The explorer thread.

[ravendouglas]

Well I have not added a new guitar to my arsenal in a while.....yep...I.....have a bad case of explorer gas. so lets have some fun...if you are the proud owner of a cool explorer,lets take a peek and put up some pics.....also....if you wish to throw in some history about the origins of this guitar,thats always appreciated.......my next geetar is gonna be an explorer...to bad gibson dosnt make one with that vans checkerboard pattern...ala...cheap trick.....i always thought rick had some cool guitars.

 

[JOLLY]

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I put a set of Phat Cats in it and it sounds fantastic!!

 

[BloodRose]

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2002 limited run with mirror pickguard and truss cover. I have a 59/4 b in the neck and a Custom 8 in the bridge and added chrome pup rings...

Wish I still had the matching Edwards... : (

 

[WhoFan]

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saddly my only Explorer is a smashed up Epi Korina style... even after gluing the neck back together and the upper horn had to be glued too it sounds and plays good..... i finally bought a real case for it... i may throw a spare Duncan in the bridge Position and change out the stock plastic nut....

just because it's such a wreck, been saved, and still sounds good it kind of has a cool factor.... remember the days when a busted up guitar was trash...? lol

 

[ItsaBass]

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I am making mine over right now, but here it was on the day I bought it:

I am going to gold ABR-1 hardware and keystones with gold open covers and gold bell knobs. Also have a custom made w/b/w cellulose nitrate pickguard on the way without the "cutaway" for the bridge post. And I will be putting a coat of Reranch black over the white. It will basically look like the black Epi '58 reissue with pickups that look like the ones in the Epi Blackback (and with gold bell knobs instead of black speed knobs). And then the black will wear and ding through to the original white finish. I might put white binding on the neck too.

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[crusty philtrum]

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Press 'Play' to enjoy 18 seconds of what the Explorer is really all about (it Rawks !) ....

 

[MetalManiac]

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Heres an Explorer of mine I sanded down and rounded out the pointy edges.;

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

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Pics soon!!!

Gotta get the camera from the g/f...

(it's the Blk/Gld Epi)

 

[BloodRose]

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I havent seen that one, have I ??

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

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I havent seen that one, have I ??

Nope.Only had it a few months.
Traded my '79 Dean V even for it,both have/had HSCs.Love it(!),stupid fast player & a DiM SD @ br(after I got it).Was gonna CL the Dean anyway.The dude I traded with wanted to know if I wanted to buy it back,but I got no monies...
It's @ GC now for $299...

 

[BloodRose]

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LOL!! I should have known.. I saw it yest and thought it looked familiar with the Jeager sticker on the back.. haha

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

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LOL!! I should have known.. I saw it yest and thought it looked familiar with the Jeager sticker on the back.. haha

You know how I roll!!!

 

[metalmachine]

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I have an 2011 Gibson explorer. I bought it because I wanted a change from my usual shred stick. It sounds massive. Even unplugged you can hear that thick mahogany girth. Also you can easily cover anything from blues to the heaviest death metal with it

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

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Got Pics!!!

 

[DrNewcenstein]

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'85 Explorer with factory Kahler. Previous owner stripped it poorly and then poorly refinished it with some sort of furniture glaze.

I turned it into this mess:

Then sent it off to a friend to let him de-Kahler it and some mo' sheet:

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

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'85 Explorer with factory Kahler.

Then sent it off to a friend to let him de-Kahler it and some mo' sheet:

Not much on the Bullseye in general,but nice save!!!

:friday:

 

[LP82]

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Here are my two. Just got the Gold Diamond Sparkle one a couple of weeks ago.

 

[That90'sGuy]

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Here are my two. Just got the Gold Diamond Sparkle one a couple of weeks ago.

That gold diamond sparkle is sick!

I miss my old cherry '76 RI Explorer. That was (alongside my ES-335) the best Gibson I've owned, even out of the custom shop pieces I've had. People don't credit them enough for the tone monsters that they are. I never knew there were Gibsons out there that had the lowend chunk of a Les Paul and a more immediate attack. Perfect balance and sustain for days. They may look like some sort of a wonky futurastic guitar, but they sound pretty killer.

 

[formula73]

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I would love to have been able to pick up Northwinds' purple E/2 CMT back when it was for sale. Anybody remember that?

 

[CTN]

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While this thread is not really making me regret selling that POS Slammer explorer/Hamer standard copy, it is making me gas a bit for an explorer...

argh.


priorities...I need to study!!!!!