Faux '58 Explorer

[ICTGoober]

This showed up yesterday on Treeverb.... Selling out of my hometown. I have no idea who built it, or who is selling it....

‘58 Old Growth White Limba Brazilian Rosewood 5.6 Pounds Nitro Aged Exp Style Split Headstock | New and Vintage USA Guitars and Parts | Reverb

 

[gsammo79]

I wouldnt give $2500 for it, but i like the split headstock on that body.

 

[Adieu]

Blemished Chinese kit + sandpaper

Lol

 

[Ashurbanipal]

That's some slab of wood. If the woods are as the seller says, a lot of the expense would be coming from that - difficult to get single pieces in that size (originals were a mix of one or two pc bodies), and brw hasn't been legally harvested since late 60s.

 

[Wattage]

that is pretty badass

 

[Mincer]

That's a great looking piece of wood!

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Very nice. With quality hardware & wiring and set of great pickups it might be worth $2500.

 

[Lovegun]

Wasn't the Explorer prototype with split headstock? Don't remember if they produced any with the split headstock.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Yes, the 1957 NAMM proto had a split headstock. A few production models had them too, I think Rick Nielsen owns one.

 

[ICTGoober]

These days it's more associated with the Futura or Moderne - but yes, it's an original Explorer feature.

 

[larryguitar]

5.6 pounds for an Explorer, sans hardware, seems like an awfully light combination of woods; that wasn't cheap, most likely.

Larry