need info about gibson explorer pickguards.

[man-in-moon]

i picked up an 08 explorer a few weeks ago. i want ot get a cream pickguard for it but have no idea where to look. also does anyone know what explorers they made in 08. most of the pickguard i can find are for 76ri or an 80'sri. i have no idea what this one is or if it even is a reissue or not.

 

[Warheart]

Re: need info about gibson explorer pickguards.

do you still have the Gibson gold warranty pamphlet? That should tell you what model you have exactly.

 

[Warheart]

Re: need info about gibson explorer pickguards.

And I'm pretty sure if its a standard model explorer (not Tribal, Robot, Low Down, whatever) its a 76 reissue.

76 would be your best bet, and check ebay for pickguards, theres usually a lot of them

 

[man-in-moon]

Re: need info about gibson explorer pickguards.

i bought it used so i did not get any warranty papers or anything with it. the guy took good care of it though. it still had the plastic on the pickups and pickguard. i wondered if it was a 76ri. but a few sites i looked at mentioned a 76ri 84ri i believe then a 08 xplorer. so i wanted to make sure before i bought anything that would not fit.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: need info about gibson explorer pickguards.

Try pickguardian for an Explorer guard

http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/Gibson.html

As for which one the Excplorer changed very little over the years so almost any of them would work just fine but if you post a pic I can tell you a little more.

 

[lex666]

Re: need info about gibson explorer pickguards.

I've actually ordered a few pickguards for my Gibson Xplorers. I'm not sure of the year, but these were purchased fairly recently so I'm gonna assume we'd share the same pickguard size...

Anyways, I ordered all of my Xplorer pickguards from Terrapin Guitars. These all fit with no problems. Screw holes matched up and everything. The white Explorer originally has a white pickguard. It was replaced with a b/w/b guard. The brown Explorer below actually had 3 pickguards made for it, the one I liked best was also from Terrapin Guitars in a black smoke acrylic:

 

[lex666]

Re: need info about gibson explorer pickguards.

BTW - I do have a "mirror" style pickguard for the Explorer.

http://www.terrapinguitars.com/materials/2009/acrylicMaterials.html

I bought it for the brown Explorer and decided I didn't really care for it. Its still brand new and has no scratches. It was onyl on the guitar for a few days beofre I took it off. I'd sell it to you for cheap if you're interested. Send me a PM. I can send pics if you're interested.

 

[kurtdaniel]

Re: need info about gibson explorer pickguards.

where is the best place(s) to get a Gibson creme guard? im using a gibson firebird now for my beginning guitar lessons..