Gear Hunter

GIBSON - X-PLORER NATURAL

Description

Today's X-plorer - based on the 1976 Gibson Explorer - will always look like a vintage guitar. That's because it's so strongly associated with those original 1958 designs. If anything, Gibson made minor tweaks to what was already a pretty perfect guitar. Go ahead and strap one on. It's like climbing in a time machine. Eric Clapton discovered the joys of the mid-1970s Explorer just in time for the release of his album, "EC Was Here." Today's X-plorer is almost a carbon copy of that guitar. This one has a Natural finish over a mahogany body and gold hardware.