in that slot in the early 80s. The control scratch plate and three way selector switch were added at the same time, together with a Badass bridge shortly after. The old plastic bridge cover is knocking about somewhere. Lovely guitars there BetaFunk. Edited August 23, 2013 by ShergoldSnickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Nice stuff, I need a modulator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) This is my Shergold fretless 6 String Marathon apparently one of only four ever made two of which are now fretted! Edited August 25, 2013 by ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Here a pic of the one I owned and played for years until I got that Jazz back in the late 80's and moved the Shergold on as I couldn't afford to keep both, it's the only bass I regret selling and I've sold a lot! [attachment=142234:Dave_069lr.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterFingers Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I used to have a Masquerader guitar - fine instrument (particularly given the fact someone gave it to me gratis), but I have never played a Shergold bass. How do they sound/play - I'm guessing a P/MM cross? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Listen to genesis live in 1980 Lyceum, London great Shergold sounds on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 [quote name='ash' timestamp='1377339254' post='2186375'] This is my Shergold fretless 6 String Marathon one of only four ever made two of which are now fretted! [/quote] I can't believe there were only 4 made. I had one and Andy Pask from Landscape reviewed one in Musicians Only Mag (I think..) back in the day. I converted mine to long scale and added a Gotoh soapbar humbucker at the bridge. Sold it to guy who came up from Bristol. Quite a sweet sounding bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) [quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1377386859' post='2187066'] I can't believe there were only 4 made. I had one and Andy Pask from Landscape reviewed one in Musicians Only Mag (I think..) back in the day. I converted mine to long scale and added a Gotoh soapbar humbucker at the bridge. Sold it to guy who came up from Bristol. Quite a sweet sounding bass. [/quote] The information came from the original owner who had it from new and the Shergold forum. There was a thread about the numbers of production model Shergold Marathon 6 strings made and co founder Norman Houlder reckoned around 100. The fretless version was made as a very small run and few have survived in their original fretless form. I can see why they were converted to fretted instruments as intonation is very difficult on a shortscale fretless instrument when playing chords! There are quite a few post production basses made up from 'new old' factory stock in existence. In all honesty I was going to have mine converted to a fretted but was dissuaded as it is such a rare thing. There is a scan of the Andy Pask review on the Shergold site here - http://www.shergold.co.uk/archive.html#2d25ff7705f2ae29a3018064a9f6e4ca Edited August 25, 2013 by ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 [quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1377262021' post='2185481'] Lovely guitars there BetaFunk. [/quote] Thanks ShergoldSnickers. The Marathon is really nice and even has it's original bridge cover. I'm going to sell the Masquerader as i don't play guitar. It's had a fair bit of use but is slightly unusual to many as most with that shape headstock have string trees and mine doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) Here's my Custom Masquerader with string trees as a comparison, mine's pretty beaten up but still plays and sounds well.....for a guitar that is! Edited August 25, 2013 by ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShergoldSnickers Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Dug out a sound clip of my Marathon using the nonstandard bridge pickup. If I get time, I'll dig out a sound clip of a standard fretted Marathon I had before this one. [url="http://www.ianhalstead.com/bc/Fretless-Marathon.mp3"]Sound clip - fretless, on bridge pickup[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Zombie thread… A mate got a Marathon recently and I was instantly besotted. he wouldn’t sell it to me. So I went snooping and found a 1980 sunburst So that’s his one with my ripper - it’s a late 70’s one. this arrives next week 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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