Explorer love....
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white buffalo
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Oblivion DC
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That ESP is especially badass!!!jlb32":346a5bh5 said:post yours! My favorite shape, feel and tone!
D-Rock":2spy4o5g said:
This.
I absolutely love my LP Customs, but I’ve only been playing my Explorers I picked up last year. They are like tuning forks! I’ve always wanted an Explorer, and I finally got one (two technically) after 20 years! I really, really wish I bought one from the start. My only “complaint” would be that the necks are a little too thin, but then again, I’m used to the giant necks on the ‘68RIs.
white buffalo
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fretout":36u1rpwb said:
Check out a korina '58 ri Explorer and you'll be complaining the neck on your '68 ri LP is a pencil. The '58's are MASSIVE. Also the '76 LE's (as used by The Edge) feature huge baseball bat necks.
white buffalo":1gfgn870 said:
I’ve played the ‘76 LEs, and I love their necks, but they are definitely smaller than the ‘68RIs. I would like to try out a ‘58 Korina based on your advice, but the only Korina Explorer I have seen in person are the Epi Korinas. Are you talking about the Gibson Custom Shop Benchmark ‘58s, of an ACTUAL ‘58 Explorer, because I am about $249,000 short...
I've always been a superstrat player, and wanted a Gibson for the bigger sound and went through so many Les Pauls but just couldn't get used to the shape, feel, sound, and kept selling them.
One day on a whim I got a used 2016 Explorer T, and it blew me away, it was exactly what I was looking for as it hung sort of like a strat on me but gave me the bigger solid sound. Love the 500T pickups. Some say the Duncan Distortion is a ceramic JB, but I say the 500T is much closer to how I would think a ceramic JB would sound. It's tighter and edgier than the JB but still has some bounce and give that you don't get with the Duncan. I had an Evertune put on it because I can't stand how Gibson's never stay in tune for me and now it is just perfect.
I ended up getting a second cherry red one with Evertune to match it.
One day on a whim I got a used 2016 Explorer T, and it blew me away, it was exactly what I was looking for as it hung sort of like a strat on me but gave me the bigger solid sound. Love the 500T pickups. Some say the Duncan Distortion is a ceramic JB, but I say the 500T is much closer to how I would think a ceramic JB would sound. It's tighter and edgier than the JB but still has some bounce and give that you don't get with the Duncan. I had an Evertune put on it because I can't stand how Gibson's never stay in tune for me and now it is just perfect.
I ended up getting a second cherry red one with Evertune to match it.
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Les Zombie
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I love explorers.
KL dragon
KL hetfield chechen
Esp mx250
Esp jh-2
KL dragon
KL hetfield chechen
Esp mx250
Esp jh-2
thrashinbatman
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I love Explorers. I picked up a Snakebyte earlier in the year, there's just something about the shape that I really dig. This has become my favorite guitar, I think. It looks, sounds, and plays awesomely.
Mailman1971
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I had the ultimate explorer. Mathais Jabs personal beat to fuck Gibson.
Serial number was confirmed. Sold it about 18 years back.
Bought it off eBay. Lol.
Serial number was confirmed. Sold it about 18 years back.
Bought it off eBay. Lol.
Achilles
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I have one 2016 T wich is for sale unfortunately.
Nice looking guitar and all but my 1999 lp classic fits me better.
Shitty factory setup and everything, had to pay enough extra cash to a guitar technician just to make it playable..
By the way a standard 1994 (or 1996?) i used to record my first album was and felt miles better than the explorer. Just a huuugge sounding guitar.
In addition, i used a 90's black explorer for the second album and the sound was still NOT as huge as the lp. I don't know, maybe the explorer is not my thing i guess.
Nice looking guitar and all but my 1999 lp classic fits me better.
Shitty factory setup and everything, had to pay enough extra cash to a guitar technician just to make it playable..
By the way a standard 1994 (or 1996?) i used to record my first album was and felt miles better than the explorer. Just a huuugge sounding guitar.
In addition, i used a 90's black explorer for the second album and the sound was still NOT as huge as the lp. I don't know, maybe the explorer is not my thing i guess.
Les Zombie
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jlb32":3cpe6gen said:
Its a keeper, but i will make a mental note haha cause anything is possible.
