Gibson Explorer Faded vs Ebony
- Thread starter Jaymz
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just found this one on german ebay,
a bit pricey but damn, this is the best
looking explorer i've ever seen!
EDWARDS EXPLORER
cheers
S.
a bit pricey but damn, this is the best
looking explorer i've ever seen!
EDWARDS EXPLORER
cheers
S.
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
Skinny Viking
¯\(°_o)/¯ How do Lydian?
...with dread?
More like "I can't believe there's still people who would HAVE that!"
and a bit of horror, sure
Actually the Edwards is WAYY cheaper than the Gibson in the UK....but ive heard too many negative things about the Edwards im staying clear from it 
Look Marco! White & baby sick! Fuck the ebony board....the body colour is just not "main axe" material
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/143/espgibbywb4.jpg/
Look Marco! White & baby sick! Fuck the ebony board....the body colour is just not "main axe" material
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/143/espgibbywb4.jpg/
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
well I guess it's the same as with the horrible 80's nean color revival:
I'm too young and wasn't around when it started, so I enjoy some bu...eh white pickguards
The good thing is....its only a pickguard, you can change them to suit your mood each day so nothings permenant
The pure black pickguard is the closest to "no pickguard" you can get
The pure black pickguard is the closest to "no pickguard" you can get
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
Look Marco! White & baby sick! Fuck the ebony board....the body colour is just not "main axe" material
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/143/espgibbywb4.jpg/
yeah thats what I meant, that creamish color is horrible. Love the white goodness though, especially with the ebony fretboard.
What I ment before was: getting the creamish gibson with the ebony fretboard and then refinishing the body with some manly black, that could be an option
Its an option but its a big job...especially on a guitar that costs that much. I know somebody whos just starting spraying etc but I don't think id trust him with such a task on such a nice guitar
I think darkening the rosewood would be the much safer/cheaper option
I think darkening the rosewood would be the much safer/cheaper option
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
The good thing is....its only a pickguard, you can change them to suit your mood each day so nothings permenant
The pure black pickguard is the closest to "no pickguard" you can get
its not like I'm "pickguard = must have", my LP doesnt have a pickguard anymore since the EMGs are in there
So since you want to swap the passives with emgs removing the pickguard is what I'd do too, but since Id keep the passives Id go all classy/bushy
Skinny Viking
¯\(°_o)/¯ How do Lydian?
well I guess it's the same as with the horrible 80's nean color revival:
I'm too young and wasn't around when it started, so I enjoy some bu...eh white pickguards
nice save
I'm a strong believer of no pick guard ....
of any kind
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
Its an option but its a big job...especially on a guitar that costs that much. I know somebody whos just starting spraying etc but I don't think id trust him with such a task on such a nice guitar
I think darkening the rosewood would be the much safer/cheaper option
yeah for sure, but for me it would be also more about that sound then the optics tbh. I dont know how much of a difference the fretboard alone makes though
haha darkening the fretboard...sounds to me like "penis enlargment"
If you remove the pickguard....don't you have a load of ugly holes open to view?
I'd probs go the black pickguard route in that case, least it...helps catch all the pick strokes! But then all the hardware would change too...along with those speed knobs to regular black domes.
Im not really sure it makes THAT much of a difference....I mean you can't knock RW, the guitar Hetfield used to record most of the black album was a white ESP with a rosewood board. I just prefer the feel/look of it
I'd probs go the black pickguard route in that case, least it...helps catch all the pick strokes! But then all the hardware would change too...along with those speed knobs to regular black domes.
yeah for sure, but for me it would be also more about that sound then the optics tbh. I dont know how much of a difference the fretboard alone makes though
haha darkening the fretboard...sounds to me like "penis enlargment"
Im not really sure it makes THAT much of a difference....I mean you can't knock RW, the guitar Hetfield used to record most of the black album was a white ESP with a rosewood board. I just prefer the feel/look of it
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
nice save
I'm a strong believer of no pick guard ....
of any kind
MOAR PICKGUARDS!
WHITE!
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
If you remove the pickguard....don't you have a load of ugly holes open to view?
I'd probs go the black pickguard route in that case, least it...helps catch all the pick strokes! But then all the hardware would change too...along with those speed knobs to regular black domes.
Im not really sure it makes THAT much of a difference....I mean you can't knock RW, the guitar Hetfield used to record most of the black album was a white ESP with a rosewood board. I just prefer the feel/look of it
On the LP: no, just put black screws back in, no problem on that...
for the explorer I dont know...but the black guard seems to make sense
If you'd want an all black monster it would be killer though. black guard, black chrome hardware, ebony board, emgs, back screws...yummy!
Im not unhappy with rosewood, but my other 3 axes also have it, so I wouldnt be getting another guitar with the same wood configuration.
And I know that the passive PU/alder body/ebony board combi sounds TITS for leads, so Im just wondering how much of a difference the fretboard alone would make in a mahagony guitar with passives
not as big as the body I suppose though
Derpsicle
Member
Really don't think removing the pickguard would be an option, unless you like some.. err.. holes.
Doesn't really fit my personal preferences, but whatever floats your boat
Doesn't really fit my personal preferences, but whatever floats your boat
Yeah I fucking knew it would be chambered under there! Doh! Black pick guard it is then
Marco, yeah man if/when I get a new "lead" guitar, I think ebony will be the way to go....OR maple! I love teh maples ESP M-II perhaps
Marco, yeah man if/when I get a new "lead" guitar, I think ebony will be the way to go....OR maple! I love teh maples
ESP M-II perhaps
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
haha well, doesnt look like that on the LP...thought you ment the holes that are left from the screws
maple...hm don't think I have experience with that
I allready have enough rhythm axes, so thats why Im not looking into mahagony/rosewood much atm
still gasing for the explorer though haha
maple...hm don't think I have experience with that
I allready have enough rhythm axes, so thats why Im not looking into mahagony/rosewood much atm
still gasing for the explorer though haha
Since the pickup selecter is up the top there I should have known really! Haha aye, well alder/ash + maple/ebony could be a good route for you!
For this im after mahogany on mahogany for teh br00tz....but I think ill end up changing the hardware all in one....id like to get Sperzel locking tuners on it!
Im digging the home made pickguard on this: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGICxPBvwxw&feature=related[/ame]
For this im after mahogany on mahogany for teh br00tz....but I think ill end up changing the hardware all in one....id like to get Sperzel locking tuners on it!
Im digging the home made pickguard on this: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGICxPBvwxw&feature=related[/ame]
Derpsicle
Member
Just a question that's been bugging me, how the fuck do you fit a battery in the explorer?
Do you have to go medieval on the wood or can you perhaps put it under the pickguard, cuz I can't really imagine that it fits in the compartment on the back...
Do you have to go medieval on the wood or can you perhaps put it under the pickguard, cuz I can't really imagine that it fits in the compartment on the back...
