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Gibson Explorer '76 Reissue

V/XPL/FB Shaped Guitar from Gibson belonging to the Explorer series

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«  a great-sounding guitar and love! »

Published on 04/19/11 at 12:22
gibson is a united states of black (ebony) with a fixed bridge tune-o-matic, everything is mahogany (neck and body of a piece) and it has 2 humbucker gibson (one for the handle 496R and a 500T for the bridge), a handle 22 frets rosewood fingerboard (ebony for white color) and the mechanical are mini Grovers.
the only thing I have against him, is that the string action was too high and it is not in ebony (but black on black ...), if not, to me is without the mistakes!

UTILIZATION

the handle is very comfortable and I have nothing to say on that side!
the only thing is that the action was too high for me, but that does not stop me from shredder a great shot! ah! ah!
Ergonomics is a bit special at first, but soon we forget we're playing on an exploration, even sitting, it remains comfortable to play, you just spend some time getting used to ...
weight issue, I did not feel it .... say ...
access to acute problems is not!
for sounds, it's basically the warm and clear!

SOUNDS

I'm looking at this time a guitar shaped eccentric there is jackson kelly, the carvin V220 and of course, explore at Gibson!
it is well suited to my style of choice, though hard-rock rare!
we obtain good bluesy sound on the neck pickup and much metal on the bridge pickup, clean sounds are very low and are loaded with warm wishes!
I have not tried funky pots, but by turning the knobs, can be approached, although this may not have its own identity.
I played in a ELYPSE amp; the seller told me he had no distinct personality, which is a plus in the case of a test of guitars, at least we know what s 'stick!
I like the warm sound of this guitar and distorted sounds.

OVERALL OPINION

I did that just played this afternoon, but I was hooked!
It's been months since I turned around and presto, I decided to try it, well, for me it is a faultless!
a guitar made for rocks without problems, so for other styles, we must spend some more time on the intermediate positions ...
most: the eccentric shape, black, super comfortable handle, the mechanical rather discrete sounds 2 microphones, the ease and simplicity of play
the least, the string action on the tested model.
the price / quality ratio is really good.
I do not know if I want to buy it will be realized, but one thing is certain, for me, it will remain a reference for the guitar hard rock!

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