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About This Listing

This guitar has a complicated history. I got it off a friend who got it from a pawn shop. I had no inclination it was a Gibson, I assumed it was a fake that someone had hacked up. A friend of mine who used to be a Gibson rep saw it, and that's where a rabbit hole started. First of all, the body was reshaped several times, and some of it is woodfiller. The headstock shape was also changed slightly, I assume to give it an ESP MX look. The guitar began as a white 2002  Explorer, a friend was able to track down one photo of it before the modifications. The veneer was also removed from the headstock and it was painted to match the body, I wanted it to be black, and that was how I actually realized that there was a serial number on the back of the headstock, under a coat of paint. I painted the front of it black and put the Gibson logo back on it.

What I know for sure:
Began as a White 2002 Explorer. 
Pickup is an old active EMG.
It for some reason has a roller nut.
There is a chip that shows some woodfiller.
Someone drove a hardware eyelet into it as a strap button, but the original is still in position.
The Porsche stickers are covering a hideous flame graphic.
This is the ugliest guitar I have ever seen.

It does however, play extraordinarily well and sounds absolutely killer. I'm selling this as it is. Believe it, or don't. I wouldn't have, either.

Listeda year ago
Condition
Brand
Model
  • Explorer
Finish
  • Purple
Categories
Year
  • 2002
Made In
  • United States
Pickup Configuration
  • H
Finish Style
  • Satin
Fretboard Material
  • Rosewood
Body Material
  • Mahogany
Neck Construction
  • Set-Neck
Frets
  • Medium Jumbo
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Neck Material
  • Mahogany
Wood Top Style
  • Plain
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Stop-Bar
Offset Body
  • Yes
Scale Length
  • 24.75"
Finish Features
  • Refinished
Body Shape
  • X-Style

About the Seller

APG Music

Hopewell Junction, NY, United States
(87)
Joined Reverb:2017
Items Sold:54

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