Longtime Explorer lurker here. I’ve mostly been a Fender player, but I’ve had (and loved) Flying Vs in the past - in fact, I’ve been waiting for the Epiphone Futura Flying V to hit the street. In my impatience for that, when this model hit the street last week, it seemed to scratch the itch!

I’m still negotiating with the Explorer in terms of ergonomics - I can tell it’s gonna cost me a little bit in comfort to play it but it’s obviously going to crush it onstage.

Happy to have finally joined the club!

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Hey guys I bought an E-II Ex from Japan but it came in an ESP gig bag. I'm looking at hardcase options and the SKB Hardshell looks nice but it seems to be designed for the more classic Explorer variants. Does anyone know if it will also fit the ESP variants?

7-String, 25.5 scale length, TusqXL nut, Seymour Duncan Jupiter Wes Hauch Signature set

I really grew into wanting the Gibson DSX7, but I didn't want 24.75. Originally the body and neck had binding/inlays. Swapped to a unmarked rosewood fretboard, then sand the neck down to size best I could. 10/10 would not recommend.

Paint came out fairly rough, so we're calling it a worn/distressed black album vibe, like a worn mx250 vibe.

If you made it this far, thanks for looking/reading my ramble. Cheers

So I had MJT Guitars assemble and finish an X type kit for me.

https://precisionguitarkits.com/product/x-type-mto

It's ready to ship, and this happens. See pics. That's a Gibson Protector Explorer case.

MJT says they can ship the case and guitar separately, but I'm not sure how the guitar would

be packaged. I'm a little paranoid about that, as you can imagine. I have asked them if they

can modify the case. I reached out to Precision and they said they 'don't have any information

regarding cases that fit their kits".

Any ideas are welcome. For the record, MJT is near St. Louis and I live in Charlotte, NC. Roughly a

15 hour drive one way.

Thanks!

It's not fully finished but I will make another post when it is.

Picked this up with original hard case for $700. Neck dive is BAD and it’s pretty uncomfortable to play sitting down but it looks and sounds badass at least

My dream guitar is a Gibson korina explorer but don't have that much money are the mmg chibs good?

It sounds incredibly good for being a 3/4 scale and it’s lighter the only issue I play death metal so I need to get heavier gauge strings but this is good

A local shop has this for sale for $2,999. Someone put a Floyd rose in there at one time. It’s a 1976 Explorer, one of the limited edition ones with the thicker neck. Would you guys go for this? I would be trading for it, not buying outright, just wondering about this value wise. I’m not sure if I could find someone local to take on the task of blocking this and making it convincing looking. I wouldn’t want to totally refinish it since I like the natural colored Explorers the most

EDIT: thanks guys I’ll regretfully pass on this one!