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Explorer (serial no. 3880)
1958
Gibson
The Explorer, along with the Flying V, was one of Gibson's most adventurous early designs meant to compete with Fender's modernist space age aesthetics. However, the instruments were unsuccessful at first, and fewer than fifty examples were built between 1958 and 1963. Only in the 1970s and 1980s did guitarists begin to embrace the radical design, leading Gibson and other makers to produce instruments with the now-iconic body shape. The rarity of original Explorers makes them highly sought after today. |