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Originally had the gibson 500t496r set dirty fingers pickups, but jaymz swapped them out for the 8160 set in 8788. Feb 06, 2009 for the best answers, search on this site ive never played one myself, but my favorite guitarist of all time claudio sanchez of coheed and cambria plays explorers almost exclusively. Gibson limited edition explorer 120 electric guitar with case. I hope this is a good sign that they saw demand for more explorers. Only produced for four years, the gibson explorer ii, also called the e2, was intended to serve as an update to the original gibson explorer. Nashville, tn june 26, 2014 gibson has always been about blending innovation and tradition, so theres no better addition to the 120th anniversary celebrations than this creative rethink of the radical explorer. Some nice upgrades to the standard explorer including a bound fingerboard, burstbucker pro pickups, mini grover tuners, a nitro finish, and i added some treblebleed caps to it so when you roll the volume down you dont hear a huge drop in highend.
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Unlike the original explorer which used a korina body, later explorers used mahogany. Im looking for gibson spec, im not sure if the epiphone specs are smallerthinner or. The gibson explorer s radical body shape debuted in 1958 and was almost 20 years ahead of its time. A set of godwoods and an skb hardshell case, its good to go. The explorer ii was, along with the flying v ii, an attempt to update the concept and generate new sales. Nashville, tn june 26, 2014 gibson has always been about blending innovation and tradition, so theres no better addition to the 120th. In its original release, the gibson explorer featured a solid body carved from korina an african tonewood similar to mahogany, with a set neck i.