Full Description

A Rock'N'Roll Powerhouse of a Guitar

The 2018 Explorer delivers raw power, scorching tones, and an extreme sustain, all wrapped in an iconic design that's as rebellious as rock itself. Beneath the Explorer's aggression and brute sonic force lies the subtler qualities that make a Gibson such a special guitar: superb playing comfort, extreme speed, and the confidence of utmost quality. Crafted in the image of the original radical Explorer body style, using select solid mahogany, the Explorer is truly a piece of rock weaponry that can do it all.

Slim Taper Mahogany Neck

The Gibson Guitar not only offers a comfortable body, but features a slim tapered neck profile to deliver an incredibly comfortable performance. The mahogany neck provides the ultimate comfort with its slim profile, and allows for fast and comfortable soloing. As well as providing fluid hand flexibility, the mahogany wood helps enhance the natural warmth of the body, creating a high-end saturated in sparkling sweetness and a thick low-end response.

Torrefied Granadillo Fingerboard

Its fingerboard is crafted from stunning granadillo, delivering an incredibly bright response with an enhanced natural sustain and a ringing, bell-like tone. Its rosewood-like qualities make it perfect for a wide range of playing styles, offering singing notes with plenty of punch and high-end sparkle.

BB2 & BB3 BurstBucker Pickups

These two BurstBucker humbuckers are designed to recapture the magic of the original ''Patent Applied For'' humbuckers of the 1950s, featuring a classic build and small imperfections which gave them their unique tones. The medium output of the neck BB2 pickup works well with the high output of the bridge’s BB3 pickup, allowing preamps to be driven hard to create a natural sounding breakup. Their asymmetrical coils are designed to be true to the original PAFS, supplying a more open sound than standard humbuckers for a truly vintage sound. Independent volume controls and a master tone control provides players with everything they need to dial in amazing tonal possibilities, with the addition of a toggle switch for selecting different pickup configurations.

Aluminium Tune-O-Matic Bridge

The Tune-O-Matic bridge offers stability, reliability, a comfortable playing position, and impressive sustain. Adjusting the string action and intonation is extremely simple with a tune-o-matic bridge, as you simply adjust its height with the mounting rods to alter the action, and screw the bridge saddles in or out to achieve perfect intonation. The separate "stop bar" tailpiece is designed to further enhance the connection between the strings and the body, offering greater vibration transfer for an enhanced resonance.

TekToid Nut

The addition of a TekToid graphite nut offers increased harmonics in the middle and upper frequency range, perfect for creating a rich and detailed tone. TekToid Graphite is the best high-tech cure for eliminating undesirable friction within the nut, which can cause tuning problems. It is the ideal choice for a guitar nut, as it has excellent conductive qualities which overall benefit a guitar’s tone and sustain.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Shape: Explorer
• Body: Mahogany
• Bridge: Aluminium Tune-O-Matic
• Tailpiece: Aluminium Stop Bar
• Construction: Set-In
• Finish: Antique Natural

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Mahogany
• Profile: Slim Taper
• Scale Length: 24.75”
• Fingerboard: Torrefied Granadillo
• Frets: 22
• Inlays: Acrylic Dots
• Nut: Tektoid
• Nut Width: 1.695”

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: BurstBucker 3
• Neck Pickup: BurstBucker 2
• Controls: 2 x Volume, Master Tone, Toggle Switch
• Tuners: Mini Grovers
• Control Knobs: Black Speed Knobs
• Pickguard: 3-Ply White/Black/White
• Hardware: Nickel
• Case Included: Hardshell