Gibson 80s Explorer Electric Guitar - Ebony

Embrace the Futuristic Shape and Powerful Sound of the Gibson 80s Explorer Electric Guitar in Ebony

While the Explorer™ wasn’t a huge success when it was first introduced in 1958, guitarists revisited the model and discovered its many charms as the years passed. Rockers began to embrace its futuristic shape and powerful sound by the 1970s, but during the hard rockin ’80s, the model came into its own and was adopted by some of the greatest players of the decade. The new 80's Explorer is based on the popular 1984 model. It features a fast-playing SlimTaper mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard. The iconically-shaped mahogany body is outfitted with new 80s Tribute pickups that accurately capture the unique fat-toned sound and rich sustain of the models from that era.

SPECIFICATIONS

Body

• Shape: Explorer
• Material: Mahogany

Neck

• Neck: Mahogany
• Profile: SlimTaper
• Nut Width: 43.053mm
• Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
• Scale Length: 628.65mm
• Number Of Frets: 22
• Nut: Graph Tech
• Inlay: Acrylic Dots

Hardware

• Bridge: Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic
• Tailpiece: Aluminum Stop Bar
• Tuners: Grover Mini Rotomatic
• Plating: Chrome

Electronics

• Neck pickup: 80's Tribute
• Bridge pickup: 80's Tribute
• Controls
• 2 Volume
• Master Tone
• Hand-wired with Orange Drop Capacitors

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