guitarbilly74
Active member
2017 is all 500k for sure so maybe the pickups just suckOk, mine is a 2017 or 18 so must be what 500k or would they drop em to 250k with a tone pot? If 500 then the neck pup blows even worse. Not sure who voiced that thinking they did a great job
Could be the tone capacitor too. They affect tone even when wide open.
Also note the 2017/18 Explorers do NOT have a 500T bridge pickup. One of the few years that happened.
Here are the specs of your model/year:
http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2017/USA/Explorer.aspx