Hi all, and thanks for a great informative forum.
I've had this guitar for two years, but just found this forum. I wonder if any of you know anything about it?
It's a smallish bodied neck through guitar with a strat length scale, 24 frets. The headstock says CM Marvel.
Floyd Rose Licensed Bridge, which sort of limits the age it can be. It's an odd Floyd Rose, though- instead of cutting the ball ends off the strings, and locking them in, you just feed them through the locking pins, which are hollow.
I purchased this guitar in south Korea, 2008. Since then, I've looked around, and found out next to nothing about it, so I'm wondering-
How old is it? Where was it (probably) made? Are there many others out there?
All I've found:
The marvel name has sometimes been associated with Harmony, though I couldn't find anything vaguely similar to this in their catalogues.
The name sometimes comes up in association with Sorkin music. But as far as I can tell, they stopped trading around the time that the Floyd rose was invented.
I got this one in Korea, but investigating I found one person who has a similar one, in Philadelphia. You can read that interaction here: (And his pics are better than mine. Clearly much the same guitar , though.)
Opening it up, practically nothing is labeled. THe pots say "500" and the pickups have no writing on the inside. (they say "marvel" on the outside) Wiring looks old-ish, thick copper unbraided wire, plastic coated.
Excellent condition, only minor cosmetic wear, plays and sounds great. Minor damage to the finish on the headstock, probably from sun exposure. (It was in the shop window when I rescued it.) It seems newer than I think it really is, but the shop had had it for years...really hard to say.
Anybody know anything about my baby?
All the best,
Ande