The MARAUDER was made between 1974 and 1979 - although a few were still made up to 1982. Despite its Les Paul body shape the Maurader was designed to compete with Fender - it has a bolt-on neck and a stacked humbucker at the bridge to give a brighter Fender-ish sound.

Initially Marauders have a three-way pickup selector toggle switch in the lower bout of the body, to turn on either one or both pickups. In 1976, this was chnaged to a rotary potentiometer  which allowed a range of blends between the two pickups. In still later Marauders, the potentiometer (with a chickenhead knob) was moved to between the volume and tone knobs.