Members johnnytuinals Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 I love Guitar storys Like the Guitar that floated from Joe Perry to Slash and back too Joe Perry on his birthday......JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Crusher Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 = realtree71 Actually the official cs wasn't in business yet so to speak. I've research this the custom shop did limited runs and did the decal thing. Mine is a korina explorer it has a serial number but I was told it was more of a prototype. I know of only one other and his series number is right after mine. His has the older style tunersIn the pickup pocket mine has "Patsy" hand written Also what is strange about mine is they only made maple neck/maple body and korina neck/korina body, unless it came from the custom shop and mine is a mahogany body with a maple neck, so between that and the custom shop decal that was there since bought new according to the original owner, I truly believe it is a CS guitar. As it was during that weird time...lol!your guitar is again very very nice! Here is a pic of mine getting ready for refinish, it will be alpine white when completed with the black Gibson and black custom shop logo's. I am considering the matt jabbs stripes (just as removable decals though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashtray Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 They sound like The Edge from U2. Every album. So yeah, run it through $50k of effects and it will sound like the dead carcass of a zebra being devoured by lions, with delay. But serious? Just a warm guitar in general - but you can brighten it up with different pickups or make it death metal sounding. In general they have decent sustain, weight balance, ergonomics, and tonal variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 Originally Posted by danswon Ah the 'Trick! Possibly my favourite band. I've heard very good things about Hamers and would like to pick a used one up when I eventually make enough money. Are all Hamers good quality or did they do less good budget guitars too?THIShttp://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...9QEwAw&dur=276oh wow I have serious GAS for thishttp://www.google.co.uk/imgres?start...,r:34,s:0,i:46 Yeah, that's a sweet one. Hamer had an import line too, on par with Epiphones. Pretty much any era of the USA ones are great. People get pretty big money for those original 4 digit serial number Standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lonnie99 Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 The lead guy from 38 Special used one to great effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRPool Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 Here's one of the Korean Hamers. Great guitar...I love Explorers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spike Li Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 They sound like awesomeness!Perfect balance, comfortable to play both sitting and standing- just a bit wide so its easy to bang them into things The stock ceramics, 496r/500t are ridiculously hot but very versatile if you dial the vol down. Im of the opinion that body shape/wood/physics do affect the tone so I believe that explorers are bassier than most guitars because of the large amount of mahogany behind the bridge.Bridge is obviously great for rock to death metal, but surprisingly Ive found the neck to be quite good for blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 Originally Posted by danswon Like a Les Paul? An SG? More like a Les Paul than an SG because they are fairly thick. But they have less top end accentuation to them since they are just a big mahogany slab (i.e. no maple cap). My RD is very similar in tone. And really, a Les Paul Special w Humbuckers is also in the same ballpark. They're good for deep guttural growly tones. And I mean that "in a good way"I'm a bit of a SG fan because I like the bit of Fender-ish spank/vibe that the thinner bodies produce compared to the thicker Gibson builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted December 11, 2012 Moderators Share Posted December 11, 2012 Originally Posted by ashtray They sound like The Edge from U2. Every album. So yeah, run it through $50k of effects and it will sound like the dead carcass of a zebra being devoured by lions, with delay. But serious? Just a warm guitar in general - but you can brighten it up with different pickups or make it death metal sounding. In general they have decent sustain, weight balance, ergonomics, and tonal variety. Best summation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lonnie99 Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 Dean has made some tremendous Zs over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danswon Posted December 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 Originally Posted by Lonnie99 Dean has made some tremendous Zs over the years. Oh yeah I actually love the look of that Dean headstock on the Explorer body too. But I keep hearing people on HC bashing Deans. Seems like some people really hate them. Or are they being sarcastic? I can't even tell. You never see Deans where I live so I've never played one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 Just came by to say that that red Explorer is SIIIIIICK! in a good, good way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 The "sound" of a electric guitar is far more dependent upon the amps and effects (if any) that are being used. This will affect the sound of a guitar far more than wood, body thickness, hardware, even pickups if you use amps, effects, modelers, etc. But essentially an Explorer, in my experience, sounds like most other Gibson solidbodies. That is, mightier than the hand of an avenging god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bad Robot Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 "Here come some natives! I wonder if they're friendl------IIIIIEEEAAAHHHHHH" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seven58 Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 I bought a Gibson Explorer several years ago because it was a really good deal. I had thought of using it for trade later on. It turns out that I absolutely love the tone. A lot of people rave about them as rhythm guitars, but the way that the guitar can hang when you bring the neck up, it turns out to be a very comfortable guitar to play lead with. Mine turned out to be one of my favorite guitars and is a keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MorganB Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 They sound like "Land Ho!" or an agressive midrange LP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 I have talked to guys who like them for the way that they balance while standing. One of these guys was in a band in which I played drums. His guitar sounded pretty much like a Les Paul. It was full, with plenty of punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 You're making a lot of these posts. All these guitars will do fine, just buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 Explorers sound a 24.75" scale guitar with two humbuckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HanSolo Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 Originally Posted by Scott Abene oh and... Technically an Ibanez but same old same old... I've always loved that song. The outro still gives me chills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashtray Posted December 11, 2012 Members Share Posted December 11, 2012 With active EMG's, a floating trem, ebony board, and who knows what for body wood, it sounds like... uh, a high output shred machine:Btw - that's not a ZZ, it's a Custom Z with bound set neck - though otherwise it feels a lot like my old ZZ Custom, which feels nothing like a Gibson Explorer - not their traditional stop tail one at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members realtree71 Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 they can sound like this....http://www.soundclick.com/player/sin...&q=hi&newref=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members realtree71 Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 this one is a bit overdone or self indulgent but non the less my explorerhttp://www.soundclick.com/player/sin...&q=hi&newref=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danswon Posted December 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 Originally Posted by honeyiscool You're making a lot of these posts. All these guitars will do fine, just buy one. I don't know why you assume I want to buy a guitar. I'm just trying to find people's opinions on gear that I have little/no experience with. You are being an HC nazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Crusher Posted December 14, 2012 Members Share Posted December 14, 2012 Going to pick mine up from my buddy who refinished my 85 Custom Shop tomorrow! I hope to have it done in a couple of days and get a pic posted of before and after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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