Need help Id'ing an Explorer
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TheLivingDead
Dawn Of The Shred
Re: Need help Id'ing an Explorer
Dunno but I like it!
Have you tried contacting Gibson?
Dunno but I like it!
Have you tried contacting Gibson?
BTMN
LifeIsGoodologist
Re: Need help Id'ing an Explorer
Does it come with the Roland cable and processing unit? They made those and a few guitars might have had them added. That appears stock from the shots IMO. Esp. with a CS logo. Hamer made a few Steve Stevens guitars like that about '85.
Just noticed the Gold Ibanez knobs. :28:
Does it come with the Roland cable and processing unit? They made those and a few guitars might have had them added. That appears stock from the shots IMO. Esp. with a CS logo. Hamer made a few Steve Stevens guitars like that about '85.
Just noticed the Gold Ibanez knobs. :28:
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gilaltom3
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Re: Need help Id'ing an Explorer
It was an old friend who traded it for some A/C work. He usually asks me if he comes across something he hasn't seen and vice versa, but we were both a little confused on this one. I told him to get in touch with Gibson, and no it didn't come with any kind of roland unit.
Thanks dudes!
It was an old friend who traded it for some A/C work. He usually asks me if he comes across something he hasn't seen and vice versa, but we were both a little confused on this one. I told him to get in touch with Gibson, and no it didn't come with any kind of roland unit.
Thanks dudes!
BTMN
LifeIsGoodologist
Re: Need help Id'ing an Explorer
Like I posted it looks original.
That plug and the pickup by the bridge is for a Roland guitar synth. I'm not sure which model.
Found this info on the unit. No connection to this completed sale but the seller is considered a Roland expert.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAP...akeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en
Like I posted it looks original.
That plug and the pickup by the bridge is for a Roland guitar synth. I'm not sure which model.
Found this info on the unit. No connection to this completed sale but the seller is considered a Roland expert.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAP...akeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en
PonyKiller
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Re: Need help Id'ing an Explorer
Here's a thread with a similar guitar. Says it's a GR-700 Roland Synth system.
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=90577
Also from 1985. Looks like Gibson had a Synth-equipped guitar series back then.
Anyway, that explorer looks killer. Dunno if the Synth can be used with modern equipment but the passive electronics can definitely rock with anything.
BTW, what's that knob or screw like thing under the bridge pickup mounting ring? The Les Paul on the other thread also have it.
Anyone noticed the "Pat. Appl. For TM" sticker above the pickups? I didn't know the PAF craze was going on even way back then.
Here's a thread with a similar guitar. Says it's a GR-700 Roland Synth system.
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=90577
Also from 1985. Looks like Gibson had a Synth-equipped guitar series back then.
Anyway, that explorer looks killer. Dunno if the Synth can be used with modern equipment but the passive electronics can definitely rock with anything.
BTW, what's that knob or screw like thing under the bridge pickup mounting ring? The Les Paul on the other thread also have it.
Anyone noticed the "Pat. Appl. For TM" sticker above the pickups? I didn't know the PAF craze was going on even way back then.
