I have also One of These rare guitars!!! And she was my first electric guitar i bought from my Pocket Money when i was 12yrs old. So keep having Fun Playing such an old Piece of Gold!!!
I have a white Marina Revival FL-1 which is basicly a Strat Style Guitar with 3 Single Coils and one Tone and one Volume button ;-) does anybody have any Information About that guitar?
I own an identical guitar, even the same color. The only difference is that mine is the 'Feeling Series'. BTW, on mine, the volume pot lug is properly grounded.
Ha! Made me remember my first guitar, very similar and opposed at the same time. I bought it heavily used in 1993 or 1994, the frets were destroyed, the tone pot worked as a second volume after some use, the neck was the thickest I ever saw, also the body was tick. It had two humbuckers neck and bridge and one single coil, middle, each with its own switch. The wood had a strong weird smell. Was noisy, rusty, ugly and terribly heavy. But it was hard as F! I even let it for a lot of time almost in the open and the wood resisted perfectly. It had tremolo very similar to yours that worked fine for some time then it became an implement of constant detune, even without touching it. So I fixed the bridge with two big bolts and washers. It was so destroyed and scratched (but the scratches even the big deep ones had paint, I think I never saw the wood, impressive) that I didn't hesitate to put some dinosaur stickers on the body. The original (I think) plastic (yes, plastic) and rare case of the input jack broke and my father made me a metal one. Don't have it anymore.
Looks pretty close to an old Yamaha se model I had. Close to the same age, wonder if they were made by the same factory? Is that a pearl white? Mine was.
I have a Marina revival series FL 1 white with a black strat style pickguard with 3 single coil pickups 3 way strat switch very thin neck same headstock logo but with FL 1
+Harry Timmons I would rather not change the electronics as I can always change the volume and tone knobs and string tree back and it will be original. It would brighten it up a small amount by changing to 500K pots.
I've got a Marina Artist Series guitar - it would date from 1987ish and is similarly a twin humbucker guitar but with a maple neck and a contemporary tele style body. See examples here: reverb.com/item/19460815-marina-artist-series-at1-1989-dark-green-sunburst or here: best-vintage-guitars.de/marina_telecaster_at-1.html I bought it from a music shop in Northampton, UK from new and it sounds to my ear very similar to your Marina tonally but maybe with a slightly brighter tone (prob due to the maple board). I don't currently have a working guitar amp and to be honest I'm not much of a guitarist - more of a bass player but I hung onto it. From what I have read in the past it was made in Korea. Ironically it came with the kind of knurled knobs you replaced yours with ;)
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I had a Marina red strat with black scratchplate way back in 1987. It was my first electric guitar.
I have also One of These rare guitars!!! And she was my first electric guitar i bought from my Pocket Money when i was 12yrs old. So keep having Fun Playing such an old Piece of Gold!!!
I have never heard of Marina guitars but it looks cool. Nice playing on the demo.
A neighbour just gave me a FEELING SERIES FL-1 that's been in a storage shed for a long long time that belonged to his brother 😢 ,a good home now 😊
Interesting axe... Paul, looking at the bridge maybe she could use a bit of intonation?
I have a Marina Revival Series FL-1 same colour but with a red pick guard.
I have a white Marina Revival FL-1 which is basicly a Strat Style Guitar with 3 Single Coils and one Tone and one Volume button ;-) does anybody have any Information About that guitar?
Nice guitar ! Whats the nutwidth ..
I own an identical guitar, even the same color. The only difference is that mine is the 'Feeling Series'. BTW, on mine, the volume pot lug is properly grounded.
I have a Marina Concord Version. Its a HSS Strat. I realize wanna know more about Marina Guitars.
I have the same one.wish I could send pic.
Ha! Made me remember my first guitar, very similar and opposed at the same time. I bought it heavily used in 1993 or 1994, the frets were destroyed, the tone pot worked as a second volume after some use, the neck was the thickest I ever saw, also the body was tick. It had two humbuckers neck and bridge and one single coil, middle, each with its own switch. The wood had a strong weird smell. Was noisy, rusty, ugly and terribly heavy. But it was hard as F! I even let it for a lot of time almost in the open and the wood resisted perfectly. It had tremolo very similar to yours that worked fine for some time then it became an implement of constant detune, even without touching it. So I fixed the bridge with two big bolts and washers. It was so destroyed and scratched (but the scratches even the big deep ones had paint, I think I never saw the wood, impressive) that I didn't hesitate to put some dinosaur stickers on the body. The original (I think) plastic (yes, plastic) and rare case of the input jack broke and my father made me a metal one. Don't have it anymore.
+Fergutor Thanks for sharing you first guitar experience.
Sounds like it was a monster.
Looks pretty close to an old Yamaha se model I had. Close to the same age, wonder if they were made by the same factory? Is that a pearl white? Mine was.
Is Marina rare? I have 1990 model. There is serial number etc. Its Strat copy
I have a Marina revival series FL 1 white with a black strat style pickguard with 3 single coil pickups 3 way strat switch
very thin neck same headstock logo but with FL 1
I just got one given to me ,fl-1 ..
I have one of those two. It was my first guitar, bought used around 1990.
Cool old guitar, love one of a kind stuff. Why don't you change the pots to 500k? would it make a big difference?
+Harry Timmons I would rather not change the electronics as I can always change the volume and tone knobs and string tree back and it will be original.
It would brighten it up a small amount by changing to 500K pots.
I have One!!!!is a black One!!bought for 45 euros in a flea market.it's Amazing
Hello my name is Pedro i´m from Portugal and i´ve just recently restaure mine is a kind of stratocaster cheers
Hi Paul.I´ve one brand knew that i buy in late 80".It´s stay in the box
Hi just put a vidio of the FL1 u tube to compare with yours cheers
I have one these guitar marina feeling series fl-1
Me too....my first guitar....still use the body, all other parts are replaced by better parts.
I've got a Marina Artist Series guitar - it would date from 1987ish and is similarly a twin humbucker guitar but with a maple neck and a contemporary tele style body.
See examples here:
reverb.com/item/19460815-marina-artist-series-at1-1989-dark-green-sunburst
or here:
best-vintage-guitars.de/marina_telecaster_at-1.html
I bought it from a music shop in Northampton, UK from new and it sounds to my ear very similar to your Marina tonally but maybe with a slightly brighter tone (prob due to the maple board). I don't currently have a working guitar amp and to be honest I'm not much of a guitarist - more of a bass player but I hung onto it. From what I have read in the past it was made in Korea.
Ironically it came with the kind of knurled knobs you replaced yours with ;)